Lexus ES

Lexus ES
Overview
Manufacturer	Lexus (Toyota)
Production	1989–present
Body and chassis
Class	Compact luxury car (1989–1991) Mid-size luxury car (1991–2012) Full-size luxury car / Executive car (2012–present)
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive

First generation
Overview
Also called	Toyota Camry Prominent (V20) Toyota Vista (V20)
Production	June 1989 – 5 July 1991
Assembly	Japan: Toyota, Aichi (Tsutsumi plant)
Body and chassis
Class	Compact car
Powertrain
Engine	2.5 L 2VZ-FE V6
Transmission	5-speed manual 4-speed A540E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,601 mm (102.4 in)
Length	4,651 mm (183.1 in)
Width	1,699 mm (66.9 in)
Height	1,349 mm (53.1 in)

Second generation
1991–1994 Lexus ES 300
Overview
Also called	Toyota Windom (Japan)
Production	October 1991 – July 1996
Model years	1992–1996
Assembly	Japan: Toyota, Aichi (Tsutsumi plant)
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size car
Related	Toyota Camry (XV10)
Powertrain
Engine	2.5 L 2MZ-FE V6 (VCV11; Japan) 3.0 L 3VZ-FE V6 (VCV10) 3.0 L 1MZ-FE V6 (MCV10)
Transmission	5-speed manual 4-speed A540E/A541E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,619 mm (103.1 in)
Length	4,770 mm (187.8 in)
Width	1,778 mm (70.0 in)
Height	1,369 mm (53.9 in)

Third generation
Overview
Also called	Toyota Windom (Japan)
Production	August 1996 – July 2001
Model years	1997–2001
Assembly	Japan: Toyota, Aichi (Tsutsumi plant); Miyawaka, Fukuoka (Miyata plant)
Designer	Hiroshi Okamoto (1993)
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size car
Related	Toyota Camry (XV20)
Powertrain
Engine	2.5 L 2MZ-FE V6 (gasoline) 3.0 L 1MZ-FE V6 (gasoline)
Transmission	4-speed A541E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,670 mm (105.1 in)
Length	4,831 mm (190.2 in)
Width	1,791 mm (70.5 in)
Height	1,394 mm (54.9 in)

Fourth generation (XV30)
Overview
Also called	Toyota Windom (Japan)
Production	July 2001 – February 2006
Model years	2002–2006
Assembly	Japan: Miyawaka, Fukuoka (Miyata plant);Susono, Shizuoka (Higashi Fuji plant)Toyota, Aichi (Tsutsumi plant)
Designer	Kengo Matsumoto (1998)
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size car
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform	Toyota K platform
Related	Toyota Camry (XV30)
Powertrain
Engine	3.0 L 1MZ-FE V6 3.3 L 3MZ-FE V6
Transmission	5-speed U151E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,720 mm (107.1 in)
Length	4,854 mm (191.1 in)
Width	1,811 mm (71.3 in)
Height	1,455 mm (57.3 in)

Fifth generation (XV40)
Overview
Production	March 2006 – 2012
Model years	2007–2012
Assembly	Japan: Miyawaka, Fukuoka (Miyata plant)
Designer	Kengo Matsumoto (2004)
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size car
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform	Toyota K platform
Related	Toyota Aurion (XV40) Toyota Camry (XV40)
Powertrain
Engine	2.4 L 2AZ-FE I4 3.5 L 2GR-FE V6
Transmission	6-speed U660E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,776 mm (109.3 in)
Length	4,854 mm (191.1 in)
Width	1,821 mm (71.7 in)
Height	1,450 mm (57.1 in)

Sixth generation (XV60)
Lexus ES 300h (AVV60; pre-facelift)
Overview
Production	July 2012 – present (Japan) October 2015 – present (US)
Model years	2013–present
Assembly	Japan: Miyawaka, Fukuoka (Miyata plant) United States: Georgetown, Kentucky (TMMK; 2015–)
Designer	Pansoo Kwon, Yuji Fujiwara (2010)
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size car
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform	Toyota K platform
Related	Toyota Avalon (XX40)
Powertrain
Engine	2.0 L 6AR-FSE I4 (gasoline) 2.5 L 2AR-FE I4 (gasoline) 2.5 L 2AR-FXE I4 (gasoline hybrid) 3.5 L 2GR-FE V6 (gasoline)
Transmission	6-speed automatic CVT (hybrid)
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,820 mm (111.0 in)
Length	4,895 mm (192.7 in)
Width	1,820 mm (71.7 in)
Height	1,450 mm (57.1 in)

The Lexus ES (Japanese: レクサス・ES, Rekusasu ES) is a series of compact, then mid-size, and later executive car sold by Lexus since 1989. Six generations of the sedan have been introduced to date, each offering V6 engines and the front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout. The first five generations of the ES were built on the Toyota Camry platform, with the sixth generation more closely related to the Avalon. Manual transmissions were offered until 1993, a lower-displacement inline-four engine became an option in Asian markets in 2010, and a gasoline-electric hybrid version was introduced in 2012. The ES was Lexus' only front-wheel drive vehicle until 1998, when the related Lexus RX was introduced, and the sedan occupied the entry-level luxury car segment of the Lexus lineup in North America and other regions until the debut of the Lexus IS in 1999. The ES name stands for "Executive Sedan". However, some Lexus importers use the backronymic name, "Elegant Sedan".

Introduced in 1989, the first-generation ES 250 was one of two vehicles in Lexus' debut lineup, the other being the flagship LS 400. The second-generation ES 300 debuted in 1991, followed by the third-generation ES 300 in 1996, and the fourth-generation ES 300/330 in 2001. The first- through fourth-generation sedans shared body styling elements with Japan-market Toyota sedans, and a domestic market equivalent, the Toyota Windom, was sold until the launch of the fifth-generation ES in 2006. The word "Windom" is a combination of "win" and the suffix "dom" expresses a state of perpetual victory. The fifth-generation ES, featuring Lexus' own L-finesse body styling, debuted in early 2006 as a 2007 model. The sixth-generation ES debuted in the first half of 2012 as a 2013 model, and features increased cabin dimensions due to a longer wheelbase which is shared with the full-size Toyota Avalon.