Lexus Announces Pricing on 2007 ES 350 Luxury Sport Sedan

Lexus today announced pricing for the all-new 2007 Lexus ES 350 entry luxury sedan. The fifth-generation ES goes on sale April 21 with a base Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $33,170. The 2007 ES 350 improves upon every level of comfort, safety, performance and craftsmanship in the elegant five-passenger sedan.

"We believe the new Lexus ES 350 is better in virtually every way than our original LS flagship sedan," said Lexus Group Vice President and General Manager Bob Carter. "It's faster, more powerful and quieter than the vehicle that redefined the prestige luxury segment in the early 1990s."

Lexus ES 350 features a 3.5-liter V6 engine that delivers 272 horsepower and 254 lb.-ft. of torque. It is substantially quicker than the model it replaces, with an estimated zero-to-60 mph time of 6.8 seconds. Electronically controlled sequential fuel injection optimizes the fuel mixture and creates a precise burn, higher output and lower emissions to aid drivability and lend substantial improvements in engine efficiency with increased power and improved fuel economy.

A front-wheel-drive vehicle, Lexus ES 350 features a six-speed automatic Electronically Controlled Transmission with intelligence (ECT-i) and sequential shift. Dual exhaust is standard, reducing exhaust backpressure at high rpm, and it has segment-leading efficiency. The ES 350's manufacturer-estimated combined fuel consumption is 25 mpg (21 mpg city/30 mpg highway) and Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle II (ULEV II) certification is anticipated.

Additionally, the new Lexus ES 350 offers owners such standard safety features as Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Traction Control (TRAC), an electronic traction-control system that uses both throttle and brake intervention to help control wheel spin, as well as eight standard airbags, or 10 with the optional rear seat side airbags. For 2007, the ES gains new knee airbags for the driver and front passenger, as well as a twin-chamber front passenger airbag. Side-curtain airbags couple with front seat-mounted airbags and the optional rear-seat side airbags, all designed to help offer additional crash-energy management for the front- and rear-seat occupants.

The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) in the new ES also includes variable-force front airbags for both driver and front passenger. Sensors determine the severity of the accident and in turn the force with which to deploy the front airbags, helping to provide an appropriate level of occupant restraint. Rear seat side airbags are offered optionally.

Lexus ES 350 includes front side windows equipped with a water-repellant surface to help to bead rainwater, a rear back-up camera as part of the available navigation package, as well as the first-ever intelligent Adaptive Front lighting System (AFS), which allows both right and left front headlamp bulbs to swivel simultaneously to help illuminate a turn or curve as the driver steers into it.

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