Lexus’s eighth-generation ES becomes its one and only big executive saloon – and goes all-electric to boot. Lexus is one of those car brands that slowly seems to be morphing into an SUV specialist almost by force majeure rather than by force of will. At no point has this firm vowed to stop making other sorts of cars or expressed any particular commitment to becoming a tougher-looking, more outdoorsy version of its former self (unlike some other brands we could mention). It’s simply that customers clearly like SUVs – and Lexus can hardly be criticised for catering to that.Luckily for those who don’t like those SUVs so much, the brand’s management recognises the obligation…
Lexus ES verdict: Spirit of the LS lives on in £68k EV
