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David has driven almost every generation of the Lexus ES in the past 35 years, starting with the first Gen back in the the late 1980s/early 1990s. After driving the 2026 Lexus ES, though, David is ready to declare that this 8th Gen is the best ES ever. In fact, David provides 15 reasons why he believes that the 2026 Lexus ES is the best ES in its history. Automotive Press is owned and managed by David Koichi Chao, a global expert in the field of automotive evaluation, engineering, and strategy. With over 35 years of engineering experience, David is able to review vehicles from unique perspectives utilizing technical and specialized methods. David is a board member and a Vice President at AJAC (Automobile Journalist Association of Canada). David is known around the world as an authentic specialist of Lean/Agile Thinking, and travels all around the world to review vehicles and teach latest engineering methods. Born and raised in Japan, David has an engineering degree from University of British Columbia and post-graduate executive education from MIT and Harvard Business School in Boston.
The Lexus ES is a mid-size luxury sedan marketed since 1989 by Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, across multiple generations, each offering V6 engines and a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout. The first five generations of the ES used the Toyota Camry platform, while the latter generations are more closely related to both the Camry and the Avalon. Manual transmissions were offered until 1993, a lower-displacement inline-four engine became an option in Asian markets in 2010, and a gasolin...
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