Hi ES300 fans - my name is Adrian and I'm new to this forum! I have a '92 ES300 that is Australian spec (clear lenses etc) with personalised ES300 plates!

Anyway, I saw a thread hunting for details of the new ES300. It is my understanding that the new ES300 will remain a Toyota Windom, and not a Chaser as mentioned earlier in threads. Below is a pic of the new Toyota Windom - not bad looking but would have to see the whole car to judge.


:-)

Adrian

 

is this the pic you were trying to post?

looks kinda photoshopped to me.

 

Yes, that's the pic - thanks! Not sure why the picture didn't post originally, it was initially displaying on my screen....

This is the only picture I've seen of the upcoming Toyota Windom - the legit Japanese Toyota site still has the current Windom/ES300. This picture is from the 'Scoop' site which has lots of scoop pics of upcoming Japanese cars - http://www.geocities.com/busybeetoys/ The webmaster isn't a fan of Toyotas it would seem but he posts the new pics when he can. That may be why it looks photoshopped as it would have been scanned from a mag.

- adrian

 

Got hand it to Lexus/Toyota they done an outstanding job keeping the new design and specs under wrap. The car is supposely only a 3-4 months away and still real details or photos. Talk to Lexus salesman today and he knew even less about it than I.

 

when i tried posting it, that didn't work...so i saved the file on my computer and posted it as an attachment

i do like the front end, very classy IMO. if this is the true front end, it is really a big improvement that revitalizes the really 'aggressive' front stance of the original ES300 (92-96). the current ES300 looks like a camry from the front IMO

 

argggh, tried posting this separately but timed out...

anyway, yet more pics from a japanese mag - this is an official website, that has final production sketches of the new ES300/windom which looks quite similar but makes me wonder if the other pic was a press 'photoshop' job.

Front end:


Rear:


more details:
http://mag-x.com/scoop/windom0106/index.html

also interesting to note their undercover pics of the new camry - quite good looking although again borrowing heavily from Mercedes. The rear tail-lights look like a recent Korean car from memory.
http://mag-x.com/scoop/camry0106/index.html

Adrian

 

I hope they don't mess with it too mutch, i think that the best windom to date for being stock is the 2002 windom.

 

I agree with you L Sport. The current version of the ES 300 love. This new design came out in 1997, but to me still looks very sporty/classy. The new pics of the Windom look pretty good, but i wish they could keep the block tail lights and frameless windows. I espically like how the end of the Es 300 is molded just right, so there is no need for a spoiler. Reminds me how clean BMW backs look.

 

Ok, yet more pics, again from the Japanese Scoop page:
http://www.geocities.com/busybeetoys/

front pic:


rear pic:


Hmm, looks interesting - those headlights (still a retouched photo) look awfully long. The head of Toyota/Lexus Australia was interviewed some time ago after seeing a production model and said he was extremely excited about the new ES300 and it's new look. Should stand out a bit more, at least from the front.

adrian

 

The preview pics/drawings posted by Adrian ES300, to me, seem to depict "Toyota Brevis" (front) and "Toyota Carina" (rear) I saw during my recent visit to Japan. I am not saying that the pics don't represent the new Windom--but I'd highly doubt Toyota would design such an important model, Windom, looking so much like a combination of two lower-end models.

 

actually, the Brevis is too ugly it doesn't even look like that Windom picture. This design is very similar to the new Camry, which the design was already finalized and being build in factories as we speak.

the new camry:

new CAMRY