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What does "ES" stand for?

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Old 01-15-15 | 12:00 PM
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Economy Series ?
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Old 01-15-15 | 12:15 PM
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Executive Sedan
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Old 01-15-15 | 04:29 PM
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Whatever you want it to. A lot of people think they know, but the truth is it's all made up.
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Old 01-15-15 | 08:41 PM
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Executive Sedan, at least thats what a Lexus dealer told me.
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Old 01-15-15 | 09:11 PM
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Pulled from the Lexus ES wiki

The ES name stands for "Executive Sedan". However, some Lexus importers use the backronymic name, "Elegant Sedan".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus_ES
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So we're all pretty much agreeing that ES stands for "Executive Sedan"
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Old 01-16-15 | 05:33 AM
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Then what about "LS" and "IS" ?
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
CT = Compact Touring
HS = Hybrid (Harmonious) Sport
IS = Intelligent Sport
ES = Executive Sedan
GS = Grand Sport/Sedan
LS = Luxury Sport

SC = Sport Coupe/Convertible

RX = Rally SUV
GX = Grand SUV
LX = Luxury SUV

L = Long
h = hybrid
LF = Lexus Future (LF-C, LF-S, etc.) -- with the exception of LF-A which means Lexus F-Sport Apex
F = Fuji (IIRC)
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Old 01-17-15 | 06:37 PM
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The "S" in Lexus cars stands for sedan.
An "X" means its an SUV.
And "C" means coupe.
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What are the sources for all this information?
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Old 01-17-15 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by MrBooby
What are the sources for all this information?
Personally, I haven't seen any actual proof, but pretty much everyone I've asked agrees on the same names. I don't think they could all be wrong, plus logically the names do make sense.
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The source of that list is people that work at a Lexus dealer, I've seen it repeated several times by people that work for Lexus.
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