2016 Lexus ES Refresh Officially Unveiled
#46
Lexus Champion
I had the DI engine is my 2006 GS300 and was lucky to trade it in on my my wife's 2015 ES350. That engine would have eventually had issues with valves getting an enormous amount of carbon buildup and burning oil. Her mileage was too low and time ran out on the extended warranty on the issue. If you are not aware, search the GS forum. With DI you do not get the valves cleaned by the fuel since it is not passing over them. Some engines have a standard injector and DI setup to help this issue but I am not sure which ones do and don't. I think DI is the cause for the so equipped engines needing more top end cleaning. There are others here that may be able to explain it better than me. In either case, I am glad her new ES does not have DI.
#47
Lexus Champion
Well the 2013-2015 GS350 have direct and port injection...probably to remedy this problem. The 2016 ES will probably have a similar setup.
#51
Lead Lap
Once the announcement of the refresh has been made and from that point on and since the refresh includes a good number of changes, I would expect that dealers will have to be offering significant discounting to move remaining 2015 ES inventory. When the dealers are able to start selling the 2016 ES, for at least a while, discount levels are likely to be much lower. Thus, I would expect that Lexus and its dealers will want to be able to start selling the 2016 model with its higher profit margins as soon as possible. With that thought in mind, I wouldn't be surprised if the factories have already stopped production of the 2015 model and started production on the 2016 model. And with Lexus production in the US scheduled to start before the middle of 2015, it would make sense for them to be starting production of the 2016 vehicles here very soon, if they haven't already done so.
#52
Lead Lap
I would also guess that delivery time for the 2016 - coming from Kentucky - will be much shorter than coming thru the Panama Canal. Maybe one can just pick their car up down there.
Wouldn't that be nice...
Wouldn't that be nice...
#53
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#54
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is there a way to contact someone at corporate Lexus to get an idea when the car will be available in US? when you use the lexus website contact section--you get worthless vague answers from their PR clerks--I suspect that information is known now but you cannot get a straight answer from the corporate office
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