Lexus has launched a facelifted version of the ES saloon for the European market, following the introduction of an updated version of the brand’s BMW 5 series and Mercedes E-Class at April’s Shanghai motor Show. 
The updated ES will go on sale in the UK priced from £35,905, and arrives with a mixture of styling, technology and chassis updates. 

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The ES’s chassis comes with an overhaul thanks to new braces for the rear wishbones and updated dampers. The company says the changes have made the saloon a little much more comfortable and slightly much more predictable – especially when making high-speed lane changes on the motorway.
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Lexus has tweaked the car’s braking system, too, fitting a larger brake pedal pad and extra bracing around the mount to decrease vibrations when the pedal is pressed. The parameters for the ES’s electronic braking system have also been recalibrated.
On the technology front, there’s a new pair of digital side-view mirrors and a fresh 12.3-inch infotainment system. The former is available as an option on the flagship Takumi model, while the latter comes as conventional on every ES fitted with sat-nav.
The ES is also now available with new “three-eye” LED headlights, which are conventional on the flagship Takumi model and optional across the rest of the line-up. They’re fitted with Lexus’s BladeScan Adaptive High-beam technology, which uses a fast-rotating mirror to focus the light beam and give a larger field of vision when using dipped lights.
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Lexus has made a few tweaks to the ES’s chauffeur support technology, too. Its pre-collision system can now discover cyclists during the day and gains an intersection turn assist system, which can discover cars and pedestrians crossing in front of the automobile when the chauffeur turns into a junction.