Associate Editor Reese Counts shows just how quiet the 2019 Lexus ES' new interior really is.
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REESE COUNTS: Hey everybody. Reese Counts with Autoblog. Today I'm here in the 2019 Lexus ES. Now this is the 300h, the hybrid model.
I'm a big fan of the interior. It looks and feels very nice. But what I also love about Lexus interiors is how quiet they are. And combined with the hybrid system, you know, it's one of the quietest vehicles on earth. So I'm just going to turn it up and turn it on and drive for a little bit.
So the car's on now. We've got stuff like laminated glass and lots of sound-deadening material to make it nice and quiet in here. Honestly, you can hear the vents more than anything. I'll put it in drive and take the parking brake off. There you go.
See? Even there. You can kind of hear the engine in the background, but even that-- And hybrid engines, they always kind of like move and, like, hold like a CVT in the right power band. It's really pretty unobtrusive. It's just a really nice place to spend a little time.
Power delivery is smooth, but once again, it just has a nice relaxed quiet feeling. That's like honestly one of the best things about hybrids. Let's see if I come up to the stop and put it in EV mode if I can get that [INAUDIBLE].
[BEEP]
Won't let me do it right now, but it's still a nice quiet Toyota hybrid Powertrain.
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