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More intriguing to us, however, is the potential version that could reach US shores: not as the Avalon that essentially takes the Crown's place as Toyota's largest sedan in America, but as the replacement for the Lexus GS (and ES) sedans.
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So there is a real chance that, if the the GS and ES are replaced by one vehicle for the next generation, that vehicle will be RWD like the GS rather than FWD like the ES? My understanding is that the ES outsells the GS many times over. It seems to me that the if you are combining the target customers for those vehicles into one group, you would taylor the product to the preferences of the majority. This makes me skeptical that a car based on the Crown would replace the ES. Should they choose to keep the GS around, then, sure, naturally it would more than likely borrow from the latest Crown. Otherwise, to me, the far more likely choice for an ES/GS replacement is a next generation Avalon-based vehicle.