Toyota Group presents the Toyota BZ7 and Lexus ES
Toyota and Lexus have unveiled their new E-segment sedans, the Toyota BZ7 and Lexus ES. They will be available in China from 2025 and in other global markets from 2026.
1. The Lexus ES continues the brand line of E-segment sedans derived from the Toyota Camry.
• The new generation now measures 5.14 m (+16 cm compared to the previous one) and its shapes are more fluid than in the past.
• Like the previous generation models, it will be available as a full hybrid (F-HEV). But, unlike the previous generation, it will be offered as a battery electric (BEV). No purely thermal version is available in either the previous or the new generation.
• The car weighs 1,840 kg for the 2.0 hybrid version, 1,940 kg for the 2.5 hybrid version and 2,240 kg for the electric version. Its platform is known as TNGA-GA-K.
2. The Toyota BZ7 is an E-segment sedan derived from the Lexus ES, which could anticipate the future Camry.
• But this new model is only offered in a battery electric version, which was never the case with the Camry .
• Designed on the TNGA-GA-K platform, it is the fifth battery electric model from the Toyota brand, after the BZ3, BZ3X, BZ4X and BZ5 (the BZ being sedans, the BZX being SUVs).
• Specially designed for the Chinese market, it was developed by Toyota and its Chinese partner GAC Group.
• It takes on the imposing dimensions and weight of the Lexus ES and aims to consolidate Toyota's position in the Chinese market.
Toyota sold 1,516,000 cars in China in 2024, down 13.4% from 2023. In the first quarter of 2025, Toyota reversed the trend by selling 320,000 cars in China, up 10% from the first quarter of 2024.