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23 April 2025
An all-new Lexus ES makes its world first appearance today, signalling the introduction later this year of an eighth generation of the global luxury saloon.
Its development has focused on the concept Experience Elegant & Electrified Saloon, introducing new technologies and advanced comfort, connectivity and safety to sustain the build the model’s global reputation. The aim has been to ensure the ES can be enjoyed by all occupants: a connected, rewarding experience and sense of always being in control for the driver and first class comfort for everyone on board. The advantages the ES has always enjoyed in ride quality, comfort and quietness have been taken to a higher level.
The information provided here relates specifically to the ES range that will be available to European customers, including model range, provisional outline performance data and principal equipment features.
A new saloon for a new era
The all-new ES has been conceived as a model that addresses the priorities and concerns of today’s customers. The Lexus approach of “making luxury personal” is central to its strategy for keeping pace with people’s changing values and fulfilling their search for meaningful experiences.
This includes producing multiple solutions towards achieving carbon neutrality, giving people different technology solutions to reduce their carbon footprint. With the all-new ES, this is demonstrated in an extended model range that includes both full hybrid and battery electric powertrains, with different power options and the choice of both front and all-wheel drive.
To deliver on its “making luxury personal” promise, Lexus’ new car programme focuses on Electrification, Intelligence and Diversification, qualities that are central to the all-new ES.
The Electrification programme brings battery electric technology to Lexus’ premium saloon for the first time. Where Intelligence is concerned, the model benefits from technology innovations such as the Lexus-first “Hidden Tech” switches – made possible by Lexus’s Arene software platform – and the latest sophisticated multimedia and safety systems. With the Diversification of its model range, Lexus is designing products that can fulfil multiple roles; the ES may be a saloon in the classic style, but it has character, style and performance to appeal to customers across both the private and business sectors.
A Lexus original
The ES is an “original Lexus,” having been a fixture in the model range since the brand’s launch in 1989. In its latest iteration, it builds on its long-established reputation for luxury and refinement while increasing customer choice in electrified powertrains, in line with the Lexus Electrified vision and multi-pathway strategy towards carbon neutrality. Both self-charging hybrids and the first ES battery electric models will be offered in a line-up that will also include front and all-wheel drive options.
While the ES has been a key model for Lexus in North America and Asia for more than three decades, its arrival in Europe was more recent. It was launched in Eastern European markets with the sixth generation model in 2010, and in the UK and Western Europe with the current model in 2018.
Although the all-new ES is a larger car in every dimension than its predecessor, its Clean x Tech design delivers a sleek and elegant look, both inside and out. The investment made in comfort, refinement and luxury moves it closer to the quality, spaciousness and specifications associated with larger F-segment models. At the same time, its performance and handling, both in hybrid and battery electric versions, delivers the high levels of comfort, confidence and control that define the Lexus Driving Signature.
The development programme was based at Lexus’s Shimoyama technical centre in Japan, where planning, design, engineering and evaluation teams were able to collaborate under one roof to systematically test and refine the car.
Following its world premiere at Auto Shanghai in China today, the all-new ES will be launched in the UK and Europe with the start of sales from spring 2026. Details of UK specifications will be announced in due course.
POWERTRAINS: THE LEXUS MULTI-PATHWAY STRATEGY
ES 300h and 350h self-charging hybrids
The ES 300h features a redesigned self-charging hybrid system with a 2.5-litre in-line four-cylinder engine, producing maximum power of 199bhp (201 DIN hp/148kW) *. Both front and all-wheel drive versions will be available.
This powertrain will be available in western European markets while in the east the hybrid offer will be the ES 350h. This also uses a 2.5-litre gasoline engine, but with maximum output of 244bhp (247 DIN hp/ 182kW) *. Again, front and all-wheel drive models will be introduced.
The hybrid battery has also been upgraded for higher output.
The system uses a bespoke control logic to deliver a combination of strong acceleration and fuel efficiency. As an additional benefit, the power unit’s increased rigidity helps suppress vibrations, contributing to a quieter and more refined cabin atmosphere.
Battery electric ES 350e and 500e
Two battery electric ES versions will be available: the ES 350e front-wheel drive model delivering an output of 221bhp (224 DIN hp /165kW) *, and the all-wheel drive ES 500e, with an output of 338bhp (343 DIN hp / 252kW) *. Both benefit from Lexus’s expertise in advanced electrification to unlock the full potential of the new Lexus global architecture-K platform, including new eAxles which integrate both the power control unit and transaxle. Their new design is lightweight with compact packaging that helps optimise cabin and load space. The high-capacity battery is located beneath the floor, lowering the car’s centre of gravity.
The ES 500e is equipped with Lexus’s DIRECT4 intelligent electric all-wheel drive system. This provides continuous adjustment of drive torque distribution to all four wheels, according to driver inputs and the road conditions. This can vary from 100:0 to 0:100, based on data from sensors monitoring acceleration, wheel speed and steering angle. This delivers both handling stability and an engaging driving experience.
*Provisional data