Lexus ES 250

Six years into its life cycle, the Lexus ES is due for the overhaul its Toyota counterpart, the juggernaut Camry, received for 2025. Instead, the 2025 ES gets no major changes. The Black Line Special Edition Package returns, however, after a four-year slumber.

Available only on the 302-horsepower ES 350 F Sport Handling, the Black Line edition adds black mirror housings, lip spoiler and sills. It also includes F Sport puddle lamps, a head-up display, a 12.3-inch touchscreen and a 360-degree camera system.

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Powertrain Specs and MPG

The 2025 ES continues to offer a wide variety of powertrains. ES 350 models are powered by a 3.5-liter V-6 engine making 302 horsepower and 267 pounds-feet of torque and mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. For 2024, most ES 350s get an EPA-rated 22/32/26 mpg city/highway/combined, but efficiency slips ever so slightly in the ES 350 F Sport to 22/31/25 mpg (official figures for the 2025 model are not yet available).

For the same price as the six-cylinder models, Lexus also offers the ES 250 all-wheel drive, which uses a 203-hp, 2.5-liter four-cylinder that makes 184 pounds-feet. It, too, comes standard with an eight-speed automatic. Fuel economy for the 2024 ES 250 lands at 25/34/28 mpg.

The priciest powertrain in the ES family is the 300h. It pairs the 2.5-liter four-cylinder with an electric motor, sending a total of 215 horsepower to the front wheels through a continuously variable automatic transmission. It achieves an impressive 43/44/44 mpg.

Availability and Pricing

The 2025 Lexus ES will go on sale later this summer. Full line pricing (including $1,150 destination) is as follows:

ES 250 AWD, ES 350

• Base: $43,190
• Luxury: $48,360
• Ultra Luxury: $52,080
• F Sport Design: $47,775
• ES 350 F Sport Handling: $49,650

ES 300h

• Base: $44,590
• Luxury: $49,760
• Ultra Luxury: $53,480
• F Sport Design: $48,975
• F Sport Handling: $50,885

Trim Levels and Safety Equipment

Standard safety technologies on the ES include forward collision warning with pedestrian detection and automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitors, rear cross-traffic alert, emergency steering assist, left-turn oncoming vehicle detection and braking, adaptive cruise control, road-sign recognition, lane-centering steering and lane departure alert with steering assist.

Regardless of powertrain, standard equipment on the base ES also includes 17-inch wheels, a moonroof, LED exterior lighting, and keyless entry and starting. Inside are dual-zone automatic climate control, power-adjustable front seats, synthetic leather upholstery, an 8-inch touchscreen with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and 10 speakers.

Luxury variants ride on 18-inch wheels and feature front and rear parking sensors with automatic braking. Inside, the Luxury trims include quilted and perforated leather upholstery, front seats upgraded with additional adjustability, wood interior trim and ambient lighting. A 17-speaker Mark Levinson sound system is available, as well.

The Ultra Luxury trim adds unique 18-inch wheels, upgraded dampers, a hands-free trunk with a kick sensor, a head-up display, a larger 12.3-inch touchscreen and a 360-degree parking camera.

The F Sport Design rides on gloss-black 19-inch wheels and gets a unique front bumper with different grille trim and a rear spoiler. In terms of content, it lands between the base and Luxury trims, with synthetic leather upholstery, heated and ventilated front seats, a heated steering wheel, wireless phone charging, rain-sensing windshield wipers, and front and rear parking sensors with automatic braking.

Finally, the F Sport Handling gets a sport-tuned adaptive suspension with variable dampers and two additional drive modes and aluminum interior trim and pedals.

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