The Lexus ES range proves that a luxurious ride and good gas mileage need not be mutually exclusive. Over the years, Lexus ES gas mileage ratings have hovered in the mid-to-high twenty mile per gallon highway (MPG) range, with a high of 30 MPG in the 2007 ES 360.
All Lexus ES models are equipped with six-cylinder engines in a front-wheel-drive configuration. The displacement has grown over the years, from 2.5 liters in the 1990-1991 ES 250, to 3.0 liters in the 1992-2003 ES 300, 3.3 liters in the 2004-2006 ES 330, and 3.5 liters in the 2007-2009 ES 350. While regular-grade fuel was acceptable in the ES 250, ES 300, and ES 330, premium-grade is recquired in the ES 350.
A manual transmission was offered from 1990 through 1993. The current model is equipped with a six-speed automatic.
Lexus ES Gas Mileage: 1990-2009
Year | Manf. | Model | Engine | Disp. | Fuel | Trans. | City | Hwy |
2009 | LEXUS | ES 350 | 6 cylinder | 3.5 liter | P | (S6) Auto | 19 | 27 |
2008 | LEXUS | ES 350 | 6 cylinder | 3.5 liter | P | (S6) Auto | 19 | 27 |
2007 | LEXUS | ES 350 | 6 cylinder | 3.5 liter | P | (S6) Auto | 21 | 30 |
2006 | LEXUS | ES 330 | 6 cylinder | 3.3 liter | P | (L5) Auto | 21 | 29 |
2005 | LEXUS | ES 330 | 6 cylinder | 3.3 liter | R | (L5) Auto | 21 | 29 |
2004 | LEXUS | ES 330 | 6 cylinder | 3.3 liter | R | (L5) Auto | 20 | 29 |
2003 | LEXUS | ES 300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L5) Auto | 21 | 29 |
2002 | LEXUS | ES 300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L5) Auto | 21 | 29 |
2001 | LEXUS | ES 300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 19 | 26 |
2000 | LEXUS | ES 300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 19 | 26 |
1999 | LEXUS | ES 300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 19 | 26 |
1998 | LEXUS | ES 300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 19 | 27 |
1997 | LEXUS | ES300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 19 | 26 |
1996 | LEXUS | ES300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 20 | 29 |
1995 | LEXUS | ES300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 20 | 28 |
1994 | LEXUS | ES300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 18 | 24 |
1993 | LEXUS | ES300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (M5) Manual | 18 | 24 |
1993 | LEXUS | ES300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 18 | 23 |
1992 | LEXUS | ES300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (M5) Manual | 19 | 26 |
1992 | LEXUS | ES300 | 6 cylinder | 3.0 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 17 | 24 |
1991 | LEXUS | ES250 | 6 cylinder | 2.5 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 18 | 24 |
1991 | LEXUS | ES250 | 6 cylinder | 2.5 liter | R | (M5) Manual | 19 | 25 |
1990 | LEXUS | ES250 | 6 cylinder | 2.5 liter | R | (L4) Auto | 19 | 25 |
1990 | LEXUS | ES250 | 6 cylinder | 2.5 liter | R | (M5) Manual | 19 | 26 |