New Lexus ES coming to Australia in 2026 with choice of electric or hybrid power New Lexus ES coming to Australia in 2026 with choice of electric or hybrid power

The eighth-expertise Lexus ES has been printed with a if fact be told wide shake-as much as the enlarged luxury sedan’s powertrain strategy – with the hot model’s smartly-liked petrol hybrid expertise dwelling to be retained while pure-electric energy will moreover be made on hand at commence in 2026.

While it retains a used sedan boot, aesthetically the original ES apes the appearance of a fastback and if truth be told moves into the dimensional class above, with a 165mm stretch to overall measurement (80mm in the wheelbase) making this 5.14-metre four-door longer than a BMW 5 Series.

An unnamed original maintain language debuts on the original ES, which adopts thin and angular headlights above a front apron inspired by final twelve months’s LF- ZC Belief while a stout-width rear light bar contains ‘LEXUS’ lettering.

A hockey-stick detail embossed in the aspect profile partially distracts the gaze from the dramatic 110mm uplift in top, built into the automobile so as to accommodate the battery (of for the time being undisclosed skill) shared by the fully-electric grades that are yet 5mm taller yet again.

Inner, the organic traces of the outgoing model are substituted for a sq.-edged dashboard shelf motif incorporating a 14.0-experience touchscreen. A cowled digital instrument cluster is retained, as are like a flash shortcut controls temperature and a quantity roller are retained.

The enlarged dimensions accommodate a extra plentiful cabin with choices equivalent to a passenger seat ottoman and an executive rear seat kit with massage. Textured bamboo neat aspects extensively in the doors while interior colors comprise light grey, tan and a light inexperienced.

When the original ES lands domestically subsequent twelve months, Australian traders will be supplied as a minimum one hybrid and one electric powertrain need from the worldwide menu of four engines, with low- and high-energy tunes of every and every vitality form on hand.

The global powertrain slate kicks off with the 2 hybrids. The ES300h uses a brand original-to-ES 2.0-litre petrol-electric four-cylinder unit producing as much as 145kW with front-wheel power. This lower-output hybrid may possibly well be regarded as as to change the now-defunct, petrol-simplest ES250 that most no longer too lengthy ago retailed for $62,140 plus on-avenue prices in 2024.

Subsequent is the ES350h badge, which carries into the original ES an as much as this level model of the hot ES300h’s 2.5-litre four-cylinder hybrid now making 182kW (up 22kW). As before, mixed torque isn’t any longer disclosed.

While the ES350h stays front-wheel power as popular, an all-wheel power option is now on the menu – in two energy outputs of 148kW (ES300h AWD) or 182kW (ES350h AWD). ES350h pricing for the time being commences at $65,540 + ORC.

On the pure-electric aspect of the ledger, single- and twin-motor powertrains are on hand. Badged ES350e is a front-wheel power EV model making 165kW of energy, while the all-wheel power ES500e steps as much as 252kW.

Quickest of the dwelling is the ES500e, which claims a 5.9 2nd 0-100km/h time. The jog is otherwise carried out in as lengthy as 9.4 seconds (ES300h FWD), shedding to eight.9 sec (ES350e), 8.5 sec (ES300h AWD), 8.0 sec (ES350h FWD), and 7.8 sec (ES350h AWD) respectively.

Enabling the inclusion of battery-electric powertrains has been carried out by skill of major variations to the TNGA-K platform shared between Toyota and Lexus. The midsize, front-power ‘K’ chassis became as soon as utilised by the outgoing ‘XZ10’ ES which became as soon as variously on hand with hybrid and non-hybrid four-cylinder petrols and a V6 petrol in a foreign country.

While the e-TNGA platform utilised by the Lexus RZ, Toyota BZ4X and Subaru Solterra cousins became as soon as a mechanical branch of TNGA-K, the pure ‘K’ chassis became as soon as to birth with designed to accept simplest miniature to midsize batteries allowing amble-in hybrid drivetrains equivalent to those seen domestically in the Lexus NX and RX PHEV variants.

Changing currents in the automobile industry – growing popularity of fully-electric sedans in China, occurring simultaneously with lumpy quiz for stout EVs in Western markets – is believed to fill convinced Toyota to re-engineer the platform so as to accept worthy higher batteries.

The dimensions of that battery isn’t yet identified then yet again it appears the ES350e and ES500e variants utilise the the same pack. Riding differ is asserted to be 685km and 610km respectively on the optimistic Chinese language CLTC machine – equal to spherical 550km and 490km (WLTP). Top DC charging jog is 150kW during a 30 minute 10-80 p.c charging session.

Meanwhile, the hybrid versions may possibly well lift across a 50-litre gasoline tank.

Gasoline consumption for the incoming ES300h and ES350h has no longer yet been disclosed, then yet again it liable to be equal to the 4.8L/100km snort of the hot automobile – affording a theoretical gasoline differ of 1041km.

Learn our review of the hot Lexus ES300h hybrid.