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The 2027 Lexus ES starts at $49,005 for the electric ES 350e, destination included, and tops out at $60,405 for the ES 500e Luxury AWD, a carryover lineup, not a redesign. It is the same battery-electric ES 350e and ES 500e that launched for the 2026 model year, joined by the same ES 350h hybrid, all unchanged into 2027. For the car it replaced, RideTruth has EPA ratings and NHTSA complaints on the 2025 ES and earlier years.
How do the eight 2027 ES prices break down?
Lexus's pricing chart lists eight configurations:
| Model | MSRP* |
|---|---|
| ES 350e Premium | $49,005 |
| ES 350h Premium | $51,200 |
| ES 500e Premium AWD | $52,005 |
| ES 350h Premium AWD | $52,600 |
| ES 350h Premium+ | $56,000 |
| ES 350h Premium+ AWD | $57,400 |
| ES 350e Luxury | $57,405 |
| ES 500e Luxury AWD | $60,405 |
*Lexus's pricing chart states these figures "include $1,395 Delivery, Processing, and Handling fee (DPH) for ES." Destination is already in every number above; Lexus separately cites the ES 350e's base MSRP before that fee at $47,610, and the ES 350h's at $49,805.
The ES 350e is front-wheel drive with a single motor; the ES 500e adds a second motor at the rear for all-wheel drive. The ES 350h keeps the gas-electric hybrid system, with all-wheel drive optional on both Premium trims. Lexus's newsroom describes the 2027 lineup as a straight continuation: the eighth-generation ES "was all-new for 2026 and carries over to 2027 unchanged," arriving at dealers in September.
What EPA-estimated range do the ES 350e and ES 500e get?
Lexus lists the front-wheel-drive ES 350e at 307 miles of EPA-estimated total range on its standard 19-inch wheels, dropping to 292 miles with the available 21-inch wheels. The all-wheel-drive ES 500e is rated lower: 276 miles on 19-inch wheels, 272 miles on 21-inch wheels.
What did the outgoing generation's EPA ratings look like?
For 2025, the last full year before the redesign, EPA rated four configurations of the outgoing ES. Two 3.5-liter V6 ES 350 builds and a 2.5-liter four-cylinder AWD gas build came in at 25 to 28 MPG combined; the ES 300h hybrid was rated at 44.
How does the new lineup's EPA record compare?
RideTruth's catalog already lists the unchanged 2027 lineup under model year 2026, since that is the model year Lexus itself first sold it. EPA rates the ES 350h hybrid at 44 to 46 MPG combined, 46 for the front-wheel-drive version. The battery-electric ES 350e and ES 500e are rated separately, at 112 to 127 MPGe combined, a unit that measures energy use rather than gasoline burned.
MPGe and MPG aren't directly comparable. A buyer cross-shopping the new lineup is choosing between a hybrid rated close to the outgoing car's best rating and a battery-electric option measured in a different unit entirely.
What is the outgoing ES's NHTSA complaint record?
Owners filed NHTSA complaints against the seventh-generation ES, 2019 through 2025, every year of its run before the redesign: 137 complaints total.
These are raw owner-filed reports, not a failure rate or a count of confirmed defects. They also aren't adjusted for how many of each model year sold or how long each has been on the road; the about page covers why a complaint isn't the same as a confirmed problem. Nothing in this count says anything about the redesigned eighth-generation car, which Lexus says was all-new for 2026.
The eighth-generation ES hasn't been on the road long enough for its complaint count to mean much. Adding a 2026 or 2027 ES to your garage lets RideTruth match it against any recall campaign filed for it later.