Lexus ES Lease Deals

Why Lease a Lexus ES?

Because it is the quietest and most comfortable way into an electric executive saloon, and because of one specification detail that matters far more day to day than any performance figure. The ES has a 22kW onboard AC charger, where most rivals have 11kW. On a three phase supply that is a full charge in around four hours rather than eight, and it makes the ES unusually easy to live with if you charge anywhere other than a rapid.

Beyond that it is a Lexus: up to 361 miles of range, a 493 litre boot, and the build quality and dealer experience the brand is known for. Against other badges, the BMW i5 and the Volvo ES90 are the two electric saloons most people weigh against it.

Is the Lexus ES a Hybrid or Electric?

In the UK it is fully electric, and only fully electric. This is the most important thing on the page, and getting it wrong is easy, because the ES spent two decades as a hybrid and a great deal of what is written about it online still describes that car.

The all new, eighth generation ES went on sale in the UK in May 2026, and Lexus UK sells it here exclusively as a battery electric model, badged ES 350e. The ES 300h hybrid is not part of the UK line-up, and the outgoing hybrid is not offered alongside it either. The twin motor four wheel drive ES 500e is not sold in the UK and has no confirmed date.

Here is why it keeps catching people out, and we would rather explain it than let you discover it. Lexus's own marketing article from 2025 is still live and still says the UK will get a choice of three powertrains, naming the ES 300h and ES 500e. That plan changed. On top of that, both generations use the identical grade names, Premium, Premium Plus and Takumi, so an old review of the hybrid looks like a current review of the electric car. The simplest test: if a page quotes an mpg figure for an ES, it is describing the previous generation, because the current UK car does not have an engine.

Which Lexus ES Should You Choose?

Three grades, five derivatives, and one powertrain across all of them. Every UK ES has the same 77kWh battery, the same 165kW single front motor and front wheel drive, so the only thing that changes across the range is equipment and wheels.

Which makes this the clearest trade off on the car. The top grade has the shortest range and the entry grade has the longest. Takumi comes only on 21 inch wheels at 326 miles, where a Premium on 19s manages 361, so the most expensive ES gives up about 35 miles to the cheapest one. Note too that on Premium and Premium Plus the 21 inch wheels are a separate derivative rather than an option box, and they cost around 27 miles. Our pick for most people is the Premium Plus on 19 inch wheels: you get the equipment most buyers actually want and keep nearly all of the range. Take Takumi if the interior is the reason you are buying it, and take the Premium on 19s if range is.

Lexus ES Range, Charging and Specification

The 22kW AC charger is the standout and it is worth more than the headline range to a lot of drivers. Most electric cars at this size accept 11kW on AC, so where a rival takes seven or eight hours on a three phase supply the ES takes around four. If you charge at work, at a hotel or on a destination charger rather than always on a rapid, that halves your waiting.

Two honest observations to set against it. 150kW DC charging is mid pack rather than quick for this class in 2026, so on a long motorway run the ES will spend a little longer plugged in than some rivals. And the 99mph top speed is low for an executive saloon, which affects nobody's legal driving but will be noticed by anyone reading a spec sheet. Worth knowing that this is a front wheel drive, 224hp car tuned for refinement rather than pace: if you want an electric saloon that feels quick, it is not this one, and we would rather say so now.

How Safe Is the Lexus ES?

The new ES has not been tested by Euro NCAP, so it holds no rating. We are telling you that plainly, because this is a car where the search results will mislead you.

The five star result that comes up is for the previous, seventh generation ES 300h hybrid, tested in 2018, when Lexus marketed it as one of the safest large family cars Euro NCAP had assessed. Two things make that figure unusable here. It was awarded under the 2018 protocol, which is materially easier than the current one, and the rating expired on 1 January 2025. Euro NCAP also overhauled its protocols again for 2026. So a five star ES rating exists, but it belongs to a different car, under old rules, and it has lapsed. If a current rating is something you need in order to be comfortable, say so and we will put cars that have one in front of you.

Boot Space and Towing

493 litres with the rear seats up, which is a good figure for an electric saloon and ahead of several rivals. Two numbers to be wary of if you are comparing: 454 litres is the old seventh generation hybrid's boot, and it circulates widely because stale pages sit under the new car's name, and one data feed shows 517 litres which does not match Lexus's own published figure. Lexus does not publish a seats folded capacity, so we are not going to invent one. On towing, Lexus UK publishes no braked figure for the ES 350e and the two third party sources we found flatly contradict each other, one stating it cannot tow at all and the other giving a figure for a different market's specification. If you need to tow, ask us and we will get a definitive answer from Lexus in writing before you commit.

Leasing a Lexus ES

Two numbers drive most of your monthly cost: the initial rental and your annual mileage. A larger initial rental brings the monthly figure down, and the mileage you choose sets the contract, so give us the real number. Excess mileage is charged at the end of the agreement.

An electric executive saloon is about as strong a business leasing and salary sacrifice case as exists, because fully electric company cars attract far lower Benefit in Kind company car tax than petrol or diesel and the saving scales with the value of the car. For a company car driver the ES is in a different tax position from the hybrid it replaced, which is worth running the numbers on if you had the old one. Rates are set per tax year and rise on a published schedule, so check the current figure. We are a credit broker rather than a tax adviser, so your accountant should confirm your own position.

One reason leasing suits this car specifically. It is a brand new model, in a body style that is out of fashion, from a brand that has only just started selling it as an electric car. Nobody knows what the used values will look like in four years, and on a lease the funder carries that risk rather than you. Our guide to electric car residual values explains how it gets priced in, and the electric against petrol comparison covers the running costs.

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