Ford Mustang Mach-E vs Lexus ES300H

What's the difference?

VS
Ford Mustang Mach-E
Ford Mustang Mach-E

2024 price

Lexus ES300H
Lexus ES300H

$58,495 - $74,888

2023 price

Summary

2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E
2023 Lexus ES300H
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Not Applicable, 0.0L

Inline 4, 2.5L
Fuel Type
Electric

Premium Unleaded/Electric
Fuel Efficiency
0.0L/100km (combined)

4.8L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Base car not as affordable as competitors
  • Rival EVs can also charge faster
  • Mustang name will continue to ruffle feathers

  • Dated interior, fiddly controls
  • Firm ride
  • Road and engine noise at speed
2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Summary

No brand courted controversy more than Ford when it stuck the legendary Mustang badge on an electric mid-size SUV.

Now finally here in Australia after a significant wait, the Mach-E is the Blue Oval’s first step into fully electric territory.

The question we’re answering for this launch review is whether it’s too little too late. Now the Mach-E’s primary rivals like the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6 and Tesla Model Y are established players in Australia, is the Mach-E yesterday’s news, or is it something different in the EV space? Something worthy of the Mustang badge?

Let’s find out.

View full pricing & specs
2023 Lexus ES300H Summary

What’s the closest thing we have to a modern-day Holden Statesman/Caprice?

If, like General Motors, you obliterate Australia’s Own from existence altogether, you’re left with time-honoured rivals also made in this country, like the Ford Fairlane, Chrysler by Chrysler and Toyota’s Crown and Avalon.

But they’re also all in history’s dustbin (well, the American ones, anyway), leaving the humble Camry as the sole living nameplate with any connection to Australian manufacturing.

And since the Lexus ES is a close relative, we’re going to take a fresh look at the latest version, with a view of it as a bit of a survivor of a bygone era – where aspirational vehicles were created from normal family sedans.

Just like the Fairlane, Crown and of course, the Caprice.

Launched in mid 2018 but facelifted in 2021, we test the ultimate version of the seventh-generation ES, the 300h Sports Luxury – or SL, if we’re to make yet another tenuous connection to long-gone Holdens.

Let’s go!

View full pricing & specs

Deep dive comparison

2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E 2023 Lexus ES300H

Change vehicle