2025 head-to-head · Midsize Car

2025 Audi RS vs Lexus LS Hybrid

MPG, range and what each one really costs you to fuel, from official EPA ratings and recalculated with your own gas and electricity prices.

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✓ Cheaper to run
$2,576/ year to fuel
23 MPG
✓ Cheaper to run
$2,370/ year to fuel
25 MPG

AWD · 3.5L 6-cyl · CVT · 25 MPG

The 2025 Lexus LS Hybrid is the cheaper one to run. Driving 15,000 miles a year with $3.95/gal premium gas, it costs about $2,370 a year to fuel (25 MPG), versus $2,576 for the 2025 Audi RS (23 MPG). That's roughly $206 a year, or about $1,030 over five years.

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Fuel cost over 10 years

  • Audi RS
  • Lexus LS Hybrid

Side by side

Audi RSLexus LS Hybrid
$2,576 Your annual fuel cost $2,370
23 MPG Combined efficiency 25 MPG
20 MPG City 22 MPG
29 MPG Highway 29 MPG
87 cu ft Passenger volume 99 cu ft
8 cu ft Cargo volume 12 cu ft
385 g/mi Tailpipe CO₂ (g/mi) 358 g/mi
5/10 EPA fuel economy score 5/10
5/10 EPA greenhouse gas score 5/10
Gas Powertrain Hybrid
Premium gasoline Fuel Premium gasoline
2.5L 5-cyl turbo Engine / motor 3.5L 6-cyl
7-speed dual-clutch Transmission CVT
AWD Drivetrain AWD

✓ marks the better value. EPA scores run 1–10 (10 is best). Volumes come from the EPA interior volume index and aren't published for every body style.

Audi RS vs Lexus LS Hybrid across model years

  • Audi RS
  • Lexus LS Hybrid

Annual fuel cost of the most efficient configuration of each model year, at your prices. Click a point to open that year.

How they differ

Per EPA interior volume figures, the Lexus LS Hybrid has more passenger space (99 vs. 87 cu ft); the Lexus LS Hybrid has more cargo space (12 vs. 8 cu ft).

Among 42 2025 midsize cars, the Audi RS ranks 36th and the Lexus LS Hybrid 33rd for lowest fuel cost.

The powertrains differ: the Audi RS is a conventional gas model, while the Lexus LS Hybrid is a full hybrid.

Frequently asked questions

Which is more fuel-efficient, the 2025 Audi RS or the 2025 Lexus LS Hybrid?

Measured by cost to drive, the Lexus LS Hybrid. The Audi RS is rated 23 MPG combined and the Lexus LS Hybrid 25 MPG (EPA, most efficient configuration of each).

How much does it cost to fuel the 2025 Audi RS vs. the Lexus LS Hybrid per year?

At 15,000 miles a year with $3.95/gal premium gas, about $2,576 for the Audi RS and $2,370 for the Lexus LS Hybrid.

Which has more cargo space?

The Lexus LS Hybrid, with 12 cu ft of luggage volume versus 8 cu ft (EPA interior volume index).

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