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Lexus · model year 1997
1997 Lexus SC 300/SC 400
Subcompact · Rear-Wheel Drive · Gas · EPA class: Subcompact Cars
EPA figures · 1997fueleconomy.gov
18MPG combined
16/22MPG city / highway
$4,550fuel a year
494 g CO₂ per mile 3.0 L 6-cyl Automatic 4-spd
This car on fueleconomy.gov, read 2 October 2026. Your own figures depend on how and where you drive.
Where it places
Every figure on record
- Combined MPG
- 18 MPG
- City MPG
- 16 MPG
- Highway MPG
- 22 MPG
- Annual fuel cost
- $4,550
- Tailpipe CO₂
- 494 g per mile
- Model year
- 1997
- Body
- Car
- EPA size class
- Subcompact Cars
- Drive
- Rear-Wheel Drive
- Engine
- 3.0 L 6-cyl
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Fuel
- Gasoline
Efficiency
Running cost
The car
Powertrain
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