An object of the present invention is to provide a lubricating oil composition which, even while exhibiting an excellent
friction reducing effect by combining plural types of
molybdenum-based friction modifiers, has excellent high-temperature detergency,
oxidation stability and
copper corrosion resistance. The object has been achieved by a lubricating oil composition containing a
base oil (A), a
molybdenum-based
friction modifier (B), a
metal-based detergent (C), and an ash-free dispersant (D), wherein the
molybdenum-based
friction modifier (B) contains two or more selected from the group consisting of a binuclear molybdenum
dithiocarbamate (B1), a trinuclear molybdenum
dithiocarbamate (B2), and a molybdenum-amine complex (B3); the
metal-based detergent (C) contains a
sulfur atom; the ash-free dispersant (D) contains a
nitrogen atom; the
acid value derived from the binuclear molybdenum
dithiocarbamate (B1) and the trinuclear molybdenum dithiocarbamate (B2) is less than 0.04 mgKOH / g; the content ratio of a
sulfur content (Cs) derived from the
metal-based detergent (C) to a
nitrogen content (DN) derived from the ash-free dispersant (D), [(CS) / (DN)] is 0.30 to 0.85 in terms of the
mass ratio; and the
phosphorus content based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition is more than 0.04% by
mass and less than 0.10% by
mass.