The 2024 Lexus GX is a major departure from the previous-generation mannequin, injecting no small quantity of chunky styling and a rugged ambiance we’re not used to seeing from the premium model. Now, we all know how a lot Lexus fees for such ambiance: $64,250.
For the document, it is a bit over our authentic $60,000 estimate. That determine contains the obligatory $1,350 vacation spot and supply price Lexus fees. By comparability, the outgoing GX began slightly below $60,000. And whereas we do not but have particular pricing for the brand new US-spec Land Cruiser, Toyota has confirmed it can begin within the mid-$50,000 vary.
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You is likely to be asking if the GX is value roughly a $10,000 premium over the Land Cruiser. Each SUVs share the identical platform and squarish, upright design. However Lexus endows the GX with a twin-turbocharged 3.4-liter V6 that creates 349 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque. That is a bit greater than you will discover below the Land Cruiser’s hood, the place Toyota’s 326-hp I-Pressure Max turbocharged 2.4-liter inline-four hybrid exists. In the event you want the hybrid, Lexus does state this powertrain is coming to the GX. Precisely when, nonetheless, continues to be unknown.
That could possibly be the selection for luxurious SUV customers searching for higher gas economic system over large energy. There aren’t any official gas mileage scores listed on the EPA’s web site for both car simply but, however Lexus tells us the GX with the V6 will get 21 mpg on the freeway. That is a bit higher than the outgoing mannequin’s V8, however that means a mixed MPG score nonetheless seemingly below 20 mpg. The I-Pressure Max ought to be extra frugal, however we’re nonetheless awaiting official stats to substantiate something.
Apart from the engine, the entry-level GX 550 Premium will get a plethora of normal gear, together with full-time 4WD. A 12.3-inch driver show and 14-inch middle touchscreen grace the inside, together with heated/ventilated entrance seats, a 10-speaker stereo, and Lexus’s Security System+ 3.0. That features automated emergency braking, radar cruise management, lane-keep help and departure warnings, and onboard cameras that may learn highway indicators. Obtainable upgrades embrace extra heated seats, extra audio system, a heads-up show, and a alternative of two or three-row seating.
Here is a whole breakdown of pricing for the 2024 Lexus GX by trim degree.
The brand new Lexus GX will attain dealerships in early 2024.