Whereas the light-duty Land Cruiser (LC 250) wears the legendary badge within the U.S. now, 2025 lastly brings a correct Land Cruiser to North America. It comes with all of the bells and whistles, an enormous grille, a Lexus badge, and a price ticket to match.
The 2025 Lexus LX 700h Overtrail is a 6,000-pound luxurious SUV that may seat as much as seven, rolls on 33-inch tires, and has a beginning worth of $115,350. It’s the primary triple-locked Toyota product because the ’90s, the primary LX to hold the Overtrail badge, and the primary hybrid-powered LX.
As a Lexus consultant said as he began the automobile presentation to a room of journalists, “This is the 300 series Land Cruiser.”
I used to be invited by Lexus to come back to Napa Valley, Calif., to expertise all the things the 2025 LX has to supply, together with getting the brand new hybrid-powered Overtrail off-road. With a number of hours on highway, a number of laps of the off-road course within the Overtrail, in addition to some brief jaunts on-road within the F Sport Dealing with and Extremely Luxurious fashions, I acquired an excellent first style of what this newest Japanese luxurious SUV has to supply.
Briefly: The 2025 Lexus LX 700h is the Land Cruiser we wished, simply with a ton of luxurious and a six-figure price ticket. It gives true off-road functionality whereas on the identical time a super-comfortable on-road expertise for all passengers. However, it nonetheless guzzles premium gas and is a handful when pushed on the restrict on-road.
Actual off-road functionality
Spectacular therapeutic massage seats
Quiet cabin
Tons of driver help aids commonplace
Tons of superior security options commonplace
Poor on-road efficiency driving
Slippery working boards
Rear tire rub when articulated
1,096 kilos much less towing capability than a GX
Sharp console knee relaxation for entrance passengers
Buried therapeutic massage seat actuation controls
Bryon Dorr
2025 Lexus LX
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
The LX mannequin is now 29 years previous, and the oldest SUV within the Lexus lineup. It began with the LX 450 again in 1996, after which moved on to the LX 470 in 1999, LX 570 in 2008, and LX 600 in 2022. The 2022 Lexus LX began the fourth era of the massive luxurious SUV, with 2025 marking the primary time a hybrid powertrain or Overtrail model has been provided.
As with all Land Cruiser-based autos because the 80 Collection, the 2025 LX 700h has the “Golden Wheel Base.” That is 112.2 inches, which Toyota has discovered to be the very best compromise to supply on- and off-road efficiency whereas creating good method, breakover, and departure angles.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
The 2025 Lexus LX additionally will get Energetic Top Management (AHC) and Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS) commonplace throughout all trim ranges. AHC may be very fast to reply, elevating and decreasing the automobile a lot faster than a conventional air-suspension setup. The AVS is sweet at retaining the journey easy, however not so good as some luxurious opponents.
After all, this high canine of the Toyota/Lexus SUV lineup gives all the most recent tech and security. All trims come commonplace with Lexus Security Sense (LSS) 3.0 in addition to Site visitors Jam Help (free for 3 years), which is correct hands-free driving in slow-speed site visitors jams. Additionally on provide is a digital key, so that you not want to hold the fob round when you have a smartphone.
the Lexus LX is a critical off-road automobile, because it comes with sturdy six-lug wheels, a full-sized spare, an oil pan skid plate, and a center-locking differential commonplace.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
LX 700h Options
Whereas the LX 600 retains a mechanical gear selector, the LX 700h will get a shift-by-wire system — the primary for a body-on-frame Toyota automobile. This method is required for the Superior Park with Distant Park function — the place the automobile principally parks itself with out driver enter.
It additionally gives a cleaner look and creates a bit extra room on the middle console for issues just like the wi-fi charging pad. However, it isn’t a satisfying shifter to make use of and as a substitute feels low-cost, though it takes little or no effort to actuate.
The hybrid LX could be bought in four-, five-, or seven-passenger configurations. All passengers get leather-based seating, and entrance passengers get heated, cooled, and therapeutic massage seats. Second-row passengers can get all that consolation as effectively. The “auto” setting for each the entrance heated seats and steering wheel warmth is a really helpful function.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
Each hybrid LX additionally will get a center-console cool field. This primarily stems from the excessive proportion of LX being bought within the Center East, in addition to support staff having the ability to transport penicillin — though that’s largely an LC 300 factor. The console lid is hinged on either side, which makes it tremendous handy for entry by anybody within the first and second rows.
Downhill Help Management (DAC) works from 2-18 mph to regulate your pace down steep grades, and solely works in high-range 4×4. Crawl Management with Flip Help works from 0.5-3.5 mph and solely in low-range 4×4. Mixed with the off-road drive modes in Multi-Terrain Choose, all these off-road driver aids come commonplace throughout all Hybrid LX fashions.
LX Efficiency Hybrid Powertrain
Whereas the 700h is the primary hybrid LX, that hybrid is tuned for efficiency and never economic system. The hybrid system primarily fills within the turbo lag and gives an impressively easy energy curve, which is helped by the 10-speed computerized transmission. The LX has full-time 4WD with a selectable low-range.
The “700” signifies that theoretically this automobile has the identical energy output as a 7.0L V8, whereas the “h” in fact stands for hybrid.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
Below the hood of the LX 700h is a 3.4L twin-turbo V6, which places out 457 horsepower and 583 pound-feet of torque. With a 20mpg mixed common and 18-gallon gas tank, you must get a few 360-mile vary out of the brand new hybrid LX.
Whereas not wanted with a hybrid system like this, the LX 700h will get a starter, alternator, and secondary 12V battery. These options will not be discovered on some other Toyota hybrid.
There are three causes for his or her addition to this automobile. The primary is in order that it might probably utterly bypass the hybrid system if that system has a failure — necessary should you’re in the course of nowhere utilizing this automobile like Land Cruisers are meant for use.
Secondly, when the ambient air temp is beneath -15 levels Fahrenheit, the starter assists in turning over the engine to get it going. And thirdly, the alternator might help energy equipment past what the hybrid system’s inverter is ready to do.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
The hybrid battery is tucked up below the rear load flooring, above the spare tire, in a water-proof case — so the LX hybrid can nonetheless ford 27.5 inches of water. So as to accomplish this, a 3rd cross member was added to the body, and the spare tire was moved down and again, in some way with out altering the departure angle. By placing the battery below the automobile — versus below the seats or inside cargo space — third-row passengers get the identical room they’d within the non-hybrid.
Enjoyable truth, in four-low and Rock mode, the 2025 LX 700h Overtrail will drive in full EV mode. However, this isn’t selectable by the driving force, it simply occurs when the settings and situations are excellent. Bear in mind, this isn’t a plug-in hybrid like a Wrangler 4xe, however as a substitute a sequence hybrid such as you’d discover in a Tacoma, 4Runner, Tundra, and so forth.
2025 Lexus LX 700h Overtrail Overview
Let’s first deal with the seems to be. The Overtrail model of the LX 700h will get blacked-out exterior trim — particularly, a matte grey grille, black door handles, darkish grey roof rails, darkish chrome-finished window and bumper trim, and black overfenders. It may also be had in an Earth beige shade. I’d argue that Nori Inexperienced Pearl is the precise shade for this off-road-oriented luxurious SUV, nevertheless.
The entrance and rear lockers are on the sprint simply to the precise of the steering column; (photograph/Bryon Dorr)
Whereas a selectable heart locker is commonplace on all LX, the Overtrail additionally will get entrance and rear electronically managed locking diffs. That is the primary time any Toyota has been triple-locked because the 80 Collection Land Cruiser within the ’90s. The middle locker button is on the middle console, whereas the entrance and rear locker buttons are by the driving force’s proper knee on the sprint.
18″ wheels wrapped in 33″ A/T tires; (photograph/Bryon Dorr)
LX 700h Overtrail additionally will get 18-inch matte grey alloy wheels wrapped in 33-inch Toyo all-terrain tires — identical tires on GX 550 Overtrail. These tires, together with the adjustable suspension, present simply over 8 inches of floor clearance on the minimal working top and over 10 inches when off-road.
The suspension has a few 5.5-inch vary of top adjustment general — low for loading and ease of entry/exit and tremendous excessive for extraction when caught on an off-road impediment. The best the suspension can go is named “Rescue Mode,” but it surely’s not selectable and occurs routinely below sure situations. This suspension modifications top extraordinarily quick, which is refreshing as most adjustable suspensions — normally carried out with air — are fairly sluggish.
Multi-Terrain Monitor — commonplace throughout all 2025 LX 700h — gives a formidable array of cameras which might be fairly helpful off-road. However, should you nonetheless miss one thing, there’s a entrance skid on the Overtrail mannequin, along with the oil-pan/trans/heart diff skid on all LX.
LX Overtrail Inside
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
The primary gripe most will say in regards to the new LX is that it has a tiny display in comparison with its contemporaries. That is true, and so they might have gone with the 14-inch display present in different fashions on this identical chassis.
Nonetheless, the placement of the air vents within the heart stack blows immediately on the entrance passenger’s neck, which is perfect for cooling in scorching climates — just like the Center East, the place they promote a lot of these — and wouldn’t enable for the massive display with out it being too excessive and limiting ahead visibility.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
So, as a substitute the LX will get a 12.3-inch touchscreen, with primarily the identical working system, and a decrease 7-inch touchscreen that shows the local weather controls and a few off-road gauges and management visuals. And, the system nonetheless has wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Inside seems to be clever the LX Overtrail will get a particular “Stone Brown” semi-aniline leather-based choice. I’d personally go together with the opposite choice, which is black. Both means, the Overtrail comes with Black Open Pore wooden accents and rubber flooring mats.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
Within the entrance seats there may be comparatively tight legroom, because the console is vast the place your knees are. That is actually the one dimension that feels limiting within the entrance of the LX. However, the worst half is that there’s a sharp, arduous plastic nook on the console proper the place your knee will relaxation (or does with my 32-inch inseam and most popular driving place, at the least).
Second-row passengers get good head and shoulder room, and OK legroom. However, the seat is so low that when you have grownup legs, you’re more likely to have your knees up excessive and get little leg assist from the seat cushion.
2025 LX 700h Luxurious; (photograph/Bryon Dorr)
The LX 700h Overtrail could be optioned with two or three rows of seating. The third row may be very small in all regards, however adults can match again there for very brief rides.
2025 LX 700h Luxurious; (photograph/Bryon Dorr)
When the third row is in use, there may be solely 7.23 cubic toes of storage behind it. Lexus tried to boost that house’s performance with a small foldable parcel shelf, which might maintain as much as 175 kilos.
With no third row, the LX has extra cargo room; (photograph/Bryon Dorr)
With the two-row choice, you get an inexpensive 30.98 cubic toes of cargo house. A bit much less within the three-row with the third row stowed.
Three-row LX 700h Overtrail; (photograph/Bryon Dorr)
However, there isn’t a utterly flat load flooring when the seats are all folded all the way down to do issues like sleep within the automobile — with out some type of platform or cot.
All the best way at the back of the hybrid LX Overtrail is a 2,400W inverter for powering all of your electronics round camp or whereas tailgating.
Drive Impressions
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
I acquired to push the brand new LX hybrid fairly arduous on- and off-road. In all situations, it has numerous physique roll. Particularly below arduous braking, because the nostril dives dramatically. This, in fact, causes understeer shortly should you attempt to flip. So as to extract the highest-speed efficiency out of the brand new LX on- and off-road, I discovered that I had to make sure that at most 70% of the hefty weight was on the entrance tires when turning.
Rock-crawling-type terrain is fairly easy on this new LX for any ability stage driver. It could possibly primarily drive itself off-road, but additionally permits for tons of driver-selectable management, together with the flexibility to left foot brake. I’m a driver, and I fairly loved controlling the physique roll and suspension articulation with some left-foot braking and easy throttle inputs over tough terrain.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
I did discover that the suspension allowed for fairly a little bit of articulation, however that, in flip, allowed the rear tires to rub within the rear fenders. Not sufficient to cease the automobile, however sufficient to make noises I wasn’t excited to listen to coming from the six-figure SUV.
There may be nice visibility over the hood, and the muscular bulges on the hood present steerage as to the place the entrance and corners are, which is nice off-road and in tight city environments. These bulges additionally assist make for a stable, sturdy hood that doesn’t flex — one thing that’s an annoying distraction on many different Toyota/Lexus autos on this identical chassis.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
I additionally performed with all of the drive modes to see what they actually modified. The fundamentals: Eco is principally much less AC, S shortens shift factors and acceleration mapping/tip-in, and S+ provides heavier steering and stiffer suspension. Actually, for regular driving, simply drive in Regular mode within the LX 700h. It’s well-tuned to simply cruise.
A quiet, comfy journey over practically any terrain is what a Lexus model of a Land Cruiser ought to present, and the LX 700h Overtrail gives simply that.
Life With LX 700h Overtrail
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
The brand new therapeutic massage seats — using star-shaped bladders that present extra targeted strain — additionally assist with that consolation half, however to activate them, it’s worthwhile to undergo at the least 5 touches of the primary infotainment display. Lexus, please give us a single-button therapeutic massage on choice!
Additionally, there’s a Local weather Concierge Button. When activated, it combines seat warmth/cooling, steering wheel warmth, and HVAC, together with occupant detection, to match every passenger with their most popular local weather setting. Now, that’s luxurious!
There’s a Driver Monitor Alert chime that’s extraordinarily delicate — don’t look out the aspect window on the surroundings — and annoying. The audible tone could be turned off within the settings, which is probably going the very first thing I’d do if I purchased one in all these.
One other noise I’d flip off immediately is the Display screen Beep, which beeps each time you contact something on both of the touchscreens. To show it off, go into Settings, Common, after which flip off Display screen Beep.
In case you ever need to drive the LX 700h in a sporting method — which it’s not all that nice at — then you definately’ll need to flip off the Proactive Drive Management (PDC). It’s all the time on until turned off, and it routinely slows the automobile for stops arising and makes it more durable to show within the flawed route. A scandi-flick received’t work effectively with this technique — don’t ask me how I do know.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
I’m not a fan of the tremendous slippery working boards. They want some texture or rubber grip the place you step onto them. However, they’re means stronger than most working boards and may deal with some off-road abuse. I, nevertheless, would nonetheless take them off and put one thing like a Slee Off-road rock slider on, to enhance capability and shield the costly physique work.
All 2025 Lexus LX fashions can tow as much as 8,000 kilos and are available commonplace with a trailer brake controller. Surprisingly, the Lexus GX 550 can tow about 1K kilos extra. Lexus engineers informed me that it’s as a result of the LX is heavier, whereas on primarily the identical chassis.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
Different 2025 Lexus LX Choices
Moreover the Overtrail, I additionally acquired an opportunity to drive and crawl round the remainder of the 2025 LX lineup. Listed below are some fast ideas on the remainder of the LX fashions.
LX 600
The non-hybrid LX feels lighter and has loads of energy (409 horsepower, 479 pound-feet), however for positive, extra turbo lag. And, the powerband is way more lumpy as you come on and off increase by means of the 10-speed gearbox.
The inside is almost an identical, however feels rather less premium. I do just like the gear selector extra, because it feels stable and fewer like a pc joystick.
Once you equally choice them, pricing isn’t that far off, and the additional cash on the hybrid powertrain is probably going price it.
LX 700h F Sport Dealing with
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
Whilst you would possibly suppose the F Sport Dealing with mannequin of the LX 700h is only a styling train, you’d solely be largely proper. It does get a limited-slip rear differential commonplace and is the one LX to get a rear sway bar. Even with the extra street-focused tires and sway bar, the load of the automobile nonetheless overpowers the tires’ functionality to search out traction when hustling the massive SUV by means of corners.
Solely the F Sport will get a brilliant purple inside; (photograph/Bryon Dorr)
The outside styling cues are delicate however sporty, with the massive 22-inch solid alloy darkish grey metallic wheels and diamond grille being the massive standouts. Inside, you may choice the Circuit Purple perforated semi-aniline leather-based within the F Sport, which may be very brilliant and really sporty.
LX 700h Extremely Luxurious
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
The leather-based, foam, and general plush really feel of all the things you contact within the LX 700h Extremely Luxurious is premium.
The second row, particularly on the passenger aspect of the automobile, is absolutely the precedence of this mannequin. That is the Lexus LX to be chauffeured in. It doesn’t have a 3rd row and has second-row captain chairs with a flowery heart console filled with storage, controls, and charger retailers.
The entrance passenger seat even goes means ahead, the headrests and/or TV flip down ahead in order to not prohibit ahead visibility for the rear passenger, and a leg relaxation folds out. That is luxurious!
The 2025 Lexus LX 700h Extremely has seating for 4 and caters to the rear proper passenger. This model is supposed to be chauffered in; (photograph/Bryon Dorr)
One factor the Extremely Luxurious doesn’t get that the opposite LX 700h does is a Ahead Lean Button. By hitting this button on the sprint, it drops the entrance of the automobile — simply entrance left or the entire entrance, relying on occupancy — to make ingress and egress simple. However, because the Extremely Luxurious model prioritizes the second-row passenger aspect occupant, this mannequin doesn’t have this function.
2025 Lexus LX Hybrid Pricing & Availability
The 2025 LX 600 begins at $106,850, and the 2025 LX 700h begins at $115,350, with the Overtrail trim. The highest luxurious LX, and most costly, is the LX 700h Extremely Luxurious, which begins at $141,350.
The Lexus LX is pricey while you evaluate it to its closest outfitted siblings, on the identical chassis, the 2025 Lexus GX Overtrail+ ($82K) and 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser 250 ($75K), 2024 Toyota Sequoia TRD Professional ($79k).
However, while you evaluate it to opponents just like the 2025 Nissan Armada PRO-4X ($76K), 2025 Jeep Grand Wagoneer ($110K), or 2025 Mercedes G-Wagon ($150K+), it’s in the precise neighborhood relating to pricing.
The 2025 Lexus LX 700h Overtrail is simply now hitting vendor tons throughout North America.
(Picture/Bryon Dorr)
2025 LX 700h Overtrail Overview Wrap-Up
Lexus and Land Cruiser have greater than a mother or father in widespread; they’re each autos which might be undemanding of the driving force. Each go about their enterprise with ease. Whether or not offering a cocoon of solitude, luxurious, and security within the city jungle or crawling by means of a muddy observe within the precise jungle, the 2025 Lexus LX 700h Overtrail reviewed right here will get the job carried out effortlessly.
Begin by contemplating that this automobile has the very same 112.2-inch wheelbase because the 2025 4Runner, 2024+ Land Cruiser 250, and 2024+ GX 550. The LX is about 6-7 inches longer than both, 1.5-2 inches wider, and 1-1.5 inches much less tall. However, it seems to be means greater than any of its siblings and feels greater from behind the wheel.
For reference, additionally massive-looking and driving on the identical chassis, the 2023+ Sequoia has a virtually 8-inch longer wheelbase, is 8 inches longer, 1.5 inches wider, and about the identical top because the 2025 LX. This makes the Sequoia significantly better at towing, accommodating second-row passengers, and hauling cargo, but additionally a lot much less nimble and succesful off-road.
Impressively, the Overtrail model is the bottom hybrid model of the LX, which means essentially the most “affordable” — should you can ever name over $115,000 reasonably priced. All 2025 LX 700h provide a ton of ordinary options that make life on and off the pavement comfy and confidence-inspiring. The newest Lexus LX carries on the heritage of its Land Cruiser roots in fashion, and can certainly attraction to a variety of rich patrons.