Personally, I feel Lexus are one of the best car makers out there. Reliable, well made, comfortable, stylish... One thing that is second to none, seems to be the dealer service. Lexus, seem to look after their customers better than many, if not all brands do. A great car, although the colour is too 'out there' for me. Great review!
You can't mention a Defender when talking about the Lexus. That's absurd. The lexus is far superior in every way for reliability, fit and finish, build quality, longevity, quality of materials.
If you value reliability, build quality, good customer service and a smooth quiet ride (when you use the gearbox properly) Lexus make the very best cars end of.
One huge point for diehard RX fans is the loss of the 3.5 V6 and a naturalky aspirated engine with yhe introduction of a 4 pot turbo engine. No more V6 characteristics and is likeky to have less longebity than a NA engine, reliability being a key reason to buy Lexus. Time will tell.
Looks a lovely car and I really like the design. Personally I would go for the ‘self charge’ hybrid model and save £12k on the price. Still an expensive car but, as you say, aren’t so many similar quality cars ridiculously expensive? When I bought my RAV4 hybrid (which I think is a great car) I worked out it would take me 8yrs of fuel saving to recoup the extra £10k for the plug in hybrid over the ‘self charge’ hybrid which over the last 15mths of ownership has averaged 50mpg in general mixed driving ..
Hi Pete, try the NX equivalent. £50k (base model that comes with all essential kit) virtually identical apart from ‘luxuries’ you don’t need. We use it EV locally and on a run south to St Austell from Sheffield we get 38mpg - we drive it pure EV in town and switch to HV on the motorway. Been running ours for 12 months and it is everything you have described in the RX for a lot less money. The total current average MPG figure @ 8K is 68mpg when 80% EV use during the week to work and HV for 2 long journeys per month to our son in Daventry. Great review. By the way, I have to switch off ‘lane assist’ every time we start the car - modern life with nanny state legislation, just get your head around it…🙂
Hi Ped, Good review! I work for Lexus and the bong is indeed annoying, I suspect it will be fixed with a software update at some point, Sport mode is accessed via the screen, 4 little boxes in an icon at the bottom will open a page where you can quickly select drive mode, and to confuse matters S on the gear selector is more to be thought of as simulated gears. I recommend if our press team let you have a go try a day or two in the RX500, if the press team can't accommodate you let me know and I'll be able to wangle you our one for a couple of days.
I love the look of this car, way better than the out going RX. Having been a Lexus owner in the past, I can talk from experience about the way these cars are so well built, are supremely comfortable and are Uber reliable. This could get me back into a Lexus.
Great vid as always. Bit of local knowledge to avoid Stonehenge which is the biggest pain in the arse known to man in terms of traffic turn right at Countess RDB Amesbury and go round through Larkhill then re join the 303 at Longbarrow RDB - adds about 5 mins but can save you 30 mins!! Keep em coming!!
I’m on my second NX 300h and love the car.In fact I’ve had BMWs,Mercs,Land Rover Discos but it by far the most comfortable,reliable car I’ve owned.In fact I’m thinking of going for the new RX
With that experience in different brands you surely can compare. Do you have the same opinion on the Lexus dealership? I only owned one Lexus but when my budget stretches again I'll have another one without a doubt.
Loved this review what a vehicle. Beautiful car & as always with lexus a top end product. Particularly liked the top quality cabin materials that lexus prides itself on.
Just driven a Toyota iHybrid 2.5 from Perth WA to Exmouth and back, I filled up for $80 and got a range of 900km's on a tank. It changed my impression of the hybrid system completely.
I like the colour also but my main gripe against these modern cars is that they look like bricks with the cabin rounded and sanded. I suppose it's inevitable with the amount of 'stuff' in them but whatever happened to sleek and sporty looking??
What a great looking car... Do like SUVs - not just for the high driving position but also the extra headroom - I'm "only" 6ft3 but have a very long back & neck which makes 'ordinary' hatches etc a bit tight for headroom - had 6 months with a 1-series and I lost count of the number of times my head hit the roof when going over bumps.
Hi Guys,great review fantastic car but well out of my price range. Think I need a lottery win any chance you can send me the winning one`s keep up the great reviews pls 😂😂😂
I have a Rav 4 Plus in, love it, around town always electric and 80 km range, over a year averaging 3.9 liters on petrol engine, would have loved the Lexus, but nearly double the price,
Some owners have managed to turn the BONG off in the US / Canada by turning it to visual alert only. This seems to remember the settings for future and stops the BONG all the time. Whether it works in the UK is to be seen but I suspect it can probably be turned off by turning off the speed sign recognition system similiar to new VAG models
Another SUV thing with such a sloping rear end it’s completely cramped and useless to carry two gundogs, the size of labs or setters such as I have. Not as practical as is being made out. Suitcases and golf clubs, instead of the plastic bags you showed? Can’t see they’ll fit. Wasted space for style or aerodynamics. So many car companies are doing it.
Great review once again. Car looks like excellent value when against competition from BMW, Audi, JLR etc. Colour not for me and agree hybrids need to offer 50 to 70 EV range. AT 35 mpg I think diesel also has to be considered
I do have a soft spot for a Lexus and that colour is certainly very striking... I did have to chuckle when you showed the typical Cornish road... On our last family trip to The Kerno, we ended up on a road just like that with a blooming squirel that ran for about a quater of a mile in the centre of the lane and kept stopping to look back at us, then carried on running along in front of the car... It was rather funny!!
Hi Ped I have always respected the perceived quality, and the first class service from the dealerships. As for your loan car, colour sorry no thanks. Looks - rear & side profile OK, but front profile NO, like BMW does nothing for the car. Interior looks good. Cost some would say expensive but have you seen the price of the opposition. Think I will stay with my current daily, still got 2yrs on the extended warranty.😉
This luxury Lexus should be the direct competitor to the Jaguar iPace!! It should be fully electric. Luxury cars should NOT have a noisy high revving gearbox. For its size & price the battery pack should be real world 350 mile range.
Nice video! Interesting car, but £80k?! There’s some serious competition for that sort of money for a family wagon. Couldn’t bring myself to buy that instead.
People pay that amount for a Q5 or an X5. They get less quality and exclusivity on these cars seems very far away. Still a huge budget for commuting I agree.
This report is among your best. I subscribed for car reviews like this. Always nice to see Mrs P too. This is my type of car, comfortable, quiet, and well built. I would go hybrid as I don't have plug in facilities.
£80k for a Toyota, I mean Lexus, is still a bit ridiculous in the real world. Colour isn’t for me and the CVT gearbox should never have been invented. The inside of the car looks really high quality and the seats will be super comfy
Interestingly, I get 35mpg from my previous generation RX450H on longer journeys. Where this gen will succeed is useage on shorter trips with mpg in mid to late 40s achievable. The interior looks far more in keeping with the times compared to prev gen, so that's a definite win. The V6 power train does tick a box, which a 4 cylinder cannot. The price is a reflection of modern-day high-end vehicles. As always, it's a very good video 👍
The previous gen interior is classier in my opinion though and is perfectly functional once you get used to it, aside from not having wireless Carplay.
Coming from a 2018 RX 350 Luxury and 2022 350 RX Luxury to now a 2024 RX 450H+, I can tell you there are a LOT features Lexus improved on dramatically. The gawd awful mouse/touch pad infotainment control is finally gone. The exterior cameras around the car are finally a proper HD resolution. The Navigation is finally HD and properly 3D rendered. The 360 and 3D Camera views are much better which now had “underneath car view” where your car become transparent. So many little upgrades to basically all their features. The only thing that is disappointing was that the auto anti-glare is only on the internal rear view and driver side mirror. For some reason they took it off the passenger side.
A speed limit bong would be a deal-breaker for me. 100% "no". Here, we generally get a 5km/hr buffer before getting tickets, so 53-ish km/hr is almost universal.
Sorry if this is a daft question. I owned a Lexus F Sport hybrid a while ago and loved it but sadly it had to go as I lost my job. Now I'm working again I have a Hyundai Ionic Hybrid that I've had since 2019 and really like it. I'm now considering a PHEV. My question is, once you use all the charge from the battery and return to hybrid driving, is the fuel economy lots worse than a standard hybrid due to the added weight of the extra battery? Thanks.
Will be nice to see your opinion with the new Nissan X Trail hybrid E-4orce version. when it comes to the looks/style and comfort and fuel. If this is possible in future videos, that will be cool. Or caravan towing video. Thanks keep up the good work. I enjoyed the videos..
Love the dynamic between you and Mrs PP - (similar to my own better half) great video. I was very keen on a Lexus LC 500 cabriolet but realised I was too much of a brand snob when it came to parting with my own money - very close call though 👍
First thing I love the colour . I get mid 40s out of my 2.4 Honda on a run . How many PHEVs are ever plugged in ? We had some at work , for tax reasons, that always ran on petrol ! So you’re lugging heavy batteries around with reduced luggage space ! You’ve explained why I will never buy a new car , too many intrusive electronics . I loath SUVs the worst breed of car , estate cars better . 24:44
Another quality Lexus product. You can argue all day long about depreciation, the cost, fuel efficiency etc, but in my humble opinion this is equal at least to any of the German offerings, and I’d bet will be more reliable long term. But hey - I’ll never own one so what’s it matter 🤣 Colour is striking, if a Marmite choice, not for me.
A safety feature doing what its supposed to be doing is quite annoying if you want to drive over the speed limit and be a danger to yourself and others, very annoying indeed.
Nice car really impressed. A mate of mine ordered the RAV4 PHEV in March 22 gave up this March this year as they could not even give a production date so he has bought a Mazda CX60 PHEV 3 week delivery loves it to bits could be a good long term test car for you
Great review Ped - the interior of the car looks great, but the exterior colour - can only describe as metallic beige. uuurgh. I have a Rav4 hybrid, these are great cars - and they have a spare wheel. I agree with your comment about the £80k price tag. As suggested go for the hybrid not the plug in - just not worth the additional cost - will take far too long to break even.
These luxury cars at this price range make no sense when u can get a Mazda CX-60 Diesel mild hybrid that gets you 60mpg for £45k and it comes with a powerful 254hp straight 6 3.3L displacement
Always love Petrol Ped videos. Thanks Lee, I was getting thoughly annoyed at Mrs. Ped's lazy driving style. Did you notice a couple of times she removed her right hand from the wheel to use the windscreen wipers and had no hands on the wheel!
@@PetrolPedAs an IAM member with a Masters I think your Ambassadorship of the organisation demands a better response that that - sorry. You either uphold high standards or you answer like this.
I am 100% with you regarding the speed bong. In no country of the world will you be punished for going a couple miles or kilometers per hour over the speed limit. So everyone will be annoyed by it going off instantly and either turn it off, or tune it out. Both of which completely defeats the purpose of an overspeed warning. Make it go off at 5, 10 or 15 speed units over the limit, user-configurable, and it does serve a purpose other than legal CYA. And yes, I do like the color!
Evening Ped and Peddlerz 😎 Beautiful looking car, love the front end design, the rear looks just like the Audi. The inside is very nice, you can see the quality and the seats look mega comfortable. The main screen is massive but fits well within the dash, like the 'wood' effect aswell 👌I always found my Golf GTE was great for local running but on a longer trip it wasn't very fuel efficient at all, especially in regen...Great car but not sure I'd go PHEV again. The Lexus is definitely a great vehicle, especially for a roadtrip, the colour reminds me of the classic Mini 1100 Special 'Rose'. Can't say I'd spend that kind of money, I'd be off to find a MK1 E-Type 👌 Best of all though, 235mpg!😂 Love these 'real world' figures we are given from the manufacturers 🤣🤓
The Audi's back has indeed similar tail lights but the design of this one is more organic and less artificial. (guess what I like most). Love the E-Type idea.
@@trev8591 Don't you see some style cues that look alike? There are few better cars to steel some details from in my opinion. This car is also a bargain compared to a Roma and you'll get more mpg out of it😆.
@@guylambrechts2303 they have definitely kept their design individual, in some way. Car design is just as important as the unit that powers it, be that ICE, electric or hydrogen... E-Type is in my opinion the most beautiful designed car every built, unfortunately my better half won't allow a remortgage of the house 🤓 not sure why... 🤷♀️🤣
@@guylambrechts2303 It's a beautiful car to take styling cues from, Guy, but I just don't see it or particularly like the front of the Lexus (not that I could ever afford one!).
My XC90T8 is doing about 62.5mpg. That's because it is plugged in on a regular basis. Oh and on Cornish roads you are always on your horn when approaching corners. Just in case a Western National bus is coming the other way.
I’ve got it’s little brother a 22 NX 450h+ F-Sport Takumi in Graphite Black and I agree with all you say about the RX as the drivetrain and systems and infotainment are the same. You should try the NX too
Great review overall 👏, think highlighting the bong issue is harsh as it mandatory to reset every start by legislation, so not just a Lexus issue and all new cars will have the same/similar bong!
Roma front, have you been smoking something?!?! I like the external styling (says something from an SUV hater), that chrome strip is cool and LOVE the colour. Not a fan of the gearbox. I hate "auto features" like the speed limit thing, we have the same on our Merc A with the lane assist and it's totally crap and have to turn it off every time you start the car. MPG is atrocious and 80K?!?! It's a no from me, mate.
I thought forthcoming legislation required all cars to have the sort of speed warning and control, that annoys you about this Lexus. I thought I recognised your Hotel as Budock Vean near Falmouth. The peninsular it is on certainly has that type of country lane. i have yet to find a navigation program that gives the option of route that exits the main A and B road network at the point leaving the shortest country lane travel for the final sector. There are many parts of Cornwall and Devon where that would be very useful. Lexis just lack that sporting feel which attracts Porsche and BMW buyers
I watched this vid because of you and your tests. I am not an SUV person and much prefer my (sorry) Mondeo estate. Your test was good but it just confirms that SUV's in my eye's are over rated. I like auto boxes (old man) but my Mondeo Mk5 is a manual due to the expensive Mk4.5 Auto that I had but I do not like the idea of the old DAF elastic band type box. Hybrid is a very good system and possibly my next car will be that drive train. By the way Tracey needs a mike next time as very quiet.🙂
If you like the large PHEV SUV that wafts along and is actually cheaper and just as premium feeling with more power you should look at the Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge. I do like the fact Lexus pretty much started the hybrid thing so should have a lot of experience with making one though.
@@guylambrechts2303 Horses for courses. The Volvo is bigger and I can't see the Lexus being more comfortable as the Volvo can be specced with memory multi electrical adjustable heated/cooled/massage seats and with air suspension and is still cheaper. Can't argue with the Lexus track record on reliability and owner satisfaction though. I actually prefer the more understated looks of the XC60 and with 440 bhp it's a real sleeper.
@@guylambrechts2303 Honestly, with a few more luxury bits to touch you'd think you were traveling in a Bentley and not a Volvo. Especially with the air suspension option.
Nah tried the XC90 v the old RX and there was no comparison. XC90 was bland, minimalist and didn't feel anywhere near as well built or luxurious as the RX. Sat in it prior to RX and got out after 30 secs, went straight to Lexus sat in the RX and immediately felt like a different vehicle and decided to buy it within minutes.
Like others said £80k is a lot and there is some serious competition out there. Mrs Ped please have two hands on the steering wheel. Just seen the podcast with Joe and enjoyed it very much.
Hi Ped and thanks for a great review. I’m sorry to put a negative comment up, especially when it concerns the lovely Tracy, but as an Advanced Motorist with a Masters if I’m not mistaken, I’m surprised that you don’t comment on Tracy’s habit to hold the steering wheel one handed on the bottom of the wheel in a very nonchalant way. As an observer with IAM if one of my students drove in that way or if I was in a car with a friend or family member I’m afraid I would have to say something. Sorry to bring this up but it was one of the things that shouted at me on a few occasions in the first half of the vid. I don’t look forward the the abuse I’ll get for making the point but…… Keep up the excellent work
I know and believe me I have suggested she change but old habits die hard. She’s not on the video for people to comment on her driving. They can have a go at me as much as they like though 😂
Looks better than previous models & the cabin looks fresher too. Not sure I'd get on with the high revving nature of it though. As for price, most hybrids are mega money, nature of the tech I guess. As for the colour....erm, no!
Cycle Sunday still about Ped??? Sonic …. was it copper-whatever-sonic paint … needs be Blue ultrasonic!!!! Looks a little wrapped come rose gold…. Errrrr….. I’m huge Lexus fan. Just sold an RCF. Errr in ultrasonic ….
Lovely car, love the colour too. Does it have a rear wiper hidden in the spoiler, or is it one of those ones that 'doesn't need one' but really does...?
I’ve always thought Lexus styling is nice but just not for me. Definitely a neat color. Great video Sir Pete and as always good to get Mrs G input as well.
I had a 450h for a year. Dealerships and reliability - none better. I bought it partly after truly terrible experiences with Mercedes dealers But I sold the car mainly because of the gearbox (and the previous version's stone age infotainment screen - not relevant here). Anybody who enjoys driving I think would struggle with the box and I think that's the coded message in this Video! Only ever got 35mpg from the self-charging version, though rarely got much below 30....
I don't see the issue with the old infotainment. Once you get used to it it's pretty easy. What does anyone use it for anyway, radio and that's about it? Which is easy. Carplay it just becomes a big touch screen like any others.
