Textual content by Tom Appel
2025 Lexus LX 700h Overtrail
Specs
Class: Premium Giant SUV
Nation of Manufacture: Japan
Colour: Nori Inexperienced Pearl
Seating Capability: 5
Miles pushed: 231
Actual-world gasoline economic system: 19.1 mpg
| CG Report Card | |
|---|---|
| Room and Consolation | B |
| Energy and Efficiency | A- |
| Match and End | A- |
| Gas Economic system | B |
| Worth | B- |
| Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different autos in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim stage evaluated, and will not replicate Client Information’s impressions of all the mannequin lineup. | |
| Massive & Tall Consolation | |
| Massive Man | A |
| Tall Man | B |
| Massive & Tall consolation rankings are for entrance seats solely. “Massive” ranking primarily based on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” ranking primarily based on 6’6″-tall male tester. | |
| Drivetrain | |
| Engine Specs | 457-horsepower 3.4-liter |
| Engine Kind | Hybrid, Turbocharged V6 |
| Transmission | 10-speed computerized |
| Drive Wheels | 4WD |
Driving combine: 65% metropolis, 35% freeway
EPA-estimated gasoline economic system: 22/30/25 (metropolis, freeway, mixed)
Gas sort: Premium Fuel
Base value: $114,000 (not together with $1350 vacation spot cost)
Choices on check car: Mark Levinson-brand premium audio system ($2660), 5-passenger seating bundle (-$1750)
Worth as examined: $116,260
Audio-System High quality
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Professionals and Cons
The nice: Strong and high-qualify really feel, snug and roomy cabin
The great: Loads of energy, shocking gasoline economic system
The not so good: Flagship pricing
Assessment
We’ll name it the “Overtrail Paradox.” It’s the situation that exists when a product is designed with options and capabilities that might usually be emphasised for the aim of promoting, however inexplicably are usually not.
Overtrail
New for the 2025 mannequin yr, the Overtrail is considered one of 4 trim ranges obtainable on the also-new hybrid variant of Lexus LX massive SUV. The off-road prepared Overtrail boasts plenty of options that differentiate it from the remainder of the large SUV vary. But, regardless of the {hardware}, the Overtrail options solely the subtlest of design tweaks. Extra on that in a second…
New Hybrid
Redesigned for the 2022 mannequin yr, the LX was moved to all-new structure and given a brand new title. The 2022 LX 600 changed the LX 570and featured a then new turbocharged 3.4-liter V6 rated at a wholesome 409 horsepower. For 2025, a hybridized variant was added to the LX steady that includes a 457-horse variant of the 600’s V6. Each drivetrains mate to a 10-speed computerized transmission, include normal full-time 4WDand have a 2-speed switch case.
LX 700h Trim Ranges
The hybrid, dubbed LX 700h, is obtainable as follows:
- Overtrail ($115,850)
- F-Sport ($118,350)
- Luxurious ($120,350)
- Extremely Luxurious (141,850)
LX 600
Non-hybrids LX 600 variations of the F-Sport and Luxurious could be had for $4000 lower than their hybrid counter components, whereas the Overtrail and Extremely Luxurious trim ranges are unique to the LX 700h.
And whereas the Extremely Luxurious predictably contains plenty of very premium options to justify its very premium price ticket, the Overtrail—which remaining luxurious and refined—contains plenty of important enhancements designed to reinforce the LX’s off-road prowess.
Overtrail Options
Included as a part of the Overtrail roster of off-road options:
- 33-inch all-season tires on matte-gray 18-inch wheels
- Entrance skid plate
- Entrance and rear locking axles
- One-inch suspension lifted for better floor clearance
- Crawl Management
- Energetic Top Management (AHC)
- Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS)
- Multi-Terrain Choose together with the next driver-selectable drive fashions:
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- Auto
- Sand
- Mud
- Rock
- Deep Snow
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(Be aware that AHC and AVS are engaged mechanically, as wanted, as a part of the Multi-Terrain system.)
Overtrail Design Options
What’s not included are badges, or any exterior branding that trace on the Overtrail’s rough-route potential. As an alternative, the Overtrail is simply gently (and in our opinion, handsomely) stylistically tweaked. Distinctive Overtrail components embody:
- Distinctive shade palette, together with:
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- Earth
- Nori Inexperienced Pearl
- Eminent white Pearl
- Caviar
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- Matte-gray grille
- Darkish-gray grille, roof rails, and window surrounds
- Distinctive wheel-opening trim
- Black door handles
- Distinctive rear spoiler
- Semi-Aniline upholstery
- Open-pore wooden cabin trim
- All-weather flooring mats
Take a look at Automotive
Client Information just lately spent every week with the brand new LX 700h in Overtrail trim with Nori Inexperienced Pearl paintextra-cost Mark Levinson-brand premium audio system. All advised, and 2-row seating bundle. All advised, our check got here to $116,260, together with vacation spot cost.
Obtainable Third-Row Seating
Be aware that whereas the LX 600 Premium and LX 700h Extremely Luxurious come solely with two seating rows, different LX trim ranges include a 3rd-row. The threerd row could be deleted, as on our check car, for a credit score (see costs above).
Cabin Appointments
In typical Lexus style, the LX cabin is an amalgam of top-notch supplies and customarily restrained designed. Our check automotive’s darkish cabin could have labored to curb considerably the Overtrail’s premium nature, because the real-wood components on the middle console and inlaid on the doorways blended too simply into the décor—it’s good wooden, it deserves a little bit distinction.
Room and Consolation
All that stated, the LX inside is a pleasant place during which to spend time. Our LX was outfitted for 5 passengers, and whereas seating three within the rear seat ought to be thought-about a brief situation, there’s loads of house for 4. Giant door openings permit for simple entry and exiting, whereas the added inch of journey peak did little to impeded cabin entry.
Connectivity
The Lexus touch-screen setup is clear, easy, and for us was hiccup free. The display is straightforward to learn, even in shiny gentle, and inputs are responded to right away. Additionally, whereas informal music listeners gained’t automotive, severe audiophiles will respect the Mark Levinson audio choices, which is among the many higher premium sound techniques within the class. The LX’s extra-quiet cabin helps underscore the stereo’s constancy.
Energy, Efficiency, and Gas Economic system
Underway the hybrid and turbocharged drivetrain delivers ample easy energy. The hybrid system operates virtually utterly imperceptibly, together with the engine cease/begin function. When tasked for passing or merging energy, the engine emits a easy, refined growl. No fairly driver can declare to overlook the V8 engine within the LX, because the beefy V6 is its higher by most metrics. As a bonus, we noticed 19.1 mpg in routine driving, a substantial enchancment over the 13.8 mpg we noticed within the final V8-powered LX 570 evaluated by Client Information.
Journey and Dealing with
The large LX handles higher than a big SUV ought to, serving up a good quantity of steering really feel and properly managed lean in quick corners. The brakes really feel good, too, and dive throughout fast deceleration is a non-issue, not like the previous-generation LX. Journey high quality, too, is great. Solely essentially the most damaged highway floor registers unpleasantly contained in the LX.
Overtrail Design
Whereas we basic don’t commit a lot on styling, we now have to confess to discovering the LX in Overtrail trim fairly good-looking. The monochromatic remedy appears to cover the dimensions of this Lexus, and the shortage of exterior badging is an aesthetic transfer that we expect Lexus patrons will respect. Will informal observers know that this flagship SUV is provided with some severe off-road gear? We don’t know—that’s the Overtrail Paradox. However, we just like the look.
Worth
At almost $120,000, the LX 700h Overtrail shouldn’t be priced for the faint of coronary heart, although it’s the most-affordable LX hybrid providing. On condition that the considerably roomier Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator could be had for the same sum, the LX strikes us as a little bit wealthy. However just a bit.
That stated, Neither the Cadillac of Lincoln could be outfitted to hit the path, and—in our testing—neither is almost so gasoline environment friendly. Have been we surgeons and never auto writers, we’d put the LX on our test-drive quick checklist.
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