2023 Lexus RX price and specs
The 2023 Lexus RX has launched in Australia with a wide range of variants including turbocharged, hybrid and turbocharged hybrid powertrains – but no plug-in hybrid, which will follow at some point.
It arrived in Australian showrooms in the first quarter of 2023.
UPDATE 22/08/2023 – Lexus recently confirmed revised pricing for the RX range, reflecting Luxury Car Tax (LCT) adjustments. We’ve updated this vendible and pulled it forward.
Prices range from $86,904 surpassing on-road financing for the front-wheel momentum RX 350h Luxury to $124,675 surpassing on-roads for the flagship all-wheel momentum RX 500h F Sport Performance.
Gone is the old V6 engine, with the RX 350 nameplate now unromantic to a turbocharged 2.4-litre four-cylinder model.There’s no extended, three-row L soul style with the new generation. Markets like North America will get a new three-row crossover called the TX to replace it, while Australian buyers will finally be worldly-wise to buy the increasingly rugged GX next year which offers a third row of seating.
A plug-in hybrid RX 450h has joined the range elsewhere but has yet to victorious here, though Lexus has previously indicated it will victorious at some point.
The RX range opens $15,000 higher than the outgoing model, though the previous wiring turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine has been axed.
RX350h
In wing to familiar Luxury, F Sport and Sports Luxury trims, there’s a new fully loaded F Sport Performance flagship.
Available only in RX 500h guise with a turbocharged 2.4-litre four-cylinder hybrid, this variant features a ‘high-output’ eAxle rear electric motor, a DIRECT4 all-wheel momentum system and rear-axle steering.
The 2023 RX is based on the company’s GA-K platform, moreover referred to as TNGA-K, which moreover underpins the Lexus NX, Lexus ES, Toyota Kluger, Toyota RAV4, and Toyota Camry, among others.
RX500 F Sport Performance
Pricing
2023 Lexus RX 350h
Luxury FWD: $86,904 (-$596)
Luxury AWD: $90,675 (-$1325)
Sports Luxury AWD: $110,575 (-$1325)
2023 Lexus RX 350
F Sport AWD: $98,370 (-$1530)
Sports Luxury AWD: $104,370 (-$1530)
2023 Lexus RX 500h
F Sport Performance AWD: $124,675 (-$1325)
All prices exclude on-road costs.
Drivetrains
RX350
The 2023 Lexus RX 350h uses a 2.5-litre four-cylinder hybrid powertrain with 184kW of power. It’s misogynist with either front- or all-wheel drive, and uses an eCVT.
Its personal 0-100km/h time is 8.1 seconds in FWD guise, and 7.9 seconds in AWD guise.
The RX 350 is powered by a 2.4-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 205kW of power and 430Nm of torque. It’s all-wheel momentum only and uses an eight-speed will-less transmission.
Its personal 0-100km/h time is 7.6 seconds.
The RX 500h F Sport Performance uses a 2.4-litre turbocharged four-cylinder hybrid powertrain with a total system output of 273kW. It features a ‘high-output’ eAxle rear electric motor and DIRECT4 all-wheel momentum system.
The 0-100km/h time is a personal 6.2 seconds.
Efficiency
Claimed combined fuel economy for the RX 350h FWD is 5.0 litres per 100km, rising to 5.4L/100km for the RX 350h AWD.
The petrol-only RX 350 uses a personal 8.7L/100km on the combined cycle, and the range-topping RX 500h uses a personal 6.5L/100km.
All three models drink 95 RON premium unleaded. Petrol models have a 67.5 litre fuel tank, hybrids have a 65L tank.
DimensionsThe 2023 Lexus RX measures 4890mm long, 1920mm wide and 1695mm tall on a 2850mm wheelbase.
Kerb weight ranges from 1995kg for the RX 350h 2WD to 2160kg for the RX 500h F Sport Performance. The whole range has a 1500kg braked towing capacity, and a 750kg unbraked capacity.
Claimed marching space is 612 litres with all five seats in place, expanding to 1678L with the second row folded.
Servicing and Warranty
Lexus backs its vehicles with a five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty.
The first five services will set you when $695 each wideness the range using Lexus’ capped-price service program.
Safety
The Lexus RX has a five-star safety rating from ANCAP, based on testing conducted by Euro NCAP in 2022.It received an sultana occupant protection rating of 90 per cent, a child occupant protection rating of 89 per cent, a vulnerable road user protection rating of 89 per cent, and a safety squire rating of 93 per cent.
