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The Toyota LandCruiser’s upmarket cousin, Lexus’ LX emerged in 1996 to serve a niche market which has continued to expand.
The current fourth-generation is heavily related to the 300 Series LandCruiser but offered uniquely in Australia with a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol engine alongside the 3.3-litre diesel.
The line-up currently starts at $155,976 for the LX500D (base) and ranges through to $217,976 for the range-topping LX600 Ultra Luxury.
Each of the LX range has a spacious and plush cabin.
Onboard tech includes the horizontal 12.3-inch multimedia touchscreen unit, Qi wireless charger and front and rear USB-C charging ports – one upfront, two in the second row, and two in the third row.
There’s a 12V DC socket (front and rear) and a 220V socket in the rear cargo area.
Second-row passengers have air con and entertainment controls, and an HDMI port.
Heating and cooling are managed via the climate concierge.
Storage includes a variety of door pockets, cupholders, glove box, a deep centre console (with multiple ways to open the lids) as well as map pockets for the second row, cup-holders in the centre fold-down armrest and cupholders for the third row (where applicable).
The LX range includes the LX500d and the LX600. The LX500d is available in three variants – the LX500d, the F Sport and the Sports Luxury – and the LX600 is available as four variants – the LX600, the F Sport, Sports Luxury and Ultra Luxury.
The Lexus LX500d and LX600 are seven-seat 4WD wagons.
Seats are two at the front, a 60:40 folding second-row, and a 50:50 power-folding third row.
The F Sport, Sports Luxury and Ultra Luxury are five-seat 4WD wagons.
The base-spec Lexus LX500d is available with 12.3-inch multimedia display with 25-speaker Mark Levinson audio system, (wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto), heated driver ands front passenger seats, QI wireless phone charger, head up display, leather accented seats, and more.
As well as standard features from all low-spec LX variants, the Sports Luxury and Ultra Sports Luxury get power-folding 2nd row seats, key card entry, Takanoha ornamentation on the door and front centre console trim, Dual rear-seat entertainment (headphones not included) and more.
The LX is offered with two different engines: a 3.5-litre turbo diesel V6 (producing 227kW at 4000rpm and 700Nm between 1600-2600rpm) and a 3.5-litre twin turbo petrol six-cylinder (producing 305kW at 5200rpm and 650Nm at 2000-3600rpm).
The LX500d can reportedly do 0-100km/h in eight seconds.
The LX600 can reportedly do 0-100km/h in seven seconds.
The LX500d has a listed fuel consumption of 8.9L/100km on a combined cycle.
The LX500d has an 80-litre fuel tank – so, going by that fuel-consumption figure, you should get a driving range of almost 899km from a full tank.
The LX500d Sport + and the Lexus LX500d Sport Luxury both have a listed fuel consumption of 8.9L/100km on a combined cycle.
However, the LX500d Sport + and the Lexus LX500d Sport Luxury each has an 80-litre main tank and 30-litre auxiliary fuel tank (total: 110 litres) – so, going by that fuel-consumption figure, you should get a driving range of almost 1236km from a full tank.
The LX600 has a listed fuel consumption of 12.1L/100km on a combined cycle.
It has an 80-litre main tank and 30-litre auxiliary fuel tank (total: 110 litres) – so, going by that fuel-consumption figure, you should get a driving range of almost 910km from a full tank.
The LX range has a claimed 174L (VDA) of cargo space when seven seats (where included) are in use; 982L when five seats are being used (that’s with the power-folding third row stowed flat at the push of a button); and 1871L when rear passenger seats are stowed away (the 60:40 folding second-row seats tumble-fold forward).