2024 Lexus TX (350, 500h, 550h+) Megathread

[Gecko]

I'm reading lots of praise for the driving dynamics and handling, as well as interior quality and materials. Seems everyone says the TX 350 has sufficient power, which is great to hear.

Also seeing a lot of "this really feels like a tried and true Lexus product" mentions which makes me happy... the Grand Highlander is a great starting place in itself, to be fair.

 

[Kelvin2020]

I'm reading lots of praise for the driving dynamics and handling, as well as interior quality and materials. Seems everyone says the TX 350 has sufficient power, which is great to hear.

Also seeing a lot of "this really feels like a tried and true Lexus product" mentions which makes me happy... the Grand Highlander is a great starting place in itself, to be fair.

And so far no reviewer has been disappointed with the TX.

 

[Motor]

The 2024 Lexus TX, a New Three-Row Luxury SUV, Mounts a Multi-Pronged Attack

With a spacious interior and not one but two hybrid options, the new TX finally gives Lexus a real player in the three-row crossover segment.

www.caranddriver.com

2024 Lexus TX Packs Three Rows of Comfort in a Luxury SUV

The luxury cabin cruiser gives devotees a true family mobile.

www.autoweek.com

2024 Lexus TX First Drive Review: Does More Car Mean More Better? | Edmunds

The 2024 Lexus TX is Lexus' biggest take on the SUV segment to date, but is it the best big Lexus you can buy? Read our first impressions to find out.

www.edmunds.com

2024 Lexus TX First Drive Review: The Grandest Highlander

The all-new Lexus TX is the more luxurious, more expensive version of the Toyota Grand Highlander but is it worth the premium.

www.thedrive.com

2024 Lexus TX First Drive Review: The proper three-row SUV Lexus needed

2024 Lexus TX is the three-row SUV designed for the road that the luxury brand has been in serious need of, and it builds on the strong Grand Highlander.

www.autoblog.com

2024 Lexus TX Review: The Perfect Family SUV?

A review of the 2024 Lexus TX three-row crossover. It's related to the Toyota Grand Highlander and offers gas, hybrid and plug-in hybrid engine options.

www.gearpatrol.com

2024 Lexus TX First Drive Review: Just What We Needed

Finally, a fully fledged three-row SUV from Lexus.

www.motor1.com

2024 Lexus TX Review: First Drive

We’re in Austin, TX, to drive the 2024 Lexus TX.Get it?Good, because that sort of subtlety is what the TX is all about.Lexus had a space issue.

www.autoguide.com

Review: Finally. In the Lexus TX, there’s a third row that works

The Lexus TX will pamper everyone inside – in all three rows

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[Heicho]

Also seeing a lot of "this really feels like a tried and true Lexus product" mentions

I think that may have to do with it being used as the base for a Century product.

 

[mikeavelli]

 

[qtb007]

Interesting that Edmunds liked the hybrid powertrain the best and liked the V6 the least due to it feeling unrefined. Their choice overall was the TX 350 because it felt more mission focused (smooth, spacious, and best value proposition).

 

[Gecko]

^Motor Trend came to a similar conclusion with the TX 350 being the best overall, though they recommended skipping the 500h and going straight to the 550h+.

Something for everyone I guess...

 

[mikeavelli]

Wild to me… the 500/550 are significantly faster and the direct 4 awd makes them much more fun than the normal awd 350 to me. 500 has rear steer and moves for such a big vehicle..

Weird flex lol

 

[Levi]

As a Toyota fan and conspiracy theorist, they (“independent” car media) got to say Lexus fast cars are worse than slow cars, so as not to attract buyers that left Lexus only because of low power.

 

[DarkSpace6383]

Wild to me… the 500/550 are significantly faster and the direct 4 awd makes them much more fun than the normal awd 350 to me. 500 has rear steer and moves for such a big vehicle..

Weird flex lol

Would have liked to see a normal v6 hybrid. The added weight of the plug-in renders it way too compromised in multiple ways. Also having an f sport is absolutely pointless. Nobody wants a sporty SUV at this size. The RX makes sense but not the TX. The TX is significantly bigger and thus more compromised compared to the likes of the MDX Type S. Drop the useless hybrid max system in favor of a hybrid v6. it should have been hybrid 4, phev 4, hybrid 6, phev 6.

 

[ssun30]

The 500h has a very small capacity battery for the size of the vehicle and it being a parallel hybrid means the hybrid system becomes dead weight the moment it runs out of energy. Unlike a PS hybrid where you still get similar fuel economy just less power.

My only experience with a 500h happens to be with a depleted battery and it indeed feels pointless to upgrade over a 350 for vast majority of the time. You may not feel the limitations of it driving alone, but with 6 passengers, full cargo and towing a trailer, the 500h is nothing but dead weight.

The tiny Aqua has a 1.0 kWh battery. The TX has 2.5x the GVM. It needs at least 2.5kWh to be somewhat usable. It has only 1.4kWh. A Camry hybrid has more than that. Lately Toyota has been very stingy with hybrid battery capacity. I guess that's the price to pay when they have to dedicate more production capacity to PHEVs.

 

[qtb007]

The engine itself is capable of 275hp. It takes probably 40hp or so to push a TX at highway speeds down a flat road. As long as you aren't spending all of your time pulling long steep grades fully loaded at high speeds, the engine itself should have plenty of capacity to maintain speed in almost all driving conditions and keeping the battery at a state of charge where it can perform the random acceleration that would be requested by someone driving a 2.5 ton crossover. We aren't talking about a vehicle that is driven at the track where it is using every bit of power to accelerate from corner to corner and only has the ability to top up the battery in braking / coasting zones.

 

[mikeavelli]

Would have liked to see a normal v6 hybrid. The added weight of the plug-in renders it way too compromised in multiple ways. Also having an f sport is absolutely pointless. Nobody wants a sporty SUV at this size. The RX makes sense but not the TX. The TX is significantly bigger and thus more compromised compared to the likes of the MDX Type S. Drop the useless hybrid max system in favor of a hybrid v6. it should have been hybrid 4, phev 4, hybrid 6, phev 6.

Much rather a plug in. To be able to drive around town without needing gas and still having the engine when I need it is amazing. We don’t pay for charging at our office. Wife drives 4-5 miles most days. Makes a ton of sense based on how we drive.

Have you driven or read mdx type a reviews? I know Acura likes to pawn off its some amazing sporty suvs but it’s merely okay and imo doesn’t drive any sportier than the TX, It’s lost to the RX 500h in reviews. It’s also woefully inefficient.

I am an anomaly with a LX 600 F Sport. Many think it’s silly. I put the LSD to good use 🤣. The TX 500h FSP runs circles around it. It is extremely capable and quite fun when you want it to be. Drives smaller than it is. Will most push it like me? Nope. But the LC or IS 500 or RC F etc person now can stick with a large Lexus SUV that won’t completely bore them to death

 

[mikeavelli]

The engine itself is capable of 275hp. It takes probably 40hp or so to push a TX at highway speeds down a flat road. As long as you aren't spending all of your time pulling long steep grades fully loaded at high speeds, the engine itself should have plenty of capacity to maintain speed in almost all driving conditions and keeping the battery at a state of charge where it can perform the random acceleration that would be requested by someone driving a 2.5 ton crossover. We aren't talking about a vehicle that is driven at the track where it is using every bit of power to accelerate from corner to corner and only has the ability to top up the battery in braking / coasting zones.

Exactly. I’ve driven the 350 and it’s more than adequate. It’s not a slug. Obviously not fun but that’s not what it’s for. The I-4 lost 20hp to the V-6 but gained what 40lbs of torque? Honda debuts a brand new V-6 that makes 5 whole more hp. It’s been a full second slower to 60 mph.

 

[mikeavelli]

Currently in Houston and TX training is at the minor league field. Pretty cool!

 

[Will1991]

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Loving those wheels!

 

[CRSKTN]

Loving those wheels!

Wow thats a good catch

 

[Levi]

So of the LF-1, all that went to production are the wheels?

 

[Motor]

Lexus TX (US) Review 2023 | Top Gear

After years of selling compromised three-row SUVs, Lexus finally gets it right with the TX

www.topgear.com

2024 Lexus TX First Drive Review: The proper three-row SUV Lexus needed

2024 Lexus TX is the three-row SUV designed for the road that the luxury brand has been in serious need of, and it builds on the strong Grand Highlander.

www.autoblog.com

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-lexus-tx-first-drive-review/amp/

3 Ways the Lexus TX Isn’t Just a Bigger RX

We’ve driven the 2024 Lexus TX and determined it hits the mark.The big luxury SUV does exactly what Lexus set out to do: make a dedicated three-row that offers buyers more space than the cramped, outgoing RX-L.Lexus might have changed the name, but is this new model simply a stretched RX with a...

www.autoguide.com

 

[Will1991]

So of the LF-1, all that went to production are the wheels?

Most of the design features trickled down to the range:

- Interior layout become Tazuna

- Front headlight concept with the reversed “L”

- Rear headlight going from one side to the other

- The wheels now on the TX

- The “beluga” spindle grille

- A divided rear spoiler similar to the one on the RZ

Maybe it was just a design concept…