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2025 Lexus UX 300h hybrid gets more power, higher mpg

Green Car Reports

The Lexus UX hybrid crossover gets a boost in power and fuel economy for the 2025 model year, along with a change in badging from UX 250h to UX 300h. It's still fundamentally the same design that was introduced for the 2019 model year and refreshed for 2022, but now with some changes to the hybrid system.

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2024 Lexus RX 450h+ PHEV: 35 electric miles, 35 mpg, due late 2023

Green Car Reports

Lexus on Tuesday revealed launch timing and specs for the first-ever plug-in hybrid version of its RX mid-size crossover. The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ will arrive at U.S. That buys a Lexus-estimated, EPA-cycle 35 miles of electric range. Fuel economy, again just a.

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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD Standout Fuel-Efficient Premium Compact Crossover The 2023 Lexus UX continues as the smallest compact crossover utility vehicle (CUV) from Toyota’s premium division. The entrypoint to the Lexus world Hybrid Efficiency The 2023 Lexus UX 250h is powered by the Lexus Hybrid Drive system of a 2.0-liter

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2024 Lexus TX Hopes to Become a Better Family Hauler

The Truth About Cars

Lexus is hitting the public with a one-two punch this week. & Lexus says the back row will be more spacious, comfortable, and easier to get into than what was available on the three-row variant of the RX. Still, it’s supposed to deliver 24 mpg (combined) and adds rear-wheel steering, adaptive dampers, and flashier 22-inch wheels.&

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2023 Lexus RX 500h F Sport Review - The Hot Hatch From Lexus

The Truth About Cars

But in part due to some creative interpretation and exploitation of federal fuel economy regulations, the SUV and crossover revolution began. Perhaps the first luxury brand to jump on the crossover bandwagon was Lexus with the debut of the first RX about a quarter century ago. Some drivers want more from their cars, however.

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Lexus Updates the ES – We Think

The Truth About Cars

For 2024, the top-selling sedan in today’s Lexus lineup gets a few blink-and-you’ll-miss-‘em tweaks. Snark aside, the ES is an important car for Lexus, counting for 8,679 sales through the first quarter of this year. Image: Lexus] Become a& TTAC& insider. What’s new on the option sheet? Heady stuff here, folks.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lexus RX

Clean Fleet Report

Lexus easily could have merely updated the RX midsize SUV, seeing as RX owners continue returning to this model year after year. But more of the same was not the approach taken by Lexus, as it tries to keep the loyalists happy while reaching out to a new and much younger buyer. Lexus is taking some chances with its top seller.

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