In an age crammed with crossover SUVs parading round like body-on-frame SUVs, the Lexus GX is aware of what it’s. The redesigned luxurious SUV is aware of it even higher.

On Thursday, the 2024 Lexus GX debuted with fewer cylinders, extra turbos, a brand new platform, and fashionable expertise.

When the GX goes into manufacturing at Lexus’ Tahara plant in Japan in early 2024 it will likely be out there in six totally different trim ranges together with Premium, Premium+, Luxurious, Luxurious+, Overtrail, and Overtrail+. Lexus gained’t even whisper about pricing, but.

2024 Lexus GX will get turbocharged, ultimately hybridized

The venerable 4.6-liter V-8 is useless. Initially each 2024 Lexus GX will bear the 550 designation with a 3.4-liter twin-turbo V-6 rated at 349 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque. A ten-speed automated transmission and full-time four-wheel drive with a 2-speed switch case shall be normal together with a Torsen limited-slip heart differential. Premium, Premium+, and Overtrail fashions will come normal with a tow receiver and eight,000-pound tow ranking.

Official gasoline economic system scores aren’t in, however Lexus expects a 17-mpg mixed ranking, which is only one mpg higher than the outgoing V-8.

Each GX will experience on a brand new double-wishbone entrance suspension paired with a multilink rear finish and stable rear axle. Adaptive dampers shall be out there however there’s no air suspension system on the choices record.

Overtrail fashions up the GX’s off-road recreation with a locking rear differential and Toyota’s trick Digital-Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (E-KDSS) shall be out there for disconnecting the sway bars and enhancing wheel articulation. Overtrail fashions will experience on 18-inch wheels wrapped in 33-inch all-terrain tires and have an aluminum skid plate for further safety.

The GX makes use of the TNG-F body-on-frame platform shared with the newest Toyota Tundra pickup, Sequoia SUV, and Tacoma pickup. It grows 2.8 inches longer with 2.4 inches of that size going straight into the wheelbase. It’s additionally grown 3.7 inches wider total, with Overtrail fashions growing that width achieve to 4.5 inches whole. For a greater strategy angle of 26 levels, Lexus decreased the entrance overhang by 0.8 inch. Breakover and departure angles fluctuate by trim, however high out at 24 and 22 levels respectively on Overtrail.

A hybrid mannequin will come sooner or later at an unspecified time with an unspecified powertrain.

2024 Lexus GX appears like an SUV

The Lexus GX isn’t going delicate or making an attempt to be one thing it’s not. It’s an SUV, and the newest mannequin’s chunky, upright design makes that clear. The most recent iteration of Lexus’ spindle grille sits entrance and heart, although on the narrower GX the design appears a bit pinched. The edges characteristic bulging sheet steel and a powerful shoulder line that kicks up because it hits the rear quarter panel. The facet swinging rear tailgate is gone with the squared-off rear finish now that includes a standard swing-up tailgate and pop-out rear glass window.

Inside, the GX retains just a few arduous buttons and knobs for local weather, audio, and a few off-road capabilities, however most controls are actually relegated to the usual 14.0-inch touchscreen. A 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster is normal as is wi-fi Apple Automobile Play and Android Auto. A head-up show shall be out there. The GX 550 will characteristic as much as 12 cupholders, six charging ports, a 120-volt inverter, and a 10-speaker audio system. A 21-speaker Mark Levinson audio system and wi-fi smartphone charger shall be out there.

2024 Lexus GX seats seven passengers

The GX may have seating for as much as seven passengers, however not all GXs may have that sort of people-hauling functionality. Sure trims will characteristic a second-row bench seat with 60/40-split folding functionality whereas different trims may have second-row captain’s chairs. An out there third-row seat, which gained’t fold flat into the ground attributable to being mounted in regards to the stable rear axle, will improve seating capability, nevertheless it’s unclear which fashions this shall be out there on. Lexus stated cargo area has been elevated however hasn’t launched any specs.

2024 Lexus GX security options

Each 2024 Lexus GX will come normal with automated emergency braking with pedestrian detection, blind-spot screens, and adaptive cruise management. A surround-view monitor system shall be out there.

The brand new GX, like its predecessor, is considered twinned with a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, and there are rumors the brand new Prado might make it to the U.S. to assist fill the void of the common Land Cruiser that bowed out after 2021.