Lexus RX
2024 Lexus RX in Phoenix, AZ
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2024 Lexus RX Review | Meet the Plug In Hybrid RX 450h+
The two-row Lexus SUV is expanding its powertrain offerings with the 2024 Lexus RX 450h+. There’s more to explore inside the RX as the tech tools and amenities keep expanding with this new model year.
Here’s what you need to know about the 2024 model year, the new plug in hybrid, and the whole lineup. Keep scrolling to find how this popular luxury SUV is upping its game.
What’s New for 2024?
The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ is the first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) in the lineup. It earns a remarkable 83 miles per gallon-equivalent (mpg-e). Ensuring a terrific value, as Lexus always does, the RX PHEV comes in the Luxury grade. This means it's packed with the best amenities, the most advanced high-tech tools and the most exciting driver assistance.
2024 RX 350 and RX 350h trim levels offer premium, premium+, luxury and F Sport Handling trims. The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ shows what plug in hybrid technology can do in the right hands.. Still the speediest of the bunch, the RX 500h F Sport Performance edition is a true athlete.
All 2024 models now have Lexus Intuitive Park Assist with an auto brake. 2024 Lexus RX Premium trims now have a wireless charger and a heated steering wheel. For the first time, the RX is offering rear ventilated, power-adjustable seats to make the second row passengers as cool as the driver and front row passenger. That's fun news for Phoenix drivers.
Lexus utilized a new GA-K platform for these fifth generation RX SUVs. This allowed it to lose weight and distribute weight more evenly. A low center of gravity and increased rigidity contribute to better handling.
Wheelbases grew by 2.36 inches and the track was widened. This means more legroom on the second row, making rear passengers more comfortable. Cargo holds are bigger. Plus, engineers lowered the rear door trim to improve the loading height.
Turbo, Hybrid, and Turbo-Hybrid Performance
Becoming a bigger competitor in the performance arena, the 2024 Lexus RX 350 has a 275-horsepower engine that generates 317 lb-ft of torque. This turbo inline-four powertrain and an automatic transmission are standard on the RX 350 AWD model as well.
2024 Lexus RX 350h models generate a healthy 246 horsepower and 233 lb-ft with hybrid drive to boost their gas engines. When equipped with E-Four, a rear axle electric motor delivers near-instantaneous torque. Like traditional all-wheel drive, it provides grip when wheelspin is detected.
An electric driving range sets the 2024 RX 450h+ apart from the RX 350h and 500h. This luxury crossover can travel up to 35 miles on its electric power alone. That's probably enough for your daily commute. With its power outlay, it manages the 0-60 mph sprint in 6.2 seconds.
2024 Lexus RX 500h F Sport models combine the turbo inline four with the Hybrid Electric Drive. Output is a racy 366 horsepower and 406 lb-ft. This dual-motor powertrain helps the RX 500h do the sprint in 5.9 seconds. Direct4 AWD moves the drive force to the front or rear axles as needed for handling or performance.
Handling and Efficiency
F Sport models can do more thanks to dynamic rear steering. This unique feature allows the rear wheels to turn in the same direction as the front wheels at faster speeds. At slower speeds, they can turn the opposite way for enhanced maneuverability.
An available adaptive variable suspension is designed for near-instant adjustments to conditions. F Sport brakes include opposed six-piston aluminum calipers.
The standard hybrid RX 350h watches over the owner’s budget by earning 37 mpg in the city and 34 mpg on the highway. That fuel economy is 36 mpg combined.
With its 35-mile electric range, the RX450h+ more than doubles the hybrid’s efficiency to 83 mpg-e, according to manufacturer estimates. It has a special high-output, high-efficiency system that helps it reduce power loss whenever its converting from AC to DC power.
A 6.6 kW onboard charger is standard. This ensures that owners can utilize high-output chargers as well as their home charger efficiently.
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Interior Style and Exterior Colors
With its luxury grade status, the new Lexus plug in hybrid is brimming with high quality materials and important amenities. Fashion mavens will appreciate the designer cabin with semi-aniline leather. Color schemes embrace black, Peppercorn and Macadamia.
NuLuxe and Black Cascade trim are standard on the 2024 RX 350 and RX 350h entry level trims. Other possible colors include Birch, Palomino and Rioja Red.
Cabin trim includes black open pore wood, ash bamboo, and dark graphite aluminum. Ultrasuede gives a soft touch to the doors. Special ambient lighting can be customized with 64 colors. There are 14 themes to choose from.
As a top model, the 2024 Lexus RX plug in hybrid has an exciting panoramic glass roof. Music sounds amazing on the 21-speaker available system. This Mark Levinson audio system offers Premium Surround Sound that seems made for the RX 450h+.
New for 2024, Premium and F Sport trim levels offer a cool Copper Crest exterior color. A new Cloudburst Gray is available on all 2024 Lexus RX models. Performance models wear a piano black grille and many other exterior black accents.
Back by popular demand, Matador Red Mica exudes personality. Pearl exterior colors include Nori Green and Eminent White. Other choices have interesting names that suggest their individuality, such as Grecian Water, Caviar, Nightfall Mica and Iridium.
Standard and Advanced Seating Features
Drivers will certainly be able to find a comfortable perch. With the memory system, drivers can enter and exit easily while still finding their favorite settings with a push of a button. A power tilt-and-telescopic column ensures that the steering wheel is easily adjustable.
2024 Lexus RX 350 and RX 350h models have 8-way power chairs. Premium power chairs are 10-way adjustable with 4-way power lumbar support. Either way, these seats are designed to ensure ergonomic comfort for long trips.
Phoenix AZ residents will feel like they have the heat beat with ventilated front seats and the multi-zone climate controls. There’s even a smog sensor that can trigger an automatic recirculation mode.
Second row seats can recline or split fold. The plug-in hybrid has a power-fold capability to make loading cargo even easier.
Rear ventilated seats are widely available for the first time. In fact, they are standard on Luxury trims for the Lexus 350, 350h, and 450h+. In addition, these seats can be power-adjusted for second-row comfort. This trim level gains a panoramic moonroof as part of the 2024 upgrade.
Dash Tech
Tech geeks will appreciate the many connectivity features. RX 450h+ drivers have a 14-inch touchscreen while the standard screen is a 9.8-inch touch display. Both systems come with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. A 7-inch display puts more customized information in the driver’s view.
WiFi Connect adds an AT&T hotspot and Integrated Streaming. This new feature allows you to directly link Amazon Music or Apple Music to your system.
With the 14-inch multimedia system, there’s a three-year trial for Drive Connect. This system, available on all models, includes Cloud Navigation and related updates. There’s also Destination Assist with live agents to help with navigation-related issues.
All systems utilize Bluetooth and voice commands. However, the Intelligent Assistant is an even better interface that comes with Drive Connect. This allows the RX 450h+ driver to just say Hey Lexus and make requests such as increase the air conditioning.
Traffic Jam Assist is available when you have Drive Connect and the 4G hotspot. This system helps you avoid trouble and enjoy less stressful driving situations.
Complete Parking Assistance
From before you approach your RX 450h+ until you walk away, the Lexus works with you. A Remote Starter is part of a three-year subscription on every plug in hybrid RX. Of course, a Smart Key lets you in, but Drive Connect provides a Digital Key that can be quite useful.
On all models, a rearview camera and rear cross traffic alert help you avoid trouble. Likewise, all models now have an autobrake as part of the standard intuitive parking assist.
When you park, the safe exit assist may warn you of an approaching person or bicycle. This may trigger locking the door with the Digital Latch system. Walking away, the Digital Latch can lock up behind you.
The available Four Parallel View Monitor can show you everything around the vehicle. Utilizing these cameras and 12 ultrasonic sensors, Advanced Park can do the maneuvering for parallel and perpendicular spaces.
With Remote Park and the Lexus app, the RX driver uses their smartphone to control the Advanced Park system. That’s a fun advantage for the 2024 model year..
Standard Driver Aids
All Lexus RX models have the Lexus Safety System+ 3.0. This advanced system covers the front with a forward collision warning, pedestrian detection and related autobrake. In addition, it has intersection support, motorcycle detection, and an emergency driving-stop function.
Another new feature, Proactive Driving Assist (PDA) is standard on all 2024 Lexus RX trims. This works with the driver even when cruise control is off. This system gently brakes and/or steers to match conditions. PDA helps keep a safe distance between the RX and another vehicle, and it may brake gently if the driver goes into a curve too fast.
Road Sign Assist puts important information where the driver will see it. The driver display may show signs such as Do Not Enter, Stop, or Yield. In the 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ and Luxury trims, the Head Up display shows the speed limit.
Semi-Automated Systems
For 2024, Lexus semi-automated functions have just gotten better. All speed adaptive cruise control has always used both radar and cameras. This allows it to follow at a preset distance at a set speed, but it can stop or slow as needed if the traffic slows.
New this year, Curve Speed Management manages adaptive cruise control as it moves the 2024 Lexus RX along curvy patches of road.
Lane Tracing Assist provides gentle steering to help the driver maintain the lane when cruise control is activated. This is similar to the lane departure alert and lane assistance which works with the driver when cruise is not turned on.
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