
Textual content by Tom Appel
2025 Lexus LX 700h Overtrail
Specs
Class: Premium Giant SUV
Nation of Manufacture: Japan
Shade: Nori Inexperienced Pearl
Seating Capability: 5
Miles pushed: 231
Actual-world gasoline financial system: 19.1 mpg
CG Report Card | |
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Room and Consolation | B |
Energy and Efficiency | A- |
Match and End | A- |
Gas Financial system | B |
Worth | B- |
Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different autos in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim degree evaluated, and will not replicate Client Information’s impressions of your entire mannequin lineup. | |
Massive & Tall Consolation | |
Massive Man | A |
Tall Man | B |
Massive & Tall consolation scores are for entrance seats solely. “Massive” score based mostly on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” score based mostly on 6’6″-tall male tester. | |
Drivetrain | |
Engine Specs | 457-horsepower 3.4-liter |
Engine Kind | Hybrid, Turbocharged V6 |
Transmission | 10-speed automated |
Drive Wheels | 4WD |
Driving combine: 65% metropolis, 35% freeway
EPA-estimated gasoline financial system: 22/30/25 (metropolis, freeway, mixed)
Gas kind: Premium Gasoline
Base worth: $114,000 (not together with $1350 vacation spot cost)
Choices on check car: Mark Levinson-brand premium audio system ($2660), 5-passenger seating package deal (-$1750)
Value as examined: $116,260
Audio-System High quality
Poor Honest Good Very-Good Glorious
Execs and Cons
The good: Strong and high-qualify really feel, comfy and roomy cabin
The great: Loads of energy, stunning gasoline financial system
The not so good: Flagship pricing
Overview
We’ll name it the “Overtrail Paradox.” It’s the situation that exists when a product is designed with options and capabilities that may usually be emphasised for the aim of promoting, however inexplicably usually are not.

Overtrail
New for the 2025 mannequin yr, the Overtrail is certainly one of 4 trim ranges accessible on the also-new hybrid variant of Lexus LX giant SUV. The off-road prepared Overtrail boasts a variety of options that differentiate it from the remainder of the large SUV vary. But, regardless of the {hardware}, the Overtrail options solely the subtlest of design tweaks. Extra on that in a second…

New Hybrid
Redesigned for the 2022 mannequin yr, the LX was moved to all-new structure and given a brand new title. The 2022 LX 600 changed the LX 570, and featured a then new turbocharged 3.4-liter V6 rated at a wholesome 409 horsepower. For 2025, a hybridized variant was added to the LX secure that includes a 457-horse variant of the 600’s V6. Each drivetrains mate to a 10-speed automated transmission, include customary full-time 4WD, and have a 2-speed switch case.

LX 700h Trim Ranges
The hybrid, dubbed LX 700h, is obtainable as follows:
- Overtrail ($115,850)
- F-Sport ($118,350)
- Luxurious ($120,350)
- Extremely Luxurious (141,850)
LX 600
Non-hybrids LX 600 variations of the F-Sport and Luxurious could be had for $4000 lower than their hybrid counter elements, whereas the Overtrail and Extremely Luxurious trim ranges are unique to the LX 700h.
And whereas the Extremely Luxurious predictably contains a variety of very premium options to justify its very premium price ticket, the Overtrail—which stays luxurious and refined—contains a variety of vital enhancements designed to boost the LX’s off-road prowess.
Overtrail Options
Included as a part of the Overtrail roster of off-road options:
- 33-inch all-season tires on matte-gray 18-inch wheels
- Entrance skid plate
- Entrance and rear locking axles
- One-inch suspension, lifted for better floor clearance
- Crawl Management
- Energetic Top Management (AHC)
- Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS)
- Multi-Terrain Choose (MTS) together with the next operator-selectable drive modes:
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- Auto
- Sand
- Mud
- Rock
- Deep Snow
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(Observe that AHC and AVS are engaged robotically, as wanted, as a part of the Multi-Terrain system.)

Overtrail Design Options
What’s not included are badges, or any exterior branding that trace on the Overtrail’s rough-route potential. As an alternative, the Overtrail is simply gently (and in our opinion, handsomely) stylistically tweaked. Distinctive Overtrail parts embody:
- Distinctive colour palette, together with:
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- Earth
- Nori Inexperienced Pearl
- Eminent white Pearl
- Caviar
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- Matte-gray grille
- Darkish-gray grille, roof rails, and window surrounds
- Distinctive wheel-opening trim
- Black door handles
- Distinctive rear spoiler
- Semi-Aniline upholstery
- Open-pore wooden cabin trim
- All-weather flooring mats
Check Automotive
Client Information lately spent per week with the brand new LX 700h in Overtrail trim with Nori Inexperienced Pearl paint, extra-cost Mark Levinson-brand premium audio system, and 2-row seating package deal. All instructed, our check got here to $116,260, together with vacation spot cost.
Obtainable Third-Row Seating
Observe that whereas the LX 600 Premium and LX 700h Extremely Luxurious come solely with two seating rows, different LX trim ranges include a 3rd-row. The threerd row could be deleted, as on our check car, for a credit score (see costs above).

Cabin Appointments
In typical Lexus trend, the LX cabin is an amalgam of top-notch supplies and customarily restrained design. Our check automotive’s darkish cabin could have labored to curb considerably the Overtrail’s premium nature, because the real-wood parts on the middle console and inlaid on the doorways blended too simply into the décor—it’s good wooden, it deserves slightly distinction.
Room and Consolation
All that mentioned, the LX inside is a pleasant place wherein to spend time. Our LX was outfitted for 5 passengers, and whereas seating three within the rear seat ought to be thought-about a short lived situation, there’s loads of house for 4. Giant door openings enable for straightforward entry and exiting, whereas the added inch of trip peak did little to impeded cabin entry.
Connectivity
The Lexus touch-screen setup is clear, easy, and for us was hiccup free. The display is simple to learn, even in vivid gentle, and inputs are responded to instantly. Additionally, whereas informal music listeners gained’t care, critical audiophiles will admire the Mark Levinson audio choice, which is among the many higher premium sound programs within the class. The LX’s extra-quiet cabin helps underscore the stereo’s constancy.
Energy, Efficiency, and Gas Financial system
Underway the hybrid and turbocharged drivetrain delivers ample clean energy. The hybrid system operates nearly fully imperceptibly, together with the engine cease/begin function. When tasked for passing or merging energy, the engine emits a clean, refined growl. No cheap driver can declare to overlook the V8 engine within the LX, because the beefy V6 is its higher by most metrics. As a bonus, we noticed 19.1 mpg in routine driving, a substantial enchancment over the 13.8 mpg we noticed within the final V8-powered LX 570 evaluated by Client Information.

Journey and Dealing with
The large LX handles higher than a big SUV ought to, serving up a good quantity of steering really feel and properly managed lean in quick corners. The brakes really feel good, too, and dive throughout fast deceleration is a non-issue, not like the previous-generation LX. Journey high quality, too, is superb. Solely probably the most damaged street floor registers unpleasantly contained in the LX.
Overtrail Design
Whereas we basic don’t remark a lot on styling, we’ve got to confess to discovering the LX in Overtrail trim fairly good-looking. The monochromatic therapy appears to cover the dimensions of this Lexus, and the shortage of exterior badging is an aesthetic transfer that we expect Lexus patrons will admire. Will informal observers know that this flagship SUV is supplied with some critical off-road gear? We don’t know—that’s the Overtrail Paradox. However, we just like the look.
Worth
At practically $120,000, the LX 700h Overtrail isn’t priced for the faint of coronary heart, although it’s the most-affordable LX hybrid providing. Provided that the considerably roomier Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator could be had for related sums, the LX strikes us as slightly wealthy. However just a bit.
That mentioned, Neither the Cadillac or Lincoln could be outfitted to hit the path, and—in our testing—neither is almost so gasoline environment friendly. Have been we surgeons and never auto writers, we’d put the LX on our test-drive brief listing.

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