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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
View Interior Photos of the 2025 Lexus LS500 F Sport
Read the full review The Lexus LS500 F Sport's maximalist exterior design spills over to its interior, which features perhaps too many design flourishes. Scalloped door panels and swoopy dashboard elements feel like too much inside the LS's cabin. Our test vehicle came with a black and white two-tone leather upholstery, which didn't exactly scream subtlety either. Material quality is good, but the Lexus lacks many features that its key rival, the Genesis G90, offers as standard. Rear-seat legroom is good, but our test car didn't offer heated rear seats, rear-seat climate controls, or a massage function. Interior tech is also behind the times, but at least the LS's touchscreen infotainment system is intuitive and easy to use. The F Sport treatment comes with many reminders, including logos on the seats, the steering wheel, and the door jambs. That carbon-fiber pattern on the face of the dashboard clock is also unique to the F Sport model. A floating center console features a bank of buttons for the heated front seats, heated steering wheel, and rear sunshade, but we would have liked more space for storage. The optional panoramic sunroof is bisected by a panel that houses ceiling-mounted speakers for the als0-optional Mark Levinson Reference stereo system. The cabin is overall quiet and comfortable, but the Lexus's rivals have it outgunned on pure luxury. Keep going to check out even more pictures of the LS500's cabin. You Might Also Like Car and Driver's 10 Best Cars through the Decades How to Buy or Lease a New Car Lightning Lap Legends: Chevrolet Camaro vs. Ford Mustang!
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
2025 Lexus LX 700h: 4 reasons to love it, 2 reasons to think twice
The Lexus LX 700h, in many aspects, embodies peak luxury SUV. With a starting price of $117,850 for the lowest F Sport Handling trim, it's a rolling mansion that communicates to passersby that your wallet matches the car you're driving in size. As ludicrous as its proportions may be, Lexus clearly took some time and effort to make this SUV a standout addition to its segment. With its posh Ultra Luxury trim and off-road-focused Overtrail trim, there truly is an LX 700h for every discerning taste. Unlike most things in life, this is not a perfect SUV, and there are a few things that might make it less excellent in your its size, the LX 700h is no slouch. Its twin-turbo 3.4L V6 hybrid powertrain puts out 457 hp and a whopping 583 lb-ft of torque. That gives the 5,945 lb beast a 0-60 mph time of 6.4 seconds and a top speed of 130 mph. Sure, mpg estimates are not great, at 19 mpg city, 22 mpg highway, and 20 mpg combined, but you don't buy something like this expecting Honda Insight figures. Lexus took notes from the aftermarket off-road support for their previous SUVs and imbued the LX 700h with some off-road chops of its own. The Overtrail trim sits on factory 18-inch wheels wrapped in 33-inch knobby all-terrain tires for when the going gets rough. Underneath is a front skid plate and electronically controlled front- and rear-locking differentials. If you need to see what's around or underneath you out on the trail, the 700h's camera system keeps you in the know with 360-degree viewing angles. It even sports a 2400-watt AC inverter to power any electronics you might need at a campsite. Yes, it starts at $115,350, but it's pretty dang cabin is a nice place to be in all trims, but if you want the pinnacle of fancy, the highest-end Ultra Luxury trim is the one for you. The one I tested in Napa was finished in a gorgeous orange 'Sunflare' interior with diamond-stitch semi-aniline leather-trimmed seats. Surrounding the various interior surfaces was an equally as opulent open-pore 'Takanoha Wood Trim' because any luxury car deserves wood trim. Any luxury feature you would expect from a vehicle of this caliber was present, including heated and cooled seats, a heated steering wheel, a cool box, massaging front seats, and even an automatic door closer. If the term "rolling mansion" were to describe an SUV, it would be right at home describing the LX 700h. The 25-speaker, 2,400-watt Mark Levinson Reference Surround Sound system makes for a heavenly experience. Even at near-max volume, the music sounded clear and crisp with no discernable distortion. The surround effect was equally as impressive, with Prince's Purple Rain solo seemingly coming from every corner of the cabin. Needless to say, I was blown you're a particularly tall individual forced to make do with the third row, you might find yourself a little short on space. The legroom in the third row is 31.1 inches or just under 2.6 feet. That's not the worst we've seen, but in an SUV that's 200.5 inches long or 16.7 feet, it could be a little better. While our Sr. Editor, Kyle Edward, is a fan of it for some reason, the grille of the LX 700h is just too unnecessarily massive. It reminds me a little bit too much of the oversized BMW grilles nowadays, and that's not a good thing. It does match the SUV's overall gargantuan stature, but I'm not the only one who finds it an unsightly addition to an otherwise attractive design. Those two complaints might seem like minor niggles considering all of the LX 700h's capabilities, and in a way, they are. Lexus's new beast excels at just about everything it tries to do, on top of being pretty sexy both inside and out. Sure, its six-figure MSRP might take it out of the realm of possibility for many buyers, but you get a lot for that price tag that other competitors can't match. It's the best of a lot of worlds, Love reading Autoblog? Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get exclusive articles, insider insights, and the latest updates delivered right to your inbox. Click here to sign up now!
