2024 Lexus RX 450h+ Review | The Alphabet Soup Name Means: This Is The Lexus To Buy

Nobody is talking about that seamlessly integrated front grille? I find it very elegant. Out of all the Lexus crossovers, the RX does it for me. Love the design.👌

This is a fantastic vehicle, and PHEVs are absolutely the best way to go for most people with even a basic outlet available where they park overnight.

Looks better than before. Likely super reliable. Will continue to sell a ton of them.

Unlike some I like what Lexus is doing. They’re focusing on the basics and nailing them. Is it as luxurious or as sporty as other cars in the class no but it does offer a smooth ride with a rock solid history of reliability. Some would argue that reliability doesn’t matter but if I’m buying a car I’d rather not have to stress out about maintenance costs or unexpected repairs. I’d buy any Lexus in a heartbeat and the same goes with Acura as well

Lexus pioneered the passenger side seat controls near the driver on the LS in the early 2000s.

My RX450h+ gets 54.5 mpg or 2.3 m/kwh depending on whether I run the engine or use the battery and consistently gets 35 miles of battery range which covers 90% of my commuting needs. Love the quiet smooth drive of this RX. My only complaint is the fact that a spare tire is not available, Lexus provides a fix-a-flat kit. I decided to buy a compact spare on-line that gives me more confidence for longer trips. Over the last year, my wife's 2023 NX450h+ got 62.4 mpg or 2.7 m/kwh depending on whether the engine or battery was used and gets 43 miles of battery range. The NX comes with run-flat tires, but still gives a quiet smooth ride even with run-flat tires. I didn't get a spare tire for the NX as we don't go on long trips in the NX but rather use the RX for longer trips. Note that during our cold Michigan winters, the battery range did reduce by about 25% (estimate) as the battery had to run the heat pump to heat the cabin and I always had the steering wheel heater on. I have noticed the battery range go up as we got into the warmer spring weather. Would definitely buy the RX and NX PHEVs again. The Lexus dealers were absolutely great, not charging $1 over MSRP for such a high demand vehicle. These vehicles did arrive completely loaded from the factory so be ready for sticker shock. Be warned that you will have to use non-polarized sunglasses to see the HUD as the windshield is polarized and having polarized sunglasses will try to blank out the HUD display.

Great review as usual. Very informative. I have been looking hard at these but 500h having all that power and torque is tempting. I also really want an actual spare wheel. I like the Nautilus but not into the 'minivan like' look in my SUVs. Otherwise, I'd absolutely choose the TX. Much prefer the more sporty, modern specialness of the RX and like you said, it will most likely be more reliable. I also like the BMW but as a former owner, you end up paying thru the teeth for maintenance, even if you manage to pay a cheaper price for the car initially. Volvos reliability is poor so just no. FYI. Lexus has had those passenger seat adjustments since the early 2000s. I know my 2004 LS had them.

Alex Lexus didn’t borrow the button adjustment on the passenger seat back from Genesis. I had that feature on my 2005 ls500. Lexus had that feature on their cars long before genesis.

I like the numeric scoring compared to just letter scoring! Thank you for the comparisons at the end!

One reason why I love my 2024 Rav4 -- spare tire is included!

Alex, It seems that for the last two decades a surprisingly large number of CUV buyers are excited at the prospect of not being excited by their vehicle. 😉 The boring, 36 mpg RX 350h is the unexciting RX that excites me most. 🥳🥳

I'm a fan of Lexus & I will buy this PHEV SUV.

The RAV4 Prime's powertrain is all right in the NX PHEV but the TX's V6 PHEV setup would be more befitting for the RX PHEV's price tag.

Would you recommend the plug in TX too?

Glad you were able to locate the GoPro.

This is my dream car camper.

Lexus all day long

Hey, Alex, very stylish outfit! 👍🤣 Yea, and a good review too! 🤣

Hopefully one day Lexus will slot in the TX550+ phev into the RX body

get the plugin hybrid, and you'll probably be visiting the gas station maybe once a year.