Lexus LBX

Model reviewed: 1.5-litre petrol/electric hybrid Takumi
Score: 6.8 / 10
“The Lexus LBX is the Japanese brand’s smallest model yet, but manages to retain all the luxuries found in its larger siblings.”
Author: Trinity Francis
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“There really is nothing quite like the Lexus LBX currently on sale. It’s as small as a Toyota Yaris Cross, yet offers the kind of premium appeal that is synonymous with larger Lexus models. However, while it feels well appointed from behind the wheel and is reasonably comfortable to drive, there are compromises to be made elsewhere.”
Author: Gavin Braithwaite-Smith, Dean Gibson
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Stylish, easy to drive and with a real sense of quality it nails the brief of delivering a proper Lexus experience in a smaller package.”
Author: Dan Trent
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Model reviewed: 1.5-litre petrol/electric hybrid Premium Plus Design
Score: 8 / 10
“As a hybrid small SUV, the Lexus LBX doesn’t have any direct rivals from Lexus’s usual premium market competitors such as Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. As you’d expect, it does cost more to buy than more mainstream alternatives such as the Renault Captur and (the LBX’s cousin) the Toyota Yaris Cross, but the high-quality feel helps to justify the premium.
Author: Sean Keywood
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Score: 6 / 10
“You can see why Lexus has created the LBX: in search of new ways to continue its impressive SUV-led sales growth, it’s now building an SUV for a slightly different bunch of potential buyers. But the end result falls awkwardly between two stools by being not very Lexusy, in terms of luxury and sophistication, while being quite expensive for what remains at heart a perfectly decent Toyota.”
Author: Colin Overland
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7.6 / 10
“The Lexus LBX is a premium small SUV with the brand’s well-known qualities, but rear space is tight and it’s a little pricey.”
Author: John McIlroy, Andy Goodwin
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“The Lexus LBX is a small, stylish SUV with an upmarket interior, but it’s not particularly practical.”
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Model reviewed: Premium Plus Design
“As well kitted out as the Lexus LBX Premium Plus Design model is, the reality for most fleet users is that the more affordable Premium model will do the job just as well. It might miss out on some fancier wheels and a couple of luxury items, but nothing you’ll miss that much and the Premium still has loads of equipment and safety features that mark out the Lexus LBX as one of the best cars in its segment.”
Author: Alisdair Suttie
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“The Lexus LBX is the smallest car the premium Japanese brand has built to date and provides plenty of appeal if you’re thinking about downsizing. It’s well built and looks the part, with a wide-range of paint and trim options allowing owners to get just the car they want. While it’s definitely great to drool over, the all-new hybrid engine isn’t quite as refined as you’d expect. But used as a city car, the little Lexus LBX excels.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Lexus LBX is an appealing premium small SUV. It features a frugal hybrid petrol engine set-up, and the design is great too, with an array of upmarket interior options to match. But it’s a little short on space behind the front seats.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“The smallest Lexus yet feels reassuringly premium, with hybrid efficiency for low running costs. The Lexus LBX is on the small side for a family car, though, and isn’t as relaxing to drive as other cars from the Japanese marque. We’d buy the Toyota version instead.”
Author: Tim Pitt
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6.8 / 10
“If you’re looking for a more upmarket small crossover, the Lexus LBX is well worth considering. With its stylish and premium looks inside and out, it offers something more upmarket than most cars in this class.”
Author: Ted Welford
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Score: 8 / 10
“The LBX is full of surprises but certainly achieves exactly what Lexus hoped for. It maintains all the high-end quality associated with the brand but adds the appeal of being competitively priced. On the downside, it’s not that thrilling to drive, but not many Lexus cars are if I’m brutally honest. They have always focused more on comfort and refinement rather than blistering pace and the LBX is another fine example of that thought process.”
Author: Maxine Ashford
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Score: 8 / 10
“If you’re in the market for a small-ish, luxury hybrid which, for the vast amount of time will be used solely by a driver and front-seat passenger, then the Lexus LBX is definitely worth considering.”
Author: Jim McGill
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Model reviewed: Takumi Design
Score: 6 / 10
“The Lexuz LBX is compact, plush, efficient and has hints of SUV; it’s just that parent firm Toyota’s Yaris Cross hatchback does most of the same things for far less.”
Author: Vicky Parrott
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Lexus has high hopes for its smallest compact crossover. Smart looks, a premium interior and efficient drive offer plenty of promise.”
Author: Peter Rawlins
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