Toyota has been doing great across America in recent years – and it's always fighting with General Motors for the best-selling title. Naturally, it is helped by both brands – Toyota and Lexus.
The namesake Toyota brand is doing great in terms of sales in the United States especially, but the premium Lexus sibling is even more outstanding after incredible gains in 2023 and a continued success story in 2024 so far. Interestingly, the popularity of the two brands is not solely based on their cheapest models, but also on the bigger mid-size and full-size SUVs playing their part.
That's only natural since Toyota and Lexus have a very fresh roster in that department – the first-ever 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander or Crown Signia, the Lexus TX, plus the all-new Lexus GX 550, Toyota Tacoma truck, the returning Land Cruiser, or the incoming 4Runner. Most of them, especially the SUVs and the best-selling mid-size truck, are based on the body-on-frame version of the TNGA platform (GA-F): GX, Land Cruiser, Tacoma, and 4Runner.
But let us not forget that it also harbors the big models such as the Lexus LX, Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, or the J300 Land Cruiser. Well, the latter is not coming back to America, especially now that the J250 (or Prado) has arrived to fulfill its shoes in a more compact and way more affordable package. So, the only representative of the full-size SUV court is now the J310 Lexus LX, which has been around since the 2022 model year.
Naturally, since the competition in the segment is fierce, Toyota and Lexus might not want to slack around – at least according to the rumor mill and the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. More precisely, the good folks over at the AutoYa info channel on YouTube have a satellite venue dubbed AutoYa Interior, and that's where all the (CGI) Lexus LX is right now because the host and the resident pixel master believe it's the perfect digital time for a virtual refresh procedure for the 2025 or 2026 model years.
As always, the channel host explains the potential changes – they unofficially and hypothetically envision a subtle facelift that mostly touches the front fascia with redesigned headlights and a modified radiator grille. We would also have some fresh alloy wheels, for sure, along with a potential nip and tuck applied to the taillights. For sure, though, they envision the 2025 or 2026 Lexus LX with a few modifications for the interior, too.
The most obvious one will be the hypothetical switch from two central screens stacked on top of each other with different aspect ratios (a wider one on top and an awkward-looking narrower one below) to a singular big-screen experience where the larger display would occupy most of the central part of the dashboard above the physical climate control unit. Also, they haven't forgotten about adding some ritzy color options. So, what do you think?
Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution. Full profile
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