While they’re great for off-roading families, most SUV buyers prefer the better fuel mileage and more car-like driving experience of crossovers like the automaker’s best-selling RX. Lexus has been building three-row SUVs since 1996, but for most of that time its third rows came only on its body-on-frame GX and LX SUVs. It’s certainly less polarizing than its RX and LX siblings, but it’s also a little less distinctive. The TX features more subtle and subdued styling than many recent Lexus SUVs. It also answers criticisms of the automaker’s previous three-row efforts. Though it will be built alongside the Grand Highlander in Indiana and share its platform (called G-AK internally) and structure, the TX promises levels of luxury well beyond its Toyota cousin, goes its own way stylistically, offers a little more power, a plug-in hybrid option and carves out a niche for itself among those tough competitors. In the QX60’s case, it’s the Nissan Pathfinder, in the TX’s, it’s the similarly new Toyota Grand Highlander. That last one is likely to be the TX’s closest rival, and both are based on mainstream models from their parent companies. That will put the TX directly in the mix with luxe three-rows like the Acura MDX, Jeep Grand Cherokee L, Mazda’s surprisingly premium CX-90 and the Infiniti QX60. Although Lexus won’t release official numbers until later this year, we expect the base-model TX350 to start around $55,000. The TX won’t be priced anywhere near LX levels. But where the LX’s mission is go-anywhere capability in a posh wrapper, the TX’s is family-friendly practicality in a luxury package. Stretching just over 203 inches long stem to stern, the TX is actually a little bit larger than the automaker’s flagship ute, the six-figure LX 600. The new TX is not only the brand’s biggest SUV but also its first with a properly adult-sized third row. After watching many competitors launch highly successful, newly enlarged three-row family crossovers in the past two years, the Japanese luxury brand took the wraps off the 2024 Lexus TX Thursday in a double-feature debut also featuring the redesigned 2024 Lexus GX. Get ready to meet the largest-ever Lexus SUV. The all-new 2024 Lexus TX is the Japanese luxury automaker’s largest-ever SUV, but in sharp contrast to its off-road capable LX and GX models, it’s a family-minded three-row crossover with highly efficient powertrains.
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