2024 Lexus LBX pricing and features

The 2024 Lexus LBX hybrid light SUV – the luxury relative to the Toyota Yaris Cross – has been priced for Australia.

Lexus Australia has confirmed the new LBX will start from $47,500 before on-road costs – undercutting the most affordable Mercedes-Benz and BMW hatchbacks sold locally but not the cheapest Audi A1.

It will be available in Luxury and Sports Luxury variants, with the latter variant priced between $52,990 and $56,990 before on-road costs.

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Meaning ‘Lexus Breakthrough Crossover’, the LBX serve as Lexus’s new entry-level model, slotting below the Toyota Corolla-based UX small SUV and acting as a spiritual successor to the CT200h hatch axed in 2021.

While the Luxury is front-wheel drive only, the Sports Luxury offers AWD with a second motor on the rear axle. All-wheel drive models are fitted with a more sophisticated multi-link rear suspension instead of a torsion beam.

Based on a modified version of the GA-B platform used by the Toyota Yaris and Yaris Cross, the Lexus LBX uses the same 1.5-litre three-cylinder naturally-aspirated hybrid engine but with a more potent electric motor and a larger battery for more performance and additional electric driving range.

It has a 100kW and 185Nm total system output, with a claimed 0-100km/h sprint time of 9.2 seconds.

The LBX does not share any no external panels or interior components with the Yaris or Yaris Cross. Lexus claims it has a lower centre of gravity, wider tracks, shorter overhangs, and more body rigidity.

Measuring 4190mm long, 1825mm wide and 1545mm tall, the LBX is 305mm shorter and 15mm narrower, but 25mm taller, than the one-size-up UX. It rides on a 2580mm wheelbase, with 60mm less between the front and rear axle than the UX.

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Luggage capacity is rated at up to 332 litres for front-drive variants with the second-row in place.

The 2024 Lexus LBX will launch in Australia on March 18.

2024 Lexus LBX pricing

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2024 Lexus LBX confirmed features

2024 Lexus LBX Sports Luxury features