Vehicle
Lexus LX
The flagship off-roader, and mechanically a Toyota Land Cruiser in every generation — the same ladder frame, the same full-time four-wheel drive with a locking centre differential, the same axles. Land Cruiser information covers nearly all of it and there is far more of it. What is Lexus-specific is the air suspension and the hydraulic Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System, and both are where its chassis codes come from rather than the driveline.
Generations
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J80 1995–1997
The LX 450 — a J80 Land Cruiser with a different grille and softer springs, solid axles at both ends and the 1FZ-FE straight-six. Two model years only, and the shortest generation the nameplate has had.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Toyota J80
- Engines
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- 4.5 straight-six — 1FZ-FE · petrol · 160 kW (215 hp)
- Transmissions
- 4-speed A343F automatic
- Drivetrain
- Four-wheel drive
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J100 1998–2007
The LX 470 — the 2UZ-FE V8, and the generation where the height-adjustable air suspension and the hydraulic anti-roll system arrive. Sold in Japan as the Toyota Land Cruiser Cygnus. The four-speed gives way to the A750F five-speed in 2003.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Toyota J100
- Engines
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- 4.7 V8 — 2UZ-FE · petrol · 175–200 kW (235–268 hp) · 410–448 Nm (302–330 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 4-speed A343F automatic · 5-speed A750F automatic
- Drivetrain
- Four-wheel drive
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J200 2007–2021
A Land Cruiser 200 underneath; the air suspension and the hydraulic anti-roll system are the Lexus-specific fault population.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Toyota J200
- Engines
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- 5.7 V8 — 3UR-FE · petrol · 284 kW (381 hp) · 544 Nm (401 lb-ft)
- 4.6 V8 — 1UR-FE · petrol · 221–255 kW (296–342 hp) · 439–460 Nm (324–339 lb-ft)
- 4.5 V8 — 1VD-FTV · diesel · 200 kW (268 hp) · 650 Nm (479 lb-ft)
- 4.7 V8 — 2UZ-FE · petrol · 170–212 kW (228–284 hp) · 410–448 Nm (302–330 lb-ft) · LX 470; UZJ201
- Transmissions
- 6-speed AB60F automatic · 8-speed AE80F automatic
- Drivetrain
- Four-wheel drive
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J310 2021–present
TNGA-F with the Land Cruiser 300 — the V8 goes and a twin-turbo V6 replaces it, changing the whole boost and thermal picture.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Toyota TNGA-F
- Engines
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- 3.4 twin-turbo V6 — V35A-FTS · petrol · 305 kW (409 hp) · 650 Nm (479 lb-ft)
- 3.3 twin-turbo V6 — F33A-FTV · diesel · 227 kW (304 hp) · 700 Nm (516 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 10-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Four-wheel drive
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