This Lexus GX vs Toyota Land Cruiser: Buy THIS One!

So, a better ride and drive experience, doesn’t have a wireless charger, but has better wheel/tire options, faster, better ownership experience, available 7 seat configuration, better tow rating, and the mpg penalty equates to only $800 a year. I think there’s no question that the GX is a better experience.

Same price? I would take the Lexus for the Twin Turbo V6 over the Land Cruiser i4 + Hybrid.

Lexus looks better. Toyota looks like a Lego car on the front and the chicken coupe mesh grille

GX all day.

Car and Driver tested both, and got 0-60 in 7.7 for the Land Cruiser First Edition and 6.3 for the Lexus, so a large gap in performance. I would choose the Lexus for the styling. The Cruiser looks good, but the Lexus looks great. And you get a clear step up in performance, but I expect a hybrid version to come in 2025, so that is probably the best move, wait a year or two.

Cool rigs, truly. But I have a mortgage, and these are absurdly expensive. Better a used purchase after 5-7 years.

Car and Driver tested articulation for Land Cruiser stabilizer disconnect be GX E-KDSS and the LC had slightly better articulation.

Lexus , no brainer

need to spend $83k on the Lexus to get real leather, memory seats, and still can't have 3 zone HVAC. makes it a hard pill to swallow on the MPG difference. A $70k suv with no wireless charger and no memory seats is an absolute deal breaker, IMO.

I have the GX 550, and so far I love it! My only complaint is the small fuel tank, significantly less range than my old 2019 4Runner TRD Off Road, and apparently smaller than the previous previous GX 460. I really feel frustrated about that 1 thing, because I bought it specifically for family road trips, like going to our cabin etc, which is VERY far north of Vancouver, and some exploring😊. Under 400 miles of range on a full tank, in a vehicle like this? Not very good. Aside from that, I can actually daily drive the GX very comfortably! I use to use 4Runner exclusively for trail adventures, camping, road trips (recreation) and winter driving, and daily a Land Rover, but this GX fits perfectly in the middle of the 2 lol.

Oh man I like them both, I'll take the Lexus. Thanks guys

We just took delivery of our 550 OT+, our 4th GX, and it's awesome. Lexus gives you a loaner anytime your truck is in for maintenance or warranty.

Land Cruiser for me and I personally like the square headlights over the round ones.

awesome video.. also I recognize some of the businesses and roads you were driving … awesome !!

28 minute review yet not a word about differences in ride comfort, interior quietness or seat comfort.

The Land Cruisers are not readily available. Dealers don’t have them in stock

I love the Land Cruiser and my wife loves the Gx but we ended up with the 24 Sequoia Platinum  I drove both of them and is funny but I found the LC a little bit more responsive than the GX. Yes the GX had more push but I felt like you had to wait a little before it moved where the LC just moved More impressed with the LC drivetrain in everyday driving. Both of them noisy on the highway once you reach 70 mph due to that more upright windshield. Sequoia within the same cost range , better seven seater then the Gx , quieter than both of them , more comfortable than both of them specially on the highway , less plasticky than both of them, use regular gas, built here in the good old USA. Yes , would like to think that even do it may not have the same fit and finished as something made in Japan ,,, makes me feel good to know that my money feed someone’s kid in Texas. I see the LC for someone that spends a lots of time climbing Engineer Pass and the Gx for a mom that likes a seven seater but not as bulky as the Sequoia. I would strongly suggest driving at least 20-30 miles on and off the highway all three of them before spending $80 Ks. Thank you for a great review I see the future of journalism in the hangs of two very knowledgeable young men

Definitely some appeal to the GX, but I do love the inline 4 hybrid setup on the LC and especially like it's included 2400w onboard power. Until GX gets a similar hybrid type option I think my preference is LC.

Great contrast review! First to think of it, too! Excellent!

I fell in love with the GX at an auto show back in January. It was listed for more money than I’d ever pay for a vehicle. When the LC was announced but pricing wasn’t I thought, “Sweet! Similar to the GX but cheaper.” Then LC prices were announced. I will wait a decade and buy a used one. I still cannot imagine spending $70k on a car.