Lexus RX 2025 receives new F Sport design equipment and Black Line Special Edition
The popular RX rolls into 2025 with a new special edition and a handful of updates
- Lexus has unveiled the 2025 RX, which features a new Black Line Special Edition.
- In addition, the product range has been expanded to include a new F Sport design equipment.
- Other changes are limited, although all models are now equipped with a 12.3-inch multi-information display.
The RX is Lexus’ best-selling vehicle and is getting a handful of updates for 2025. The most important of these is a new Black Line Special Edition based on the RX 500h F Sport Performance.
That’s a lot, but the Black Line Special Edition features an Incognito exterior with black accents, along with black 21-inch wheels contrasted by orange brake calipers.
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Other changes are limited, but the model’s two-tone appearance is echoed inside with a black interior with gray contrast stitching. Production will be limited to 500 units in North America, so it sounds like Canadians will be in on the action, too.
Alongside the new special edition, Lexus has decided to add an F Sport Design trim. This seems completely unnecessary considering that there were already Standard, Premium, Premium+, Luxury, F Sport Handling and F Sport Performance trim levels.
Aside from the bloated model ranges, the F Sport Design trim is exclusive to the RX 350 and RX 350h. The trim builds on the Premium trim and adds F Sport styling details, including the front fascia, grille and rear valance. It also features black open-pore wood trim and 21-inch black-finished wheels.
2025 Lexus RX 500h F Sport Performance Black Line Special Edition
As if seven trim levels weren’t enough, the RX offers a dizzying array of powertrains. There are so many options that even Lexus got confused and claimed the RX 350 has a “2.5-liter inline-four turbo.” That’s close, but not quite right, because it actually has a familiar turbocharged 2.4-liter four-cylinder that makes 275 hp (205 kW / 279 PS) and 317 lb-ft (429 Nm) of torque.
Likewise, the RX 350h returns with a hybrid powertrain that produces 246 hp (183 kW / 249 PS) and 233 lb-ft (316 Nm) of torque. The RX 500h F Sport Performance, on the other hand, has 366 hp (273 kW / 371 PS) and 406 lb-ft (550 Nm) of torque.
Since that’s obviously not enough options, Lexus also offers a plug-in hybrid RX 450h+. It features a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, three electric motors and an 18.1 kWh lithium-ion battery. This gives the model a combined output of 304 hp (227 kW / 308 PS) and an all-electric range of 35 miles (56 km).
The 2025 Lexus RX will arrive in U.S. dealerships later this year and pricing will be announced closer to launch, but it is likely to cost a bit more than its predecessor, which started at $49,950.
