Lexus LX vs Toyota LandCruiser 300

No, and that is the cleanest fact on the page. The LandCruiser 300 runs from $107,394 for the GX to $158,658 for the Sahara ZX on July 2026 driveaway pricing. The Lexus LX starts at $177,319 for the Luxury diesel and runs to $217,009 for the F Sport hybrid. The dearest Toyota lands $18,661 below the cheapest Lexus, so no grade of one competes on price with any grade of the other. Anyone cross-shopping the two is choosing between the top of one range and the bottom of the other.

On the shared drivetrain it is close to literal. The LX Luxury diesel and every LandCruiser 300 run the same 3.3-litre twin-turbo V6 at 227 kW and 700 Nm, the same 8.9 L/100km, the same ten-speed automatic, the same GA-F ladder frame, the same 3,500 kg braked towing rating and the same 3,280 kg gross vehicle mass. Bodywork, interior architecture and equipment differ, and so does the drivetrain menu. The LX also offers a 305 kW petrol V6 and a 341 kW hybrid, neither of which Toyota sells in any LandCruiser grade.

The LandCruiser, and unusually the margin does not depend on which grades you line up. Every 300 Series clears 245 mm and every LX clears 210, a 35 mm advantage on any pairing. Departure angle follows the same pattern, 25 degrees against 21 to 22. Approach is the exception worth knowing: five of the six LandCruiser grades manage 31 degrees, but the Sahara ZX drops to 23, level with most of the LX range. Both nameplates run full-time four-wheel drive with a two-speed transfer case, so the underlying hardware is shared.

The Lexus, and the interval is not the reason. Both nameplates schedule a visit every six months or 10,000 km, so you are in the workshop the same number of times. Toyota charges $420 a visit and publishes $4,200 across five years for every LandCruiser 300 grade. Lexus charges $695 and publishes $6,950 across the whole LX range. That is $2,750 more over the same period, on top of a purchase price already starting higher. Warranty is identical at five years and unlimited kilometres on both.

Yes, and so does the Lexus, which makes seat count a grade decision rather than a nameplate one. The LandCruiser 300 seats seven in GXL, VX and Sahara, and five in GX, GR Sport and Sahara ZX. The LX seats seven in Luxury and Sports Luxury, and five in Overtrail and F Sport. If you need the third row, both ranges have it and both charge you to move up for it, so choose the layout inside whichever range suits the rest of your brief rather than picking a badge for the seat count.

Match the layouts first, because the two ranges publish figures for different configurations. As five-seaters the LandCruiser quotes 1,131 litres and the LX 1,109, effectively a tie. As seven-seaters they sit at 175 and 174 litres behind the third row, also a tie. Folded is where the Toyota separates: 2,502 litres against 1,960 in five-seat form, and 1,967 against 1,871 as seven-seaters. Setting a five-seat figure against a seven-seat one, which is easy to do accidentally here, produces a gap that does not exist.

No. ANCAP holds no entry for the Lexus LX, so it has no rating rather than a poor one, and the distinction matters. The LandCruiser 300 was assessed in 2022 and holds five stars, scoring 89 percent for adult occupant protection, 88 percent for child occupant protection, 81 percent for vulnerable road users and 77 percent for safety assist. That result covers every grade except the GR Sport, which was not assessed. Some published sources do list five stars against the LX; that figure is the LandCruiser's result attached to its platform sibling.

The LandCruiser 300 for most buyers. It is cheaper at every point of comparison, clears 35 mm more ground, costs less to service across five years, and is the only one of the two carrying an ANCAP rating. The LX earns its money in two specific places. It sells a petrol V6 and a 341 kW hybrid the LandCruiser does not offer in any grade, and it fits the cabin equipment across its whole range rather than reserving it for the upper trims. If either of those is the actual requirement, the premium is defensible.