- Lexus is creating an LFA-inspired sports activities automotive and a three-row SUV with EV energy.
- Core fashions such because the ES sedan and presumably the following IS will retain hybrid choices.
- The RZ, UX, NX, RX, GX, TX, and LX SUVs will likely be up to date over the following three years.
Lexus is taking a extra adaptable path for the second half of the last decade, constructing on its well-established hybrid lineup whereas steadily advancing into full electrification. The corporate has eased again from its earlier plan to go EV-only by 2035, but a number of battery-powered fashions are nonetheless on the best way, together with a sports activities automotive, a sedan, and a three-row SUV.
This method provides Lexus extra flexibility to fulfill totally different buyer wants and market situations whereas nonetheless pursuing its long-term electrification objectives. Right here’s a better have a look at the upcoming fashions, from performance-focused coupes to family-ready SUVs, and the way every suits into the model’s evolving technique.
Sports activities Coupe Impressed by LFA Spirit
One of many upcoming fashions seems to attract closely from the 2021 Lexus Electrified Sport Idea, envisioned as a approach to carry the spirit of the V10-powered LFA supercar into the zero-emissions period. In line with Auto Information, the as-yet-unnamed coupe might arrive in late 2026, coinciding with the anticipated retirement of the V8-powered LC 500.
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Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda is claimed to be immediately concerned within the electrical sports activities coupe’s growth, aiming to make sure it delivers real driving pleasure even with no combustion engine. The idea featured solid-state batteries able to 430 miles (700 km) of vary and electrical motors that might launch it from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) within the low two-second vary. Whether or not the manufacturing model will match these figures stays to be seen.
Earlier this yr, Japanese media reported that Lexus is likely to be engaged on a hybrid sports activities automotive that could possibly be twinned with the next-gen Toyota GR Supra, though the absence of any official affirmation retains the hypothesis alive.
Hybrids and Sedans Proceed
Whereas Lexus has considerably toned-down earlier plans for turning into an EV-only model by 2035, this doesn’t have an effect on the event of future EVs. The distinction is that nameplates just like the ES sedan will supply each hybrid and electrical powertrain choices, protecting a wider spectrum of the market.
Talking of which, the brand new era of the Lexus ES that broke cowl earlier this yr in China and Europe is predicted to achieve US sellers within the second half of 2026.
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The smaller IS sedan will drop the V8 powertrain (IS 500) subsequent yr, although hybrid variations are anticipated to stay accessible in North America for some time longer. A lot of the IS lineup will finish manufacturing in Japan in November 2025, and with the present mannequin already 12 years outdated, rumors recommend a new-generation IS might debut in 2026 with each hybrid and electrical powertrain choices. Against this, the RC and RC F coupes are prone to be discontinued with out replacements.
There’s nonetheless no phrase on what lies forward for the Lexus LS flagship sedan, which debuted in 2017 and acquired a mid-cycle replace in 2020.
Facelifted SUVs And A Absolutely Electrical TX
On the SUV entrance, Lexus is engaged on main updates. Initially, the smaller UX will reportedly be “re-engineered” for 2026, dropping the absolutely electrical choice that has been confirmed to bow out of manufacturing in November 2025.
Shifting up the ladder, the NX and RX are anticipated to acquired mid-lifecycle updates in 2028, along with the rugged GX and LX fashions. Extra importantly, Lexus is reportedly engaged on a completely electrical three-row SUV that’s rumored to debut in 2027.
The manufacturing model of the 2021 Lexus Electrified SUV idea might function a zero-emission different to the similarly-sized TX that can be up for a facelift in 2027.
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Final however not least, the Lexus RZ which is presently the only electrical providing within the automaker’s North American lineup has not too long ago acquired a mid-lifecycle replace in Europe. It’s anticipated to hit US sellers earlier than the tip of the yr, bringing simulated gear shifts and a steer-by-wire system, whereas a stronger F-Sport trim is ready to comply with in 2026.
