It's a city-style exterior, but it's off-road..Lexus SUV LX700h
Mar 24, 2025
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In line with the model's slogan of 'You can go anywhere and come back safely', the test drive course is two parts: off-road and on-road.
The LX700h features the appearance of a perfect urban flagship SUV, but with the structure of the'body-on-frame', it allows for comfortable driving even on full-scale off-road.
On the off-road, there was a course where you could experience authentic off-road performance such as slope testing, mud, rock crawling, logs, steel, moggles, and rotating sections on the LX700h luxury trim.
Like a vehicle that has been famous for its off-roaders in North America and the Middle East for a long time, fuel can be supplied to the engine normally even when it is tilted up to 45 degrees forward.The side slope can also hold up to 44 degrees.
With an entry angle of 22.6 degrees and an exit angle of 21.7 degrees, it showed a clean frequency ability without any part caught when entering and exiting the slope.
It is convenient to use a DAC when climbing the front slope and entering the downhill. The driver was able to come down stably without pressing the brake pedal.
In the mud section, the course was entered at low speed using mud mode. It was possible to escape stably by continuously giving the wheel an appropriate amount of spin without feeling the wheel falling out.
On the Moggle course, it was possible to test the distribution of driving force when one of the wheels floated on the ground. Even if one wheel rises from the ground, the driver could easily escape with only a little Excel control.
The purpose of the LX700h's narrow section turning ability test in the rotation section was to be tested. Touch the turn assist button located on the 7-inch display in the lower center of the center fascia first. After that, if you deploy Excel after rotating the handle more than once, lock the rear wheel shaft to reduce the rotation radius. It feels like turning into a small SUV.
Even when I drove an off-road course while riding in the second row, I was able to feel a comfortable ride in the course.As it is a typical urban SUV design, I had some doubts before the test drive, but the off-roader ability was excellent.
After the test drive, "You can run a rough off-road course so comfortably!""The exclamation came naturally.One disappointment is that he failed to test drive a five-seater Overtrail trim, which is a little more full-fledged off-road.
For VIP and luxury trim, only the center differential lock is applied.In addition to the center, the Overtrail trim includes the front and rear differential locks.
Change the driving mode
Onload uses the drive select button
The offload can be changed using the MTS (Multi Terrain Select) button.
On-road can be switched to eco, comfort, normal, sports, sports+
Offloads include Auto, Dirt, Sand, Mud, Deep Snow Mode
It consists of a total of 9 types.
The vehicle that has completed the off-road test drive and boarded during the on-road test drive is a VIP trim four-seater model. It was quite luxurious.
It is regrettable that there is no air suspension at the launch site of LX700h on the 17thThere's also a story about '
Even though it was equipped with a hydraulic electronically controlled variable suspension (AVS) rather than an air suspension, it was properly solved with a soft setting, so you could feel a luxurious ride.
The ability to handle irregularities at high speed and the sensation of crossing the bump at low speed "Is this the body-on frame?The soft feeling was impressive enough to think "
However, the body-on-frame's unique after-vibration is a little felt.
The ride is much more luxurious than the body-on-frame SUV I've ever ridden.
It is an inevitable part due to its structural characteristics, but through precise setting, it has been improved to the level that people who are not sensitive will not feel such vibrations.
The ride in row 1 is 'luxury' itself.There's also a four-seater seat for the shopper driven, but it's very luxurious from the driver's seat.
The 3.5-liter V6 gasoline twin turbo engine has a hybrid system total output of 464 PS and a maximum torque of 66.3 kg.m.
More than 90% of the test drive course is on highways, so I developed Excel to accelerate overtaking while raising the speed to medium and high speeds.It showed acceleration performance as if there were few turbo racks.
I was a little worried that the weather would interfere with driving on the day of the event when it snowed very much, but the high body made it easy to secure a view.
It also showed stable driving performance even though the road surface was quite slippery through full-time four-wheel driving.
I think the highlight of the four-seater VIP trim is the second row.At low speed and medium speed, the captain's seat shows the best ride. When seated, the semi-aniline leather seat provides the best sitting feeling, and the headroom is relaxed enough to fit two fists.
The leg room also has two fists in the first row with the B pillar.However, as it is a model aimed at North America and the Middle East as the main market, it seems to be tailored to the large body shape as a whole.
The height of the seat stand is high, so when the reporter, who is 173 centimeters tall, sat down, even if he lowered the seat as much as possible, he felt his feet slightly floating. This problem can be sufficiently solved by using a footboard located at the bottom of the rear of the first row of passenger seats.
Let me point out one disadvantage I felt while driving in the second row. The ride comfort to the low and medium-speed sections is very good, but when entering the ultra-high-speed area exceeding 100km/h, the unique vibration of the body-on-frame is delivered.
The reporter Dong-seung continued his high-speed driving for about 5 minutes for the output test, causing a little motion sickness due to the persistent vibration.If you buy a vehicle for the purpose of a shopper driver, you won't have to drive the LX700h at high speed, but if you are forced to drive at high speed due to an urgent situation, I recommend you to get in the first row.
Prices range from 165.87 million won for Overtrail, 167.97 million won for luxury, and 194.57 million won for four-seater VIPs.
One line review
Advantage: On-road and off-road comfortable yet luxurious ride.. Is it the body on frame?
Disadvantage: Second row ride that causes motion sickness in high-speed areas..It's the body on frame!
Inje = Editor Kim Hyung-joon.kim@carguy.kr
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
