Lexus Australia has confirmed the NX450h+ AWD Luxurious plug-in hybrid (PHEV) for Australian showrooms, scheduled to reach in September 2025.
The NX450h+ AWD Luxurious would be the most cost-effective PHEV from the model, ranging from $84,500 earlier than on-road prices and due to this fact undercutting the bottom Volvo XC60 Plus PHEV ($92,990) and BMW X3 xDrive30e ($104,800).
It’ll sit beneath the one different NX PHEV provided right here, the NX450h+ AWD F Sport flagship that’s priced at $96,000 earlier than on-road prices.
The Japanese luxurious model has additionally confirmed it’s axing the petrol-powered NX250 Luxurious that opens the mid-size SUV lineup. No extra examples shall be imported as soon as current inventory is offered.
The axing of the NX250 Luxurious – which makes use of a naturally aspirated 2.5-litre petrol four-cylinder engine – is because of what Lexus says is a “discount in demand”. This makes the NX350 AWD F Sport (from $79,450 plus on-road prices) the only real petrol-only NX provided in Australia.
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The NX450h+ was launched in Australia in 2022 because the model’s first PHEV, obtainable solely in F Sport trim (pictured beneath) with Enhancement Pack 2 outfitted.
The brand new Luxurious grade shall be outfitted with Enhancement Pack 1. Whereas Lexus hasn’t revealed a full checklist of normal tools, it has confirmed the brand new entry-level PHEV SUV will embrace:
- Proximity entry and push-button begin
- Leather-based upholstery
- Heated and ventilated entrance seats
- Heated outboard rear seats
- Heated steering wheel
- Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- Wi-fi telephone charger
- Energy tailgate
- Encompass-view digital camera
The F Sport builds on this with options like adaptive suspension and F Sport-exclusive styling tweaks.
The Luxurious makes use of the identical 2.5-litre plug-in hybrid four-cylinder powertrain because the F Sport, that includes two electrical motors, an 18.7kWh lithium-ion battery pack and all-wheel drive.
Complete system output is 227kW, whereas claimed electric-only driving vary is 87km (NEDC) as a part of a complete 1167km vary.
Additional bulletins on normal tools and options shall be made forward of the Lexus NX450h+ Luxurious’s deliberate arrival in September 2025.
The launch of the extra inexpensive Luxurious trim comes after shipments of the NX450h+ have been paused for greater than 18 months till order books reopened in November 2024.
Lexus Australia mentioned the choice to droop orders got here after prospects confronted ready lists of just about two years after it first went on sale in 2022.
Deliveries of the NX elevated 6.0 per cent within the first half of 2025 in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months, with 3080 examples reaching Australian prospects.
That made it the model’s best-selling mannequin, accounting for nearly half its complete 7338 gross sales to the tip of June.
Pricing
| Mannequin | Value earlier than on-road prices |
|---|---|
| 2026 Lexus NX350h Luxurious FWD | $71,700 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h Luxurious AWD | $76,500 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h Sports activities Luxurious FWD | $79,200 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h F Sport FWD | $79,200 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350 F Sport AWD | $79,450 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h Luxurious AWD + Enhancement Pack | $79,500 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350 F Sport AWD + Enhancement Pack 1 | $82,450 |
| 2026 Lexus NX450h+ Luxurious AWD + Enhancement Pack 1 | $84,500 (NEW) |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h Sports activities Luxurious AWD | $85,000 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h F Sport AWD | $85,000 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350 F Sport AWD + Enhancement Pack 2 | $85,450 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h Sports activities Luxurious AWD + Enhancement Pack 1 | $88,000 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h F Sport AWD + Enhancement Pack 1 | $88,000 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h Sports activities Luxurious AWD + Enhancement Pack 2 | $91,000 |
| 2026 Lexus NX350h F Sport AWD + Enhancement Pack 2 | $91,000 |
| 2026 Lexus NX450h+ F Sport AWD + Enhancement Pack 2 | $96,000 |
