The Lexus UX hybrid crossover will get a lift in energy and gas economic system for the 2025 mannequin yr, together with a change in badging from UX 250h to UX 300h.

It is nonetheless basically the identical design that was launched for the 2019 mannequin yr and refreshed for 2022, however now with some adjustments to the hybrid system. This is identical planetary system utilized in different Lexus (and Toyota hybrids), and retains a 2.0-liter inline-4 engine for gasoline energy, but it surely now options extra highly effective electrical motors. As earlier than, a devoted motor powers the rear wheels in all-wheel-drive fashions.

2025 Lexus UX 300h

Mixed output from gasoline and electrical sources is now 196 hp, up from 181 hp earlier than. Lexus estimates 0-60 mph in 7.9 seconds with all-wheel drive and eight.0 seconds with front-wheel drive. The latter is an enchancment of 0.4 second over the 2024 UX 250h, however Lexus did not publish a 0-60 mph time for the all-wheel-drive model of the outgoing mannequin.

Lexus additionally anticipates improved gas economic system of 43 mpg mixed for front-wheel-drive fashions and 41 mpg mixed for all-wheel-drive fashions. The outgoing UX hybrid is EPA-rated at 42 mpg mixed with front-wheel drive and 39 mpg mixed with all-wheel drive.

2025 Lexus UX 300h

Apart from the hybrid powertrain upgrades, the UX continues principally unchanged. The smallest and least-expensive Lexus, it is out there solely as a hybrid within the U.S. A totally electrical model, the UX 300e, has been bought in Europe since 2020. It obtained a greater battery and extra vary final yr.

The UX adopted the sportier-looking, sportier-driving Lexus CT hybrid hatchback because the entry-level mannequin within the luxurious model’s lineup. Not like the CT, the UX has designed to catch the crossover wave that reveals no indicators of breaking anytime quickly.