2021 Lexus LX 570 | The Gold Standard

@brian I definitely only watched this review because of you. I get why people love these things, but... no Apple Car Play at north of $100K CAD?!? Nuts.

Driving a Lexus generally means you are smarter than the rest. There are only 2 motorcar brands I will ever consider ever again. Toyota and Lexus. I traded my 4Runner in for a 2017 LX570. Love the Lexus more than the 4Runner. It's nice to not have to worry about repairs for a decade or more with routine maintenance done. Look at the Land Rovers reliability, the BMW exorbitant cost for repairs. The American made SUV's are crap, though Tahoe and Suburban have some interesting towing features. Nothing holds a candle to Toyota/Lexus quality. A thing to look at is the 10 year maintenance cost. The LX570 came in at about 17%, Everything else was 50% and higher. The Korean models coming out now are decent, but the cost to keep them on the road is up there with Discovery and the German stuff. This SUV is the BEST long term value because it will still be serviceable in 20 years while the rest of them will have long been scrapped. So when you look at TCO they are pretty much a bargain.

I’ve owned 3 of these and am one of those blind loyalists. In defense of the infotainment one can add Apple CarPlay for about $300 and the joystick works just fine for that, mashing left and right gets you through most functions quickly as CarPlay was designed to work with a wheel or dial at first.

The CarPlay overlay looks amazing on that 12.3 inch screen and I’d say it’s far superior to the factory systems in the loaner RX and ES I get when I go in for an oil change.

Refreshed in 2016, not 2015

When you look at the number of sales for the LX, GX, and 4Runner (10+ year old underpinnings), you have to give it to Toyota/Lexus. Their not-so-secret sauce (great build quality) trumps modernization. People are willing to overlook it, which in a tech driven world, is kind of amazing. Great review!

So, they're keeping the V8 in the Lexus, but in the new Land Cruiser, they'll have the V6 and no V8 option??

I’m surprised that Lexus/Toyota did not modernize to Apple Play and wireless charging. That seems pretty standard in 2021.

All that capability and no meat on tires. I probably get a Land Cruiser instead as it doesn’t have that strange grill. These probably last easy over 200,000 miles. The mechanical bits are going to last as long as you live. Agreed infotainment is a mess. I think I rather get a F150 with a Coyote for half the price with more modern tech and even more room in back seat with FX4 package 😇.

You ain’t in Kansas anymore Dorthy? I need this v8 in my trd pro make it happen my Canadian brother!

Nice video. The LX 570 is one of the greatest body-on-frame vehicles every made.

I'm still driving my 2005 Lx 470, best truck ever. Almost at 300,000 miles. I think I may need a new one soon.😆

Nice vid!

They have totally reinvented the lx570