Video Summary
Here's the summary:- The Lexus RZ 450e is the brand’s first global fully battery electric vehicle.
- The car features smooth, black fender flares, 20-inch alloy wheels, and body-side sculpting.
- Lexus maintains its spindle grille shape, even though there's little actual grille work.
- The ultrasuede-covered interior is decidedly Lexus.
- The interior layout is minimalist and luxurious with a thin dash and simplistic console.
- The housing for the multimedia screen appears to come off the hooded driver display area that features full digital instrumentation.
- There are physical control dials for temperature and volume, but adjusting anything else requires the 14-inch touch screen.
- The front seats are comfortable, finely stitched, and heated and ventilated. Rear seats are spacious.
- Cargo capacity is good at 23.7 cubic feet, with a max of 55.6 with the seats folded.
- The steer-by-wire yoke system is not yet available. A more practical dynamic sky panorama glass roof frosts over with the touch of a button.
- Direct4 all-wheel drive is standard with a 150-kilowatt motor up front and an 80-kilowatt unit for the rear axle, delivering 308 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque.
- Just one battery size is available at 71.4 kilowatt-hours, which delivers a max of 220 miles of range. Luxury trim is rated for 196 miles.
- Charging capability maxes out at 150 kilowatts, which will get the car to 80% in about 30 minutes.
- The car goes to 60 in 4.8 seconds and records 13.7 seconds at 98 mph for the quarter mile.
- The vehicle displayed noticeable body roll and some understeer during the handling course. Steering weight was good, and the car responded immediately to even the smallest inputs.
- Pricing starts with Premium trim at $59,650, and Luxury starts at $65,150.
- The 2023 RZ 450e gets Lexus into the battery electric game and is also one of the best-looking EVs yet.
