Lexus quietly posted pricing for the battery-electric powered 2023 RZ 450e crossover on its retail site. There are two trims at launch, RZ 450e Quality and RZ 450e Luxurious, each all-wheel push. The Top quality comes with options like a panoramic glass roof, 14-inch touchscreen exhibit, local climate controlled, 8-way energy seats in the entrance row, heated steering wheel, solitary-colour ambient lighting, wireless Android Vehicle and Apple CarPlay, wireless phone charging, five USB ports, Lexus 10-speaker audio, and adaptive cruise regulate.
At start previous April, Lexus estimated the RZ’s selection on the Premium’s conventional 18-inch wheels at 225 miles. That assortment figure has considering that been decreased to 220 miles on the 18-inchers. The High quality trim starts off at $59,650 soon after the $1,150 destination charge, but only if painted in the Caviar exterior coloration. The six extra colour choices add $500 to the price. The High quality can also be optioned with 20-inch wheels for an further $1.240, that selection decreasing driving range to an believed 196 miles on a charge.
The Luxurious trim upgrades the spec with a 10-inch heads-up display screen, heated rear outboard seats, Ultrasuede seat cloth with Tsuyasumi trim, multicolor ambient lighting, a “radiant front knee heater,” acoustic glass, vehicle dimming aspect mirrors, an 1,800-watt, 13-speaker, Mark Levinson audio technique, lane alter assist, and entrance cross-traffic alert. It will come on the 20-inch, 10-spoke wheels normal and starts at $65,150 after spot.
The RZ stretches 189 inches very long, 74.6 inches extensive, and 64.4 inches tall, proportions that make it about three inches shorter, an inch wider, and with a roof sitting down 3 inches lessen than the RX. A pair of electric powered motors connected to a 71.4-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack supply AWD. Its 308 combined horsepower arrives from a 201-hp e-motor on the front axle and a 107-hp device on the rear.
As an aside, we not long ago chided VinFast for organizing to market a $50,XXX battery-electric powered VF 8 Metropolis Version crossover in this article with 348 or 402 horsepower and 179 miles of range, the selection up-to-date to 207 miles right after what we presume was a prepared more than-the-air update in January. New pricing for the VinFast helps make it about $11,000 fewer expensive than the Lexus. VinFast has other hurdles to surmount, and we’re confident the electrical power of the Lexus badge will send out purchasers to the RZ, but one particular has to search to find an equivalently priced and sized battery-electrical crossover among mainstream OEMs with a shorter vary than the 220-mile RZ.
The RZ will not accurately line up towards what is out there, nevertheless. It truly is four inches shorter than the additional expensive, 226-mile Audi E-tron, nine inches lengthier than the fewer high priced, 265-mile Q4 E-tron. The Lexus is five inches for a longer time than the considerably less costly, 243-mile Mercedes-Benz EQB. About the closest thing to it is the Tesla Design Y, which is just two inches shorter, $5,000 fewer expensive, and goes 330 miles on a charge.