Appreciate you guys being able to re-evaluate your initial impression... So few journalists/reviewers have that integrity. Seems to me this is really just a Rav4 with better sound deadening, fancier door cards, and a nightmare technology experience.

You’re the only one preaching the truth. Every other “reviewer” just describes the car. You’re the only one actually reviewing the car.

It's a real shame they dropped the 2GR V6. I'd think a V6 hybrid would've been loads better in terms of refinement and overall experience.

Met both of you today at autobahn. My friends and I were thrilled. You guys do a great job -so knowledgeable and so right on. Thank you!

Thx for the honest review. Just as I suspected. I'm hanging onto my previous version (Gen 4) RX350 with the N/A V6. Mine's got the Luxury Package & is paid off.

I love the fact that you take ypur knowledge of high performance driving cars and bring it to normal if not boring-on-purpose cars! Kudos to you!

So glad I bought a new 2022 luxury, smooth, V6 AWD , regular gas this past January. Have put 14,000 plus miles on it and just finished a 5500 mi. trip, great ride.

Excellent, honest review. Keep up the great work!

Love the review. He puts it very eloquently and straightforward. Always look forward to your reviews.

What a great review - giving it raw, well explained and very insightful. Liked and subscribed! Really looking forward to more of your content! 🤘🏽

You can adjust the height of the trunk by pressing the open/close button for 3 seconds after setting the trunk height to desired. Thank you for the awesome video.

Watching and listening to the road test of the 2023 Lexus RX350 (with a turbo I4) reminded me of my 2018 Mazda CX5 (n/a 2.5L I4) which I traded in for a 2022 Lexus RX350 with its V6. I love the smooth power and sound of my Lexus V6, reminded me of the V6 power in my older 2007 Nissan Murano. I hope Lexus brings back a V6 to the RX350 if government regulations don't prevent that.

Love the Honesty Jack. Keep up the extraordinary work.

I'm relieved that someone realizes the infotainment display is large for the sake of being large. Seems like there was zero effort into designing a unique cabin

can’t say when the camera upgrades happened exactly, but i’ve been noticing it and god is it welcome. good investment Sirs, good production quality & excellent content as always, hope you’re having a nice day

Only been subscribed for a few days! But I love this channel! 🔥👍

this is actually a good example of how important it is to get the electronics right! in most cases funny enough it only shows after the warranty is off...

Seems like putting the bulletproof 3.5 V6 back in it would make it about perfect. To bad that’ll never happen tho.

Toyota should've found a way for the V6 to meet the new upcoming emissions standards.

Is it rugged enough to handle the curb at the Starbucks drive-thru? I need more unpainted plastic cladding!

I'm glad you pointed it out -- alert fatigue is real on products like this

Love hearing you guys just have a conversation about the car. Great insight.

Thanks guys! Solid review.

this is fascinating because this Lexus RX 350 makes the Acura MDX look like it has a usable interior

This is why I love this channel. You guys have the balls to tell the true every time.

brutal honest reviews love it tbh

As excellent as savagegeese reviews are, they've collectively killed my interest in new cars and left me disillusioned in my search for something that's both great and less than $60k.

If you think comfortable car is a bad thing you will love this reviewer.

Every time I think of selling my 3UZ V8 Lexus GS, I'm reminded by videos like these that engines like the 3UZ will never exist again. I'm keeping that car.

thank you for the perspectives gentlemen

About time you reviewed another mid-range SUV. Windowsills so high, reminds me of the reborn Camaro.

Brilliant. Just the perfect amount of snark and humor as well as technical nuance. Have owned Lexus and Toyota. Hated the rear hatch speed and the horrible historical menus from Lexus clearly demonstrated the design and ergonomic folks hate each other. The move to touch screen has helped and finally the lawyers said it was ok to speed up the rear hatch speeds.

A few items you mentioned as flaws are actually not. The rear lift back opening height can be custom set with a three-second touch of the button. The inattentive driver beeping can be turned off in settings. There is a shortcut menu in the touchscreen for frequently accessed, it's right next to the climate button. And the items you're missing in the gauge cluster that got "moved" to the HUD are all still available in the gauge cluster, you just have to set them in preferences.

Dang great review. That's why I love you guys

Thank you for not being biased of bought by Lexus/ Toyota like some other reviewers.

As someone who lives north suburbs of toronto, with a big chinese population, these rx350's are everywhere. Hearing you guys describe it as ultra quiet and sleeper mode means it is the perfect car for the folks that i see day in day out driving these. This is going to be a massive seller forsure at least in my area

A $55K luxury SUV with a four cylinder that sounds like a four cylinder. A lot of people in my circle come to me for car advice because I am an automotive engineer. A good friend was about to buy a new RX350. I told him, if he was smart, buy the 2022 model with normally aspirated V6 which is one of the best V6's ever produced for decent power, long term reliability and durability and NVH. He bought a 2022 and couldn't be happier. Kind of a jump ball if the new RX350 is any better from a styling perspective compared to outgoing model. New RX is more conservative and depends on your preference...kind of like the new Honda Civic. Also, a side note, anybody who buys a Hybrid is a sucker. PS. a laughable slip was Mark kept calling the new RX the NX which has the same crappy, rattly 4 cyl. No surprise.

Great honest review. Thank you

Excellent review , right on target on every point you made .

The old V6 used regular gas. The turbo 4 requires premium fuel. So the extra 2mpg of the 4 cylinder turbo is negated by the added fuel cost. Why bother. The hybrid NX350h will run regular (premium recommended not required). The hybrid is the way to go here.

24.5 mpg is a slap in the face for a 4 cyl. A twin turbo V6 from Lexus gets 21.5 combined, and at least it has some performance numbers.

Thanks for the informative review.

This era in car industry will be known as an “giant grille” era. Kinda like tail fin era

The rear hatch height has to be adjustable, even the CX5 has that feature... Good review!

Why is this vehicle still called a RX350? Shouldn't it now be called a RX240?

This was an excellent review

Great video always l/ make me want to go out and buy the last generation rx😊

Love this type of an objective and factual review without the fake praises. Either get the hybrid RX or just get the MDX or the X5.

This luxury SUV is more so for people that do not want loud luxury SUVs that they'll have to spend a fortune on in maintenance.

Love your work

This decade is clearly about transitioning everything to full electric. You can see manufacturers skimping and cutting so many corners on new or refreshed products, which just means they are putting resources into electric architecture and technology research. Aside from boutique manufacturers, the age of the ICE engine is coming to a near end.

I don't get how they can complain about the engine noise and at the same time say it's super quiet and so quiet it almost put them to sleep.

Great review once again. Also, I love the Nicolas Cage pillow!

I've give props to you guys...I think this Lexus is a decent package for many people out there, but completely agree with you on the cumbersome HUD - it's actually a distraction and could be considered a driving hazard. Electronic door handles are unnecessary too imo. Thinking of the RX Hybrid but can't see myself doing CVT again after my Maxima.. Might have to go Genesis or MDX (The GV70 I test drove was impressive). Will see what the MDX holds..

Remember the time when car reviewers would wear a suit to review a Lexus? Boy, how times have changed!

Turbowsky’s prediction came true. New model being a 4 popper but keeping the 350 badge. Miss that dude

Very nice review!!! :)

Also it took me 1-2 hours to get use to the steering wheel etc! just focus on the drive! the HUD is awesome and the safety systems are not too intrusive! They resolved all the issues with all the pre-production software annoyances with the beeps and the front cross traffic alert! it only beeps if the car is accelerating into an oncoming car! also the auto brake when it senses a car at certain speeds is wonderful! very very smooth! LOVE IT! you don't even have to activate cruise control in order for it to operate. The 8+ months wait for the Rx500h was well well worth it!

Love your videos, I’m a sound engineer and I want to understand why you think the best position is the leave the eq neutral when listening? Can you elaborate on that in a video at some point? Or is there already a video about sound systems that you’ve done?

I bought my dad’s 15 Highlander V6 when he upgraded to a 20 Highlander XLE Hybrid a couple years ago. I’ve been very impressed with both. I love the V6 and lack of safety electronics. It can’t beep at you for every little thing. The hybrid fuel economy is ridiculous, easily over the 35 mpg est. figure all the time. The V6 gets 23 during recent 2000 mile road trip. The softex seats have been great in our RAV4 we had for over 7 years, and age great in the Hybrid. I can’t see why you would buy the Lexus over the Highlander anymore.

You can turn the brightest of the screen down for night or set for night driving. The turbo engine with the new transmission is incredible and the car is so quiet and smooth. I can't see these guys driving a luxury vehicle and that is perfectly okay.

Best crossover for under 60 K. There are trade offs at this price, comfort ,quietness, and most of all reliability. GReat car

Great review! Congrats Mark on buying a Sony Xperia. How is the camera experience?

Thank you for being honest. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who absolutely hate small displacement 4-banger turbo engine. There is more to an engine than just torque and horsepower numbers on paper. And don't get me started on that grill.

I love the honesty of this channel! Now, I feel like I truly need to do more research on this vehicle. I’m on the hook for one with a deposit already in place! We are traditional Toyota owners and we swear by them. But, we now want to move upmarket “without” the possible maintenance hassles that come with a lot luxury brands. We also don’t trade vehicles every couple of years. We keep our vehicles for few years. I hope you guys can do a review on the Luxury Hybrid model. That’s what the wife wants…and, I hope that’s a better choice than what I just witnessed..

Ive been waiting for this one.

Spot on review. I spent month deciding if it's worth the wait or pull the trigger on a 2022 RX350 instead. The updated info center is nice and all but I had serious issue with a 4-Cylinder in a SUV this size. After testing a 2022 NX with the same engine I went ahead and bought a 2022 RX350 F-Sport. The engine is really lacking on a lighter SUV such as the NX. There is no way that it would feel adequate in the RX frame. I'm glad I am not the only one feeling this way about the engine that are being put in these.

The 2022 with the V6 is going to be more sought after used/new than this. This turbocharged 4 cyl is going to make a lot of Lexus service departments very rich :-)

That is precisely why I bought the 2022 RX 350 and 2022 ES 350 F Sport for the V6..I knew this would happen 😊

If anyone is interested in getting the F-sport trim I urge you to spend at least 20 minutes sitting in the seat. I think the new F-Sport heavily bolstered seats dont fit everyone. I don't consider myself fat at all and I think the bottom bolsters are seriously way too aggressive and my bottom gets sore sitting in this car past 1 hour.

Main reason I got my 2022 ES 350, because I know the V-6 is going away. Naturally aspirated V-6’s are so fun to drive and hear.

Man i knew it we gonna miss that smooth V6

I used the previous gen for few road trips - two people and a dog. For the size of the vehicle, the utility of the trunk is poor. We compared it one nest to another to Mazda CX-8 and the difference was shocking. For me RX is just a big luxurious hatchback. There is a CX-8 available in Japan and I would recommend it over RX due to utility.

pls review the 350h with Active damper, i wonder that changes anything. looking forward to your next video

Lexus should keep the V6 for the US market.

In all honesty I think the new rx looks amazing👍

11:09 One of the many reasons this has become my favorite KZfaq channel.

This is the best selling mid size SUV. Lexus is the first to introduce a crossover and this new generation is simply the best. If you love tech and gadgets, this car is for you. Awesome vehicle.

Thanks for the Review, we legitimately were looking forward to this 350 and now …ehh, looking elsewhere! You guys are GREAT!!!💪🏼👍🏼

We were looking at this but you have made up our minds..nope..GV70/BMW X5 for sure...Thanks!

First I must say this is one of the best review I’ve ever see

Woohoo a new video to eat my breakfast too!

Long time Lexus/Toyota owner I’m just shocked how lazy Toyota is lately. The 3.5V6 is legendary,no current owner in their right mind would give that up for a turbo four. I don’t understand this is the motor being put in all new vehicles. Lexus is a premium brand you still have other manufacturers using V6’s Toyota is being very lazy and not developing a more premium engine.if this is the future of Lexus I may look elsewhere.

Appreciate the objective honesty guys.. we have 2020L that replaced a 2013. It didn’t take long to realize the cost cutting in the 2020. The seats, the leather and materials , the NVH and the fuel economy are very disappointing. Not surprised the 2023 is keeping the trend going. At least we still have a V6!

I've always thought a Lexus felt generic in some way, I mean they're high quality and durable, and hopefully reliable with the new engine. But like you said it doesn't feel special like a premium or luxury car should. Also I'm so glad you've touch on the 50-70k 4 cylinders, why do they think that is luxury. When I hear luxury I do not think of a 4 cylinder, especially when it overall performance isn't better than an out going V6. I'd much rather own an MDX, X5, or GLE450 than this, but most will lease it and think they're supreme over everyone.

That HUD controls would drive me crazy. There isn't much I like about it except that it is a "Lexus". I think my daughters Mazda CX5 is better and much cheaper.

I miss the V6, but we have a 22 NX350 and I though the engine was fairly refined if not invigorating. It certainly felt more isolated from the cabin than my 16 RX350's V6 bc it vibrates a little much at idle.

If I was in a market I would get 2022 top of the line RX350 AWD brand new. Great car. Refined and last year perks solved before new model.

FYI you can adjust the level of the rear hatch, 5 different heights . Defaults to highest (5).

You guys are right. I love the quietness (Sound proofing) but this car has been a very ordinary experience after so much of hype. A rattley 4 cylinder will always feel like a 4 cylinder as far as driving impressions are concerned, then to add insult to injury the fuel efficiency is nothing impressive. Overall, this is a disappointment.

Another nice review. This car is meant not to offend anyone. It's a simple car for someone who don't want to think about what they drive or own. It's the perfect car for the laptop, suburban crowd..

The Nic Cage throw pillow...... dying!!

Balljoint replacement on this car, 100$ Balljoint replacement on any german aluminium molded control arm, 2000$. That's one of the reasons why, in 15 years, those RX will still be on the road.

Thank you for this review. In fact, my family is cross shopping between the RX and the WRX Wagon they are selling abroad. To me, the value of the wrx wagon is way better, similar performance on paper, better driving dynamic, while almost being half the price.

The previous version is the best looking RX ever. The controversial grill and sharp edges were all perfect 10/10. Especially the 2016 model. Subsequent updates messed up the design a little bit but it still remained a great design. This new version is not bad. Infact, I like it but I loved the sharp edges a lot more. I would be happier if they go back to something close to the 2016 model.

You get the impression Lexus CAN make these cars really special but just doesn't. I can't figure out what it is that's holding them back. Cost? Just conservatism? Is trying to carry over as much as possible from the rav what's holding it back? I don't mind the styling but this car's competitors are more compelling in a few dimensions.

So glad I got the RDX. Your videos are fantastic

I rode in one and had similar thoughts... It was great, quiet, comfortable... But so is almost everything else. Once upon a time, that "L" on the front made you feel like you were making "the smart" luxury buy. Now it just feels like your taking an "L".

The added conversation during the last bit of the driving portion is very fair. This isn't a Highlander (price wise), you expect more. An eco-4cyl doesn't provide a luxury experience.

Your reviews are always spot on. Thanks man!