{"id":50301,"date":"2023-05-23T06:03:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50301"},"modified":"2023-05-23T06:03:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:03:27","slug":"1139727_lexus-lbx-teased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50301","title":{"rendered":"Lexus to expand lineup with LBX on June 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lexus has provided the first look at a new model line to be called the LBX, which is set for a debut on June 5 in Milan, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Two teaser photos show part of the car&#8217;s front end and taillight signature.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The LBX is thought to be a new subcompact crossover positioned below the compact UX, and aimed at the European market, meaning it likely won&#8217;t reach the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1087567_lexus-to-replace-ct-with-a-model-smaller-than-the-ux-crossover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lexus has been hinting<\/a> at a new model positioned below the UX for years, and in 2021 it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1114433_did-lexus-just-tease-a-subcompact-crossover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teased a subcompact crossover<\/a> with similar design features to what&#8217;s shown in the LBX teasers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"8\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100885838_m\" title=\"Teaser for Lexus LBX debuting on June 5, 2023\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Teaser for Lexus LBX debuting on June 5, 2023\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"573\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/teaser-for-lexus-lbx-debuting-on-june-5-2023_100885838_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/teaser-for-lexus-lbx-debuting-on-june-5-2023_100885838_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/teaser-for-lexus-lbx-debuting-on-june-5-2023_100885838_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/teaser-for-lexus-lbx-debuting-on-june-5-2023_100885838_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/teaser-for-lexus-lbx-debuting-on-june-5-2023_100885838_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/teaser-for-lexus-lbx-debuting-on-june-5-2023_100885838_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Teaser for Lexus LBX debuting on June 5, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Any subcompact crossover from Lexus will likely be twinned with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1029426_review-2021-toyota-yaris-cross-price-photos-specs-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toyota Yaris Cross<\/a>, a subcompact crossover based on Toyota&#8217;s TNGA-B platform and sold outside the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The Yaris Cross is 164.5 inches long, making it about 9 inches shorter than the compact C-HR. An available hybrid powertrain delivers a peak 114 hp. Similar specs should feature in any Lexus twin.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. will likely miss out on the LBX, Lexus has two new SUVs headed to local showrooms shortly. One is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139622_2024-lexus-gx-teased-due-out-soon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redesigned 2024 GX<\/a> and the other is a new three-row SUV to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139602_lexus-tx-teased\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called the TX<\/a>. The GX will be a twin with a redesigned Toyota Land Cruiser Prado sold overseas, while the TX will be a twin with the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138709_2024-toyota-grand-highlander-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Toyota Grand Highlander<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lexus has provided the first look at a new model line to be called the LBX, which is set for a debut on June 5 in Milan, Italy. Two teaser photos show part of the car&#8217;s front end and taillight signature. The LBX is thought to be a new subcompact crossover positioned below the compact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}