 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am Gold Pony. I do new car track SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2024 Lexus UX250 hybrid courtesy of Bobby Ray Hall Lexus in McKinnexburg, PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So yes, I just reset the trip. We're gonna be testing out the MPGs in this thing today. And this is a hybrid only option from Lexus. So I definitely wanted to check it out, to be getting into hybrids lately for some reason. You got legendary reliability, of course, as well as Toyota and Lexus, of course, are known for. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering field, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing and size. You can imagine there are a few different trim levels. For the 2024 Lexus UX250 hybrid, first one being the base starting at $36,690, which is by the way, is only a $200 bump from the 2023 model year, which is unheard of these days. Let me tell you guys, premium, which is the one we are in today, starting at $39,150. F-Sport design for $39,150 in the F-Sport handling, going for $44,120. By the way, that was all pricing for the front wheel drive configuration. If you wanted to add all wheel drive, you can do that, simply add $1,400 then to any of those prices. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant on the UX250 hybrid is going to be the same. Powering the little beast is a two liter Atkinson cycle four cylinder with two electric motors, putting out a combined 181 horsepower at 6,000 RPM, 221 pound feet of torque coming in at 3,000 RPM. Again, set to front wheels for all wheels through a continuously variable transmission. Zero to 60 time, approximately 8.4 seconds for the front wheel drive, 8.6 seconds then for the all wheel drive. Top speed, if you're interested, comes in at 110 miles per hour, with MPGnerbers coming in at 43 in the city, 41 on the highway for the front wheel drive, 41 city, 38 then on the highway for the all wheel drive, taking regular unleaded fuel. So before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in our UX, I wanted to mention to you guys, the drive modes. I said there's a little drive mode stock located just above the gauge cluster there, that will give you drive modes like normal, Eco, Sport and EV. Adjusting things like the throttle response, the steering sensitivity, the all wheel drive system engagement and actually the gauge colors as well. I just put it in sport driving mode. It's kind of red and white cues now. But anyways, did want to mention one thing before we do this acceleration test real quick is that paddle shifters are available for the F Sport handling only. They come standard on that particular trim level. Obviously with us not having that trim level, we don't have them with us here today. So there won't be a paddle shifter test, but having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find us straight away. Let's put the acceleration here to the test on the UX end. Let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, founders start away here. Let's go ahead and put us in sport driving mode in three, two, one, go. It's fun. It's one of those things you get used to for sure. So I personally don't have any issues with it. Having said that, it's not the quickest thing in the world, zero to 60 in 8.6 seconds. It's certainly not fast by any means, but I did like the initial pep because it's a hybrid. That's traditionally what you do get with hybrid because the electric motors kick in first. You don't have any kind of turbo lag or anything like that because it's obviously not turbocharged. So I do like that initial pep that would do really good around city streets. But as far as acceleration goes again, it's not the quickest, but that's fine. You'll get used to it. But to go along with that acceleration as always breaking is equally important. So upfront you will find 12 inch ventilated front discs in the back 11.1 inch solid rear discs as far as that 60 is your stopping distance goes that comes in a very impressive 117 feet. That is a sports sedan number. As far as breaking feel goes, let's just, it's fine. Definitely brings you to an immediate stop. So absolutely no issues when it comes to the breaking feel in the UX. Then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get an independent McPherson straight front suspension. And actually exact same thing in the back, independent multi-leg rear suspension, gas pressurized shock absorbers. If you were to go with the F sport handling, you also get an adaptive damping suspension. That's pretty cool. Didn't expect that, but that essentially monitors each shock absorber individually, not only adjusting to the road of perfection is giving you a smoother ride, but it also tightens up the suspension during heavy cornering, really giving you the best of both worlds, a better handling there as well. So if you wanted the best ride quality, go with that F sport handling because it's also going to give you the best handling as well. But overall as far as ride quality goes, I will say it's not as smooth as the TX 350. I just got done driving. So you do tend to feel a little bit more of the road. It's nothing that will personally bother me, but it's not bad. It's just, you can feel a little bit more of the road. I'll just say that. As far as steering feel goes, it does adjust depending upon the drive mode that you put it in. I actually have it in eco driving mode right now though, and it's not that bad. It actually still tends to lean a little bit more in the heavier side of things. So I actually do like the steering feel here in the UX. No issues there. As far as cabin noise goes, we're going 43 miles per hour, according to the head up display. I'm looking at, we'll get to that in a second, but yeah, as far as cabin noise goes, it's actually perfectly fine. There isn't a heck of a lot of exterior wind noise or road noise coming into the cabin. So yet again, no issues there, touching on rear visibility. I can see perfectly fine out the back. The headrests are kind of big, but otherwise it's a smaller vehicle. So you really shouldn't have any issues when it comes to rear visibility, but we're in sensing windshield wipers in terms of forward visibility. Do you come standard on the premium trim level end up? So it's going to detect any kind of missed a rainfall and automatically turn on your windshield wipers for it. And if you wanted to head up display, like I'm currently looking at, it projects your speed, speed limit and safety features up onto your windshield. That is available option that goes for $900. So it doesn't come on any particular trim level, but it's going to be available if you wanted to fork out another $900. But they're pretty much trying to tell the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's look ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Lexus 250 Hybrid. I'm also going to tell you guys how many miles per gallon we ended up with at the very beginning portion of that exterior segment of this review. All right, so here she is, you guys. The new 2024 Lexus UX250 Hybrid finished in cloudburst gray. So as promised, as far as the MPGs go, my short little 10 mile drive at least, I did manage to get 45 miles per gallon, kept it mostly in eco mode with the exception of that acceleration test that you guys saw, which I also counted in that 45 miles per gallon. Of course I put it in sport driving mode for that, but 45 MPGs in this thing, that is not too bad at all. But anyways, let's go ahead and start with where this one is made. Taking a look at the bin, first character is the letter J, indicating that the UX250 Hybrid is built and assembled in Japan, JDM baby. But let's go ahead and start up front. Lexus spindle front grille does come standard. Of course, no blue Lexus emblem as you traditionally will find in most of Toyota and Lexus's hybrid vehicle. So I actually like that. I think it looks a heck of a lot better in black. As far as the design goes at least, to the corners there, you will find front air curtains helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination there. I like that. High LED headlights do come standard on all trim levels across the board for extra illumination at night there. You do get LED daytime running lights. You do get the automatic feature and you also get automatic high beams as well. So when you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams and when the vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you there. So overall, I do like the front end. I think it looks dang good up front here. I do like the satin chrome finish towards the bottom portion of that front bumper as well. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the front end. Listen, I'll go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, aluminum refrails do come standard on all trim levels across the board. Chrome window surrounds also coming standard across the board as well. Taking a look at the side mirrors, they are body colored power adjustable side mirrors. They won't be heated with LED integrated turd signals. And taking a look at the fender surrounds, I wanted to mention this because a lot of times with compact SUVs like this, you will get matte black fender surrounds. But with UX250 hybrid, they actually finished them in the same color as the rest of the body. So I absolutely love that. They didn't skimp out on the details there. F-sport badging can be found on the front fenders if you were to go with one of the F-sport trim levels. Of course, then taking a look down at the wheel setup, 18 inch double five spoke alloys for the base and premium trims. That's what you guys are looking at, of course. And then 18 inch F-sport specific alloys, obviously with the F-sport trim levels. But let me know what you guys think of the side profile in the comments. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, somebody else, let's go around to the back of the UX all the way up top there. You will find a body colored shark fin antenna. Just below that rear spoiler with the integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper LED tail lights with the LED light bar going from side to side. But one of my favorite parts about the tail lights is it's kind of got like this little wing to the corners there. So I'm gonna get up a little bit closer to show you guys but you guys can see it's kind of like a little wing to the tail lights. So I absolutely love that design. It's different, you know? It's not like anything else on the road. So that's why I think why. I don't like it. But anyways, just underneath of it all you will find a single exhaust outlet tucked away kind of underneath on the passenger side there. So having said that, this is a hybrid. So this doesn't always work like a non-hybrid but as always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since you are around to the back of this one when it comes to opening that rear tailgate it is a power tailgate for every single trim level across the board. And this is a newly available option for 2024 only. You do now have the option of a hands-free power tailgate if you wanted to go that route. Then comes standard on any particular trim but it is now available as it was not in 2023. But once it opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 21.7 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, there is a 60-40 split meaning the rear seats do fall down for a good bit of extra space then. If you needed it, got tie-down acres back there. There's grocery bag hooks, 12-volt power outlet, first aid kit as well which is always fun to find. Then if you were to lift up though underneath of that cargo floor you will find in-floor storage. And if you think that's cool, lift up underneath of that in-floor storage and you're gonna find more in-floor storage but it's compartmentalized as well. So little secret James Bond storage area underneath of the cargo floor which is pretty cool. But anyways, then make our way up to the rear leg room that comes in at 33.1 inches for reference. I mean even six feet tall. Not a ton of space back there but it'll get the job done. But rear center armrest with cup holders comes standard. You're gonna find rear ventilation for those rear passengers as well. Along with dual rear USB charging ports which I'd love to see back there. But then make our way up to the front seats. Eight-way power adjustable front seats do come standard. New Luxe upholstery, all succumbing standard. Heated and ventilated front seats for the premium and F-Sport handling trim levels. F-Sport handling is gonna add to that memory settings and of course the enhanced bolstering that the F-Sport seats are known for. They are the most comfortable seats I've ever experienced. But having said that, we don't have the F-Sport seats today and these seats, they're pretty darn comfortable as well. Typically, Toyota and Lexus always do an amazing job with their seat comfort. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped for all trim levels across the board. I liked that it was power adjustable and if you wanted a heated steering wheel that costs an additional $150 if you wanted to go that route. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key. Got your Lexus logo on the one side when you flip it over. Lock, unlock and a button to pop the rear tailgate there. Typical Lexus key, but it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that silver engine start button located just to the left of the climate control buttons there. And so once started up, there is an F-Sport specific gauge cluster for the F-Sport trims. Otherwise you're gonna get what you guys are looking at right now which is a pretty nice gauge cluster as well. It's all digital basically. When you adjust the drive modes the color is gonna change as well. Like I said earlier, there are steering wheel amount to controls found on the left side of the steering wheel to control what is on the left side of the digital cluster telling you things like your average miles per gallon at any given time. Also with drive mode you are in your range as well which by the way, we have 447 miles until empty. That is definitely a good bet. I like that tire pressure information pretty much everything you could possibly want on the gauges up there. But now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality. A Power Moon roof is gonna come on the premium trim level and up hence the reason we have one today. Audit dimming rear view mirror with homelink controls for the premium and F-Sport handling trim levels only. Wireless phone charger that goes for $75 if you wanted to go that route. But I love all the attention to detail on this thing like the washi material specific to Japanese culture. I love that that can be found kind of just to the left of the gauge cluster. Also above the passenger side glove box. It does come with the tan contrast stitching to match the color of the seats as well. I liked that. I like the samurai sword inspired door handles. I just mentioned that in the TX review I just did. I wish they had them because that is one of the things Lexus was kind of known for to me and I thought that was so stick and cool. So a lot of Japanese heritage in this vehicle and that makes sense because it is 100% made in Japan. Every part about it so I love that. But just in front of the shifter like I said we do have the wireless phone charger. You got a couple cup holders there. Behind the shifter you have your heated steering wheel button along with your heated and ventilated seat buttons. And within the center armrest there is a decent amount of storage there. You also have a USB charging port and a 12 volt power outlet then as well. So they did the interior quality absolutely amazing in my personal opinion. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen. Eight inch color touch screen display coming with the base premium and F-Sport design. And then a 12.3 inch color touch screen display coming with the F-Sport handling. It's gonna be optional on the premium. And yes, of course we have that option. The screen is massive. Bluetooth and audio streaming coming standard but my favorite part wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay. I love that because still most vehicles to this day even luxury and manufacturers still go with the wired Android Auto Apple CarPlay. So I love that it's wireless. Factory navigation system up there as well. Climate control settings you can check out along with your radio information. And so when it comes to the sound systems there's two of them. Six speakers is gonna come in the base premium and F-Sport design. And then you have a 10 speaker sound system coming with the F-Sport handling. So having said that, we do have the six speaker sound system with us here today. So let's go ahead and turn on the radio. See what we got playing this morning and let's test out the clarity of this one. But we should go again just me and you. I'm pretty sure it was the UX if I remember correctly. Where I said this is my favorite six speaker sound system in existence. It doesn't sound like six speakers. Perhaps it's the size of the vehicle and you don't really need that many speakers but that's an incredible six speaker sound system like the Clarity. And it almost feels like you're at a concert. It's so crystal clear. Base was pretty darn good as well but the Clarity is just absolutely amazing. Like it will surprise you, I guarantee you. You hear six speakers and you're like eh whatever but it doesn't sound like eh whatever. It sounds dang good, believe it or not but at least when it comes to six speaker sound systems. The last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the UX in reverse you will find a rear view camera. It's gonna kind of make this chiming noise as well since the hybrid of course but as always that is going to lead us into safety. And so to start the UX250 Hybrid is an IIHS top safety pick. So that's a heck of a start right there. Front side side curtain airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well in the back you're gonna have latch AKA lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard Lexus safety system plus 2.5. That gives you a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, lane trace assist, lane departure alert with steering assist, road sign assist, dynamic radar cruise control any blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert as well. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the UX extremely bright head up display system. I didn't really emphasize the brightness but it has got to be the brightest head up display system I've ever seen. Great MPGs as well. Like I said, I averaged 45.4 miles per gallon my short little 10 mile drive in this thing. So that is absolutely incredible. F-sport seats are absolutely amazing. Still my favorite seats to this day. So I love that. One of my favorite things though has got to be the Japanese touches inside of the UX here like the washi material, like the samurai sword door handles. I think that's just so stinkin' cool. I love when vehicles really make something unique and original unlike any other vehicles on the road and Lexus definitely did that with the UX when at least when it comes to those two things. Excellent reliability as well. I think a lot of people still think that only naturally aspirated engines can be reliable but they don't always think that the hybrids can be just as reliable if not more reliable. And the case with Toyota and Lexus is they have actually made their hybrid configurations more reliable than their naturally aspirated engines which you wouldn't think was possible but they did it. I've read articles with like a Highlander hybrid going over a million miles and constantly you see the Toyota Prius going 300,000 plus miles. So no the batteries last a very, very long time in these things so I love that as well. The only constructive criticism I can really think of is it is a tad bit slow but it's one of the things that you just get used to it's kinda like the visibility in a 370Z or a Camaro. You just eventually get used to it. You learn the vehicle and you learn how to drive it but anyways, let me know what you guys think of the UX250 hybrid in the comments section below and that is about it for this one. You guys thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. Be sure to hit the subscribe with the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews because that is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold.