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The Lexus LBX Morizo RR performance SUV is due in Australia in the first half of 2025 with a drive-away price in excess of $80,000.
The 2025 Lexus LBX Morizo RR performance light SUV has been detailed for Australia.
Due in Lexus showrooms in the first half of 2025, the LBX Morizo RR is a turbocharged non-hybrid take on the otherwise hybrid-only LBX with the same three-cylinder engine as the Toyota GR Yaris and GR Corolla.
Priced from $76,490 before on-road costs – or more than $80,000 drive-away – the Morizo RR is almost $20,000 dearer than the Lexus LBX Sports Luxury all-wheel-drive hybrid, $13,500 more than the dearest GR Yaris, and $6000 more than the latest GR Corolla.
In Australia, the Morizo RR will be exclusively offered with an eight-speed torque-converter automatic transmission at launch, with the six-speed manual available in Japan unavailable locally.
However the vehicle includes steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters and a manual mode for its gear selector.
The Lexus features a 1.6-litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine producing 206kW and 390Nm – down from 224kW and 400Nm in Japanese versions, and the local GR Yaris – with a full-time mechanical all-wheel-drive system.
A 5.2-second 0-100km/h acceleration time is claimed.
Riding 10 millimetres lower and 15mm wider than standard variants, the LBX Morizo RR also adds larger 19-inch alloy wheels, Continental SportContact 7 tyres, a new front bumper, vertical fins on the rear, body-coloured wheel arches, and unique lower side sills.
Under the skin, the Morizo RR features a ‘Response-Enhancing Damping Structure’ with a "thermoset resin in the front lower control arms to enhance steering response and feel across all speeds and driving conditions”, along with a stiffer structure and a Torsen limited-slip rear differential.
Inside, it sports black leather-accented sports front seats with “extra lateral support”, a perforated sports steering wheel with red contrast stitching, three interfaces for its 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster including a central tachometer, and aluminium pedals.
A two-tone paint option is available for $2000 extra.
The 2025 Lexus LBX Morizo RR will arrive in Australia in the first half of next year.
2025 Lexus LBX Morizo RR price in Australia
Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.
2025 Lexus LBX Morizo RR standard features:
Jordan is a motoring journalist based in Melbourne with a lifelong passion for cars. He has been surrounded by classic Fords and Holdens, brand-new cars, and everything in between from birth, with his parents’ owning an automotive workshop in regional Victoria. Jordan started writing about cars in 2021, and joined the Drive team in 2024.
