2011 Lexus LX570 Review - A Multipurpose, Unicorn SUV

The LX570 is an adventurous vehicle that also happens to do luxury quite well. Compared to its Cadillac, Mercedes, Infiniti, and Land Rover counterparts, the LX570 has some distinct advantages. It's a special SUV but it's far from perfect. I will let you know where it falls short and my personal recommendations if you're in the market for one or something similar.
Thank you Royal on the Eastside for providing the LX570 for today's review!
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CORRECTION: The Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS) is not exactly an air suspension.

[@gacctjoaquin]

My father have been a LX owner for almost 30 years. He had the 1998 LX 450, 2002 LX 470, 2009 LX 570 and he currently has a 2019 LX 570 and he steel owns his old 2002 LX 470 as his back-up car. Our favorite generation has been the 2008-2011 LX 570, as the one reviewed in this video (We like as well the 2013-2015 but not as much as the 2008-2011), and our less favorite generation is the 2016-2021. The driving of the 2008-2011/2013-2015 id more feely and refined. The gen 2016-2021 Lexus added so much weight between bodykits and other stuff and it drives terrible! If I were on the market for a Lexus LX 570 I would personally buy 2008-2011 and I upgrade the cameras and put and android screen with apple car play and android auto or if you do not care about the CarPlay or android auto, I would try to get an screen of the gen 2013-2015 on eBay. It's great.

[@jimbaloni1877]

Just got a 2009 LX 570 and this vid was a big reason why we gunned for one. The original owner replaced the hydraulic suspension for regular ones but after driving it, I don't really mind; the whole thing still rides like a dream. It's still on 30k original miles so it's practically brand new!

[@Realistick]

Only 30k miles, nice snag!

[@jnguyen131000]

Did the previous owner not like the hydraulic system ?

[@christophermartin972]

Why the hell would he replace the system with so few miles?

[@shaunr5450]

AHC makes the car.... 114k on our 2011. AHC is still flawless.

[@davidwang2777]

They adjusted the miles. No way to delete Ahc system for a 30k miles car.

[@4everyoung869]

200k miles on this is still better then a Escalade with 20k miles

[@dp92551]

LOL 😆

[@frankmagana1408]

This is such a stupid take. Escalades pretty much get neglected after they get sold from their first owner. And yet, you see a ton of them, beat to absolute shit running with a fuck ton of miles on them. It is a very common sight where I live.

[@4everyoung869]

@@frankmagana1408 most people buy them for status not for ireliability

[@frankmagana1408]

@@4everyoung869 I don’t see how that negates my point

[@mikemcdonald6004]

@@frankmagana1408 woowwwww

[@austinaubinoe2195]

Have a 2009 LX and it’s the best vehicle I’ve ever owned. In 2013 HID headlights became standard. However the low beam on the 2008-2012 model is already in a projector housing. So adding a high quality aftermarket HID bulb kit it’s very easy. I absolutely love the understated luxury of the old early models. Like others have said, that is a hydraulic suspension, not air. Extremely reliable and designed to last 500k miles (not 100k like air). Fluid just needs to be flushed every 60k miles or so with Toyota AHC fluid.

[@Lawrenceklutz]

Excellent and thorough overview. Def want to get one of these!

[@bushandbeachaustralia5577]

Great review! As a new lx570 owner you’ve nailed it!

[@buckeye9252]

Good Job on the review lad,thanks for your efforts.

[@Rockkindness]

Fantastic review! You got facts bro!! I can never part with my 2010 Lx570 w 85k miles..it’s been an amazing vehicle for the fam!!

[@azwldcat13]

Really good review.

[@nicholas7417]

Awesome I’ve got this truck and also you deserve more subscribers

[@shanet7511]

How would you say the ride and handling of this compared to the second gen Sequoia? Also did the Sequoia have the optional load leveling suspension and adjustable dampers, do they work well or are they more of a gimmick? Nice video BTW

[@redballtrading]

Great post! I just bought a 2010 of this model. Loving it!

[@georgev5766]

How is insurance on your LX compared to other vehicles you’ve had?

[@MilesValeros]

how much did u pay for it?millage?

[@redballtrading]

Arvin VALEROS $23K/112K miles. (Certified Used Car)

[@redballtrading]

george v Insurance is fine compared to others...I guess. This car has excellent safety features, I live in the burbs and I’m middle aged with no accidents in the last 5 years. Lol!

[@Texas_Cruiser]

​@SpenceFX how's it doing 3 years later?

[@NKPGarage]

Have had 3 of them so far and they are by far the best luxury SUV I have had.

[@citizenpark2782]

Everything u said was spot on!

[@jdpst20]

I'm looking into one of these for my next Long road Trip truck. I'm coming from a 2003 Montero so this would me a massive upgrade for me. Don't really care about NAVI, or buttons or whatever or dated to me. I'm going purely because it's off road capability.

[@marcusj4467]

Hey mate, I’m 6’4” and just did the same seat test as you in a 2014. I had more room in the backseat, I’m wondering if its because you didn’t have the second row in its back most position ? Or it could be just different biomechanics but you look like we could be distance relatives so I’m going with the former :) I also found if I shifted the second row as far forward as I could and still be comfortable, I could technically fit in the 3rd row.

[@Huundo]

My 2011 570 is still running like a dream with no issues at 158k miles

[@SuperDelta737]

the 570 was built to last over 500k without a prob

[@salegado71]

I have a 2013 LX 570 with 146k and no problem whatsoever, went off roading with my friends and to my surprise this SUV handle the trail and rocks like a dream even with the stock wheels to my surprise. People wondering how did I make it to the top of some very challenging mound and sandy hills. I'm keeping this SUV for life...

[@delanodwalton]

@@salegado71 I also have a 2013 with 57,000 miles. I've had it for 13 months and am in LOVE! I would not and DO not want ANY other vehicle! It feels like I'm in the best vehicle ever made while driving. I've researched these for 21 years before I was in a position to get one and believe it or not it's even BETTER than advertised! I'd recommend it to EVERYBODY!!

[@peterouuu]

love these big Lexus suv’s... what always intrigued me was that you were paying almost 100k and it did not come with HID’s at the time... I believe they did offer it a few years later

[@brokearcader6625]

I don’t like the all time 4wd but I just found a ‘11 loaded and thinking of getting it.

[@siqi]

Nice review! If u choose a used LX or GX as ur overland build, best part is the most owners before u, don’t go off road. Worst part is the fuel tank is not matching the power, and u need extra gas cans on board or get a ARB long range Aux tank.

[@douglasdonatien7044]

Best Full truck ever!! #Lexuspower

[@TheEnronExec]

How do you fold down the armrest in the second row?

[@pavman42]

So you've got a couple things wrong with your video. First of all, the LX has a hydraulic suspension system which is unique to North America using Toyota's ACH fluid and is commonly found in the GX & LCs in other parts of the world. This is not an air ride system which means the failure rate is much much lower and there's a 60,000 mile regular rotation of the fluid recommended but it doesn't seem necessary unless you have a problem with it which can be costly if there is a problem. Secondly, the engine is unique for the LX and Land Cruiser and it's only manufactured in Japan. The way they manufacture it is unique which means you can get upwards of a million miles on this engine. I bought a 2011 LX used in 2020 that had 150,000 miles and I anticipate with regular maintenance it will last 800,000+. Some common problems: Where they placed the starter tends to wear it out due to access heat, which means it will probably go bad at some point if it hasn't been replaced. The original radiator had a flaw that would cause a hairline crack in it; I drove about 2500 miles before I realized that I actually had a crack in my radiator with very little movement in the temperature guage. The water pump likewise is known to go bad but so far so good. I've also had a minor parts go bad like the blower motor but it's a common part found in pretty much all Toyota SUVs so it was very easy to replace. One last comment, this truck with Toyo Open Country III tires is amazing. It's a great truck to have if you have a three season vehicle that you use when it's not winter due to the fairly poor gas mileage it gets from ethanol blends. Unadulterated gasoline gets much better gas mileage.

[@goldstequity]

I’m sold

[@lucast594]

Mine 2010 has 186k perfect condition, looking for another 20 years of ownership

[@hal8238]

I didnt even search English, i searched Chinese"雷克萨斯 lx570 2011款" and your video is on the top. Nice video tho the worse thing about this car i think is the mpg

[@thebulgarianguy8461]

Air ride?

[@garage779]

Dig the Sector 9!

[@Zanzabar5]

I can't believe Doug Demuro ripped on this thing. I own 2 and I think it's the greatest SUV ever built.

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

I just got a 2015 onyx black.

[@salmanillustrator5540]

this and land cruiser are the best trust me you can go anywhere with these beast

[@PearComputingDevices]

I would have a hard time on this but for me I would rather still stick to a Sequoia. I have one in the limited trim and it's absolutely beautiful. It's not a luxury vehicle nor does it pretend to be but what it lacks in luxury features it sure makes up for it in reliability and practical flexibility. We only have 3 in our household so the Sequoia is insanely over the top for almost anything we're doing.. almost but for camping. We love to camp. We still do tent camping but one day I want to step to a pull behind camper. Nothing crazy, maybe a 20 footer and this truck will do that and then some. We thought about going with a 4runner just because of the slighly better gas mileage but all in all the Sequoia just made more sense for our use. It's already expensive. But we got a really good deal on a '13 with only 114k. That pretty much made up our minds. That two or three MPG loss is small compared. Plus it has a leather trimmed 3rd row. If I ever wanted to take kids to school or church we've got plenty of room to go in style. Plus it's a Toyota. It's not some hohum GM or Ford product guaranteed to cost a lot down the road.

[@johnq4354]

My only concern is the reliability of those suspension. Feels like it’s gonna cost a lot to replace them

[@Realistick]

They're very reliable but definitely would be costly to replace. My time on the forums told me that the suspension is pretty robust

[@maninthemirror911]

I had a 2006 with 220k miles and never did any maintenance on the suspension

[@davidparkin9017]

Close the sunroof shade and it is dead quiet. You don't understand the steering setup and alot of the other features. Their purpose only shines under certain conditions. It is fast not quick. The air ride lasts about six years before it needs service like replacing the spheres. Can you thrash it? Yes but only off road in snow. I replaced all my interior and exterior lighting with LEDs. What an improvement! Try it. Worst feature? Wood trim slowly starts to deform and has to be glued back into place. A speaker or two can buzz after ten years. The subwoof is in the wrong place. Knee and elbow padding is thin. Rubber door seals move about and have to be poked back in place. Glovebox is surprisingly cheap and plastic. Hard plastics squeak more than the 2009 to 2020 Nissan Frontier whose plastics were more rubbery (better). The roof rack is decorative joke. Same with the wheel center caps which crack. Steprails are delicate. Maximum cruising range is 306 miles yet gas mileage isn't bad at 13 city 19 highway. Cruising at 80 mph, I get 18 mpg as the engine spins at just 2000 rpm. 72 mph is the sweet spot where it gets 19.2 mpg. Is it best SUV? If you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with a full tank of gas, yes.

[@abdullahallabani3660]

Please what is the prise Thank you .

[@Realistick]

That varies a ton, this one sold for $27 or 28k, I think.

[@maniac32145]

Nice truck but being so rare, low sales, not too many to choose from, and costing so much ( seen 2008 lx 570 going for $27k) wow. That alone makes it so much not practical.

[@drw1926]

You call that cluttered?

[@isaialeuila9327]

wtf you are sooo tall?! Awesome review tho haha

[@dstreamer]

Bro, how tall are you? I am considering a 2009 LX570. I'm 6'5 and I wonder how well I'd fit in the driver seat

[@Realistick]

I am 6 foot 3 with a pretty balanced leg to torso height!

[@Syxl458]

The mpg is just what kills me. I had a 1999 lc100

[@redhoward11]

At 1:23 you mentioned that it has air ride, when in fact Lexus uses hydraulics. Lack of research for a product you're reviewing is unacceptable.

[@nick-dm3if]

My humvee is a behemoth, this is tiny lol

[@dorislinarez8023]

Put the price & mileage

[@Realistick]

0:36

[@krishna100982]

Are you the "this is your daily dose of internet guy"?

[@Realistick]

Definitely not😂

[@davidwayne9982]

Engineers recommend if you lift more than 2 inches- to change the upper control arms etc. too..... do you know if most of the regular GX pars will interchange on this??? Engine same i thing- so that will- but what about other parts.

[@sdfletcher]

Suspension is hydraulic, not air.

[@Realistick]

It has both! (As do pretty much all other air suspension equipped vehicles)

[@TheNormalUkrainian]

@@Realistick Pretty sure it does not. What part is air?

[@Realistick]

@@TheNormalUkrainian The part that raises the truck. parts.belllexusnorthscottsdale.com/p/Lexus__LX-570/Air-Suspension-Compressor-Line/63024243/4893160010.html

[@TheNormalUkrainian]

@@Realistick That line doesn't actually carry compressed air though.. its hydralic fluid.

[@Realistick]

@@TheNormalUkrainian It says "air suspension." If Lexus calls it that, I will call it that too, you can also see the big bags in the rear if you look underneath the truck.

[@karls6982]

"Air ride?" No such thang!....it's hydraulic....whole nuther thang.

[@digital_0630]

This guy’s reviewing a 2011 in 2020 and calling some features “outdated” 🤦🏻‍♂️uhhh

[@Realistick]

Yes, I did, it was outdated for its time. Add in the fact that the generation has soldiered on for over a decade and it becomes even more dated. I still love the truck but this is a review, not an advertisement.

[@MandusahRamirez]

I always felt like Lexus should’ve made a LS570 with this Engine.

[@brutalscopelive497]

As soon as you mention “air ride” Im skipping away. Just for youtube sake, coming up without researching the lexus?? There’s no air ride but active height control-AHC AVS which is a hydropneumatic suspension. Get the facts right dude.

[@xtremekill99]

This car has hydraulic suspension not air ride I'm 99%

[@joneclegg]

Air Ride? sigh... it's hydraulic.

[@Realistick]

yes, I know, every outlet refers to it as air ride along with a lot of people. Plus the bags in the back looked like the same air bags you would see on an air ride type vehicle.

[@joneclegg]

@@Realistick Yes, but Air ride is associated with reliability problems, e.g. Land Rovers, the Toyota system is much more reliable. That's why it's worth discriminating between the two. If you just wanted to describe it, just say adjustable.

[@Realistick]

@@joneclegg Agreed, I'm just calling it adjustable unless I hear from the manufacturer themselves. While they are notorious for Air ride problems, I feel like Land Rover could make a clock unreliable so I wouldn't use LR as a reason to believe that all air rides carry a negative connotation for a reliability concern. Although Lincoln also used to have horrendous problems with it too so maybe it's more consistent than I'm thinking but I feel like some companies that use hydraulic like Mercedes have issues with adaptive hydraulics too.

[@drifterdave01]

Air ride? No.

[@markr4139]

Hm... you rolled through a stop sign. Not cool. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5PSo5V6d5mAgcU

[@Realistick]

😭😭😵‍💫

[@dorislinarez8023]

To old videos

[@qwertyfy8014]

yearh right, air ride is great! air ride my a….s; do you homework before putting out videos pal.

[@Realistick]

Oh believe me, I do, mistakes can still happen. And it never hurts to not be a douchebag, pal.

[@qwertyfy8014]

@@Realistick i am sorry about being a douche, it just frustrates me when i see people with little knowledge about the car saying stuff that is just false. Hope i didn’t hurt your feelings too much 🙏🏼

[@wakethefckupman1697]

Doug demuro wanna be??? Just saying that's all

[@Realistick]

I'm not going to take offense, but you're definitely wrong. If you watch a Doug video and watch mine, the only similarity you will find is that we are in depth. But even then, we focus on different things. I place way more emphasis on film technique, audio, a cohesive narrative, and I stray away from giving cars ratings, instead, I just tell people who this car is for and who it probably isn't for. Personally, I took a little influence from RCR and Savage Geese, not Daddy Doug. If you watch both of our videos and pay attention, you'll see that.

[@davidwayne9982]

THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH for the EXCELLENT review-- AND for calling it what it is-- a TRUCK. ( i want to slap those silly fools that call these cars- just pisses me off and I let them know it!! Since I'm ex ranger- high ranking black belt in 5 arts and 40 years experience- had NO one defy me on that and come out unscathed yet!!) DID you say 5.7 V-8?? Didn't know that.. and the 6 speed sounds good. I think I'd have a high quality POWER brake system installed-- (much better braking for a vehicle like that-- NOT sure if I haave the brand name correct-- but it's a custom brake setup for larger vehicles that is GREAT..).. i would REPLACE the air ride-- don't need that.. much rather have a good strong standard suspension.. GXs are getting HARD to find a really GOOD one in!!!

[@davidwayne9982]

I don't like the split tailgate-- I always end up hitting my head on them- and the lift cylinders fail far too often.. It's just aggravating- right in the way all the time. i prefer a barn door on the GX.. I don't do blutooth and all the "tech" crap- so that doesn't matter to me- and I LIKE the extra back support. (got mashed between 2 trucks in 99 and need that). I agree on most of your assessment- and the points I don't agree on -- are JUST MY opinions... NOT meant to knock the vehicle in any way... oh- and if a guy is 6'5"-- ain't too many other vehicles going to give you a lot of room EITHER.. the masses are not that tall on average. You say- Just like the Sequioia-- so this compares pretty well to that too- as well as a fancier version of a GX??? Just trying to learn here- so I know which I want to get.

[@davidwayne9982]

These vehicles are documented to go WELL over a MILLION miles-- the 300k is just a good breakin period-- if maintained propertly.

[@davidwayne9982]

I am NOt going to get in the third row seats- and NEITHER is anyone else-- I'm 66and wn't be hauling kids or anyone else.. I just like these vehicles -- and might every so often haul one or two passengers..so 4 seats is fine. I also don't really NEED the 4x4 every day-- which makes this perfect-- but I will have lockers added so it's more capable if the weather turns bad or I end up on a muddy country road--which around here is a possibility. I will also modify it-- like the GX.. if I get one.

[@davidwayne9982]

I don't LIKE 20 inch rims-- looks ok with some thick tires- but I prefer 17inch on full offroad tires-- just in case..