Lexus LM 350h AWD - Boujee Toyota Sienna (ENG) - Test Drive and Review

2024 Lexus LM is a luxury minivan that shares components with the Toyota Alphard - a model available mainly in Asia. This is the second generation of the LM, which now rides on Toyota's global platform, which it also shares with the Sienna minivan that large families so lack in Europe.
Luxury minivans are a rare breed. Even more so, when they feature only two seats in the passenger compartment, which is behind a bulkhead. And to make it even more unique, let’s add a hybrid drivetrain, and a striking design.
Measuring more than 512 centimeters in length, the LM has dimensions comparable to the extended body new Volkswagen Multivan and Mercedes-Benz V-Class. But while the Volkswagen can be powered by a petrol, diesel or a petrol-based plug-in hybrid powertrain, and the Mercedes comes only with a diesel, the Lexus is only available as a hybrid. The self-charging one, as Toyota likes to call it to the chagrin of many a car journalist.
This here is the less powerful version called the 350h with a 2.5-liter petrol engine, which puts out a total of 250 hp with the help of an electric motor. This is the same powertrain as in the NX 350h and RX 350h models. A 500h version with a 2.4-liter turbo engine, known from the RX 500h, is also available in some markets.
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↔ Lexus LM dimensions:
✔ length: 5130 mm
✔ width: 1890 mm
✔ height: 1945 mm
✔ wheelbase: 3000 mm
✔ boot/trunk: 752 L
💲 Lexus LM 350h AWD 7-seater starting price: 122 700 euro
💲 Lexus LM 350h AWD 4-seater price as tested: 147 100 euro
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Chapters:
0:00 intro
0:30 design
1:35 powertrain
2:15 rear seats
8:50 driving impressions, cockpit, performance
13:30 boot
14:55 pricing
15:10 conclusion

[@kevinn1158]

Did you sing Baby you can drive my car, yes I'm going to be a star? 😂 This was a VIP review! Thanks Marek!

[@MarekDrivesENG]

At my age when you have a seat like this, you take a nap! :)

[@kevinn1158]

@@MarekDrivesENG haha

[@10mbc]

At 150 000 euro, I can certainly say this is not for me but I have been eyeing the Hyundai Staria and it has some nice features for about 60 000 euro. Now, that's a lot of money for me but, on the used market, might be an option one day. There is one available used from 2022 for 38500 euro so we're getting there. For now, I am happy just to look for them in videos. And yes, you can buy a 3 bedroom appartment in my city for 150 000 euro.

[@dionisiuskusuma1462]

"Luxury minivan are rare breed" Oh my dear, come to South East Asia, rich people and state officials use them regularly

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Never been to South East Asia, but thanks for the tip.

[@alliejr]

The minivan is truly the KING of cars!!! Minivan > SUV Black Car all day and twice on Sunday. Please 🙏🏽 send this to the U.S.!!!

[@paulchappell]

Great review, as always. I guess the van is aerodynamic but the nose reminds me of the cow-catchers on steam train engines of yore.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Indeed, it has that vibe :)

[@extreme8808]

I absolutely f'in LOVE IT ❤😍

[@valtraone]

Nice bus, Marek. But keeping those wheels clean and shiny would be a bit of a b*ll buster !

[@MarekDrivesENG]

I'd have my driver clean them daily :)

[@sha22276]

Mercedes V Class looks agricultural compared to this 😮

[@SeeMoreLevingthon]

A limo-styled people-mover that doesn't even fit 5? Yeeeeeah, hard pass on this. Seems like SUCH a waste of space, this does - I'm sure it could've been to accommodate five people with 90% of the comfort and probably the same-ish exterior size... I don't know - looks amazing, and has so many bells and whistles, and yet - the 4-person-fit is an absolute deal-breaker for me. Moving 4 people with the same comfort and style is already done in more beautiful packages/form factors, and this just looks like an odd player in that space. It's entirely out of line for the people-mover category, too, and the category it has set for its self is definitely not up to my taste.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

You can order a 7-seater as well.

[@siddharthgoyal4008]

The 4 seater version has literal first class airplane seats. No other car in world has that.

[@SeeMoreLevingthon]

@@siddharthgoyal4008 You must not be a very keen-eye car enthusiast, my friend. There are a number of cars on the road that do that, with Bentley having a solid foothold in that category, PLUS I didn't fail to mention this specific benefit and how - for me personally - it doesn't compensate the drawbacks (in my taste/needs) this comes at the cost of. Regardless - it's just my opinion based on what I would be looking for. You don't have to agree OR disagree - we all use our cars as we see fit/we want.

[@SeeMoreLevingthon]

@@MarekDrivesENG Yup, I saw that - I saw the seats (nothing first-class about them) and the trunk space that's left is... well - it has the same problems other 7-seaters have, so it's definitely not ground-breaking on that front. As mentioned - it doesn't tickle my fancies, and it really doesn't leave me with the impression of something... revolutionary or even evolutionary, to be frank. Same give and takes as other 7-seaters in this form factor, plus more benefits that come with different drawbacks... definitely not a "masterclass" in anything - not in my book, at least. I am, however, suffering from chronical frustration over the design decisions in the car industry's last 20 years or so, so... definitely not objective/heavily biased here (subjective tastes aside).

[@takuan650]

A motorised coffin with windows and a wheel at each corner. A very pricey and acquired taste. - No corpse deep freezing ?

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Actually I've seen some very "greenhousy" hearses in Portugal. If this was a bit longer, it'd be great. Also in hybrid mode no fumes for the mourners to breathe in :)

[@takuan650]

@@MarekDrivesENG Great idea. Battery driven, remote controlled hearse slowly rolling into an underground incinerator with 3 black drones flying stately on each side releasing pink confetti as a last Good Bye. Hey Lexus, get Your little head around that idea, no?😎

[@MarekDrivesENG]

You've sent me down a funeral/drone rabbit hole. Google it, and you'll find funeral photo and video services, as well as scattering of ashes from drones. This is something I didn't need to know, but now you know too, so it's on you :)

[@niranjanrama430]

Not impressed at all, the styling is unattractive and many shortcomings inside. The price and EUR 147K, you got to be joking!!!!

[@sha22276]

Toyota Alphard is the cheaper model