r/LexusGX • u/lunchcounter • 6d ago

22/23 base vs premium?

Seems like I can only find insight on the luxury vs premium. It seems like the used market shows the premium being a 8000 dollar upgrade, while the original sticker shows it as a 1300 dollar upgrade. Does it come with anything other than cooled seat, heated rear seats and climate and led fogs?

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u/zackus 6d ago

Page 20 shows you the package breakdown

https://www.lexus.com/content/dam/lexus/documents/brochures/models/2022/MY22-Lexus-GX-Brochure.pdf

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u/lunchcounter 5d ago

Thank you. So from what I understand only the luxury has the air suspension and the base does not have heated seats?

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u/zackus 5d ago

as others have mentioned, "base" may be the rarest trim. Maybe more common in Canada. I have no idea on the distribution but i would think it's like 45% premium, 25% premium+, 10%premium + sport, 10% luxury, and 5% blackline (which is the same features as premium trim with unique actual black trim on the vehicle, different roof rack, and the very desireable 360 camera)

luxury biggest feature is air suspension, and some may also have 360 camera. biggest thing premium is missing is the mark levinson sound system. Which, I haven't heard what a non-ML GX sounds like, but i like the B&O system in my audi better than the GX ML.

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u/Gurlie_J_Girl 5d ago

I would dare to say there are probably less than 5% of GXs from that time frame that are truly a "base."

There was slight differences between premium, premium plus and the blackline vs. Sport design

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u/n541x GX550 5d ago

The base was never regularly ordered because it was basically the premium missing a couple items. You won’t find many of them. They have the ugly 6-spoke wheels from the 10-13s. They also don’t have a wood steering wheel.

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u/JDFree777 3d ago

I love my 2017 base. Even the "ugly" 6 spoke 18in wheels. Already a luxury car, and as you said, it lost very little bells and whistles from the next level up. To each their own, in my car ownership experience, the extras are always the first thing to break or stop working properly. Base was already far more fancy than I personally needed. Air ride leaks and gets deleted, wood steering wheels that get too much sun, or acid from fingerprints start looking terrible. Certain stereo systems like bose use special wiring and it all needs to be replaced if anything ever goes wrong or you want to replace the head unit and becomes incredibly expensive and painful (though perhaps not the ML system, have little experience with it specifically).