The Lexus LM is a 5-door minivan from Lexus, built from 2020, in the decade the industry is turning electric. Under the bonnet: Gasoline engine.
Where it came from
The Lexus LM is a luxury MPV produced and manufactured by Japanese brand Lexus, a luxury division of Toyota. Introduced in 2019 as the first minivan from Lexus, two generations of the LM have been produced with varying degrees of relation with the Toyota Alphard/Vellfire.
The first generation LM was available as a seven or four-seater with gasoline and hybrid engine options from 2020 to 2023. As of the second generation, the LM is exclusively a hybrid, and is available in four, six, and seven-seater configurations. The LM designation stands for "Luxury Mover".
Under the skin
Power comes from Gasoline engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 2180 -. It shifts through a 6-speed ATF U660E Automatic transmission / automatic / 8-speed ATF Toyota U transmission / UA80E automatic / e-CVT (hybrid). The wheelbase is 3000 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Inabe, Mie (Toyota Auto Body), Japan. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Tesla Model Y, the Porsche Taycan, the Kia EV6 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Lexus catalogue sit the Lexus ES (V20) and the Lexus GS 450h.