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Land Rover Range Rover Sport vs Lexus LX

Two large SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 1 like-for-like measure: the Land Rover Range Rover Sport leads on 0, the Lexus LX on 1.

Where each one leads

Land Rover Range Rover Sport

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Lexus LX

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Lexus LX uses 11.7 l/100 km, the 2026 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 12.6.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Land Rover Range Rover SportLexus LX
Model years in the US safety record2005–20271996–2026
New cars registered in Europe159,512 (2010–2022)—
Licensed in the United Kingdom146,731—
On the road in the Netherlands11,163—

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Land Rover Range Rover SportLexus LX
UK MOT first-time pass rate80%—
… against cars of the same age+10%—
New York safety inspections failed0.7%—
… against cars of the same year−48%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)5.3%—
US owner complaints64361
Most complaints aboutEngineService brakes
Model year with most complaints2016 (77)2023 (13)
US recall campaigns546
Manufacturer service bulletins8,131831
NHTSA defect investigations28—

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

Land Rover Range Rover SportLexus LX
Official combined fuel use, Canada12.6 l/100 km (2026)11.7 l/100 km (2026)
Real-world use in Europe, diesel hybrid9.8 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol15.2 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, diesel9.8 l/100 km—
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe158 g/km—
Average power of new cars in Europe245 kW (328 hp)—
Average mass in running order2,535 kg—
Dutch list price when new (median)€118,661—

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).