What is it?It may look the same as the outgoing RZ at a quick glance, but this new one is comprehensively updated.Virtually everything has been changed – from the battery and the power output to a brand new trim level and a fake ‘manual’ gearbox.

And as I step out of the updated 2026 Lexus RZ for the first time since the morning, you can smell the fevered air. At a picnic lunch stop amidst a cork tree grove, a soft breeze brings along the toasted vegetal notes of rosemary and lavender,