2026 model year · Third generation (J250), GX 550

Lexus GX towing capacity

Max towing, 20269,096 lb

Maker4,126 kg

The 2026 Lexus GX tows up to 9,096 lb (GX 550 Overtrail, per Lexus’s 2026 GX Specifications).

Lexus rates the 2024 to 2026 GX the same in every configuration.

The lowest rating is 9,063 lb, for the GX 550 Premium.

2026 GX Specifications

Configurations: 6

GX 550 Premium, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Ratings

Every 2026 GX configuration

6 configurations Lexus sells, each with the ratings Lexus publishes for it. A package that changes a rating gets its own row. All have the 3.4-liter twin-turbo V6, 10-speed automatic and Four-wheel drive.

2026 Lexus GX

Makerin pounds

2026 Lexus GX towing capacity, GCWR, payload and tongue weight by configuration, in pounds
Configuration	Max towing lb	GVWR lb	Axle ratio	Tow check
GX 550 Premium	9,063	7,030	3.307	Check load →
GX 550 Premium+	from 9,041	7,030	3.307	Check load →
GX 550 Luxury	from 7,844	6,920	3.307	Check load →
GX 550 Luxury+	from 7,601	6,920	3.307	Check load →
GX 550 Overtrail Most	9,096	7,165	3.307	Check load →
GX 550 Overtrail+	9,063	7,165	3.307	Check load →

“Not published”: the maker doesn’t print it. —: not in the documents we hold yet. Scroll the table sideways for every rating.

SourceMakerEvery figure above is Lexus’s, from this document.

2026 GX Specifications · Lexus (Toyota Motor North America)

How Lexus rates towing: depends on seating configuration (**), as printed.

Documents last checked Oct 12, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

2026 Lexus GX specs: payload, dimensions, ground clearance and weight beside the towing ratings.

The GX, generation by generation: clearance, angles, weights and every configuration.

02 / By year

GX towing by model year

The highest rating each model year, from that year’s documents. Years rated the same in every configuration share one page.

03 / Next

Check it against your load

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04 / FAQ

Questions people ask

Which 2026 GX configuration tows the most?

The GX 550 Overtrail, at 9,096 lb.

Has the Lexus GX’s towing capacity changed by year?

Highest rating by model year: 2024–2026, 9,096 lb; 2022, 6,500 lb; 2020–2021, 6,500 lb.

Which 2026 GX configuration tows the least?

The GX 550 Premium, at 9,063 lb; one more configuration is rated the same.

What is the GVWR of the 2026 Lexus GX?

6,920–7,165 lb by configuration; the most is 7,165 lb, for the GX 550 Overtrail. GVWR is the most the vehicle may weigh with its people, cargo and the trailer’s tongue weight aboard.

These are Lexus’s published ratings, not a weighbridge. Your own vehicle’s GVWR and axle ratings are on its certification label, and only a scale tells you what your loaded rig weighs. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.