LEXUS is upgrading its new UX compact SUV with a series of improvements to enhance vehicle safety, style and connectivity.

The car, starting from £29,905 and topping out from £41,155 was launched last year and can now be specified with an optional Premium Pro Pack.

The pack includes blind spot monitors and rear cross traffic alert with auto-braking, head-up display, triple-eye led headlights with adaptive high-beam system, 13-speaker Mark Levinson Premium Surround audio system, wireless smartphone charger, power adjustable steering wheel and eight-way power-adjustable front seats.

All UX models are now equipped with wireless smartphone integration using Apple CarPlay or Android Auto while there is also a new range of interior colour schemes including a new Cobalt option which combines black and blue trim.

There is also a new F White interior exclusive to the UX F Sport with Premium Plus or Takumi packs. This features smooth black leather for the instrument panel with white stitching, and white leather seat upholstery with a contrasting vertical black stripe section on the cushion and seatback of the front seats.

A series of technology features designed to help the driver turn and manoeuvre the car safely have been combined into a new Lexus Driver Assist Pack.

Offered at no extra cost as part of the Premium Plus Pack, or in addition to the Premium Pack option for £745, this equips the UX with a blind spot monitor, rear cross traffic alert with automatic braking and an intelligent clearance sonar system.