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Originally Posted by tigmd99
Stretch body = stretching wheelbase = poor breakover angle = worst off-road performance. If you choose to stretch the front and rear instead of the middle part of the GX, then you will have poor approach and departure angles.
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True, but the current GX already has a relatively short wheel base for its class (109.8" compared to, for example, Range Rover at 113.4" and Toureg?/Cayenne at 112.4"). So Lexus could stretch the wheelbase by 3.6" and still be the same as the RR which is apparently content with the associated breakover angle (although I think the RR benefits from air susp at all 4 corners unlike the GX just at the rear). Then Lexus could lengthen the body by an extra 0.7 inches at each end (which would have a negligible effect on the approach / departure angles) and voila, there's the 5 inches
Alternatively, I would be happy with just an adjustable sliding 2nd row so I could divvy up the leg room btwn the 2nd and 3rd rows myself.