2016 Lexus RX revealed (pics page 35)
03-20-15, 04:40 PM
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Front Page News!
Yeah, I think we can safely call this front page news...
https://www.clublexus.com/articles/n...tively-teased/
https://www.clublexus.com/articles/n...tively-teased/
03-20-15, 05:06 PM
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looks more and more like first RX I would want to buy for myself.
As to the powertrains, since we know V6 is going to be 300+ hp with D4S and Atkinson, do we know anything about hybrid? Is it going up to 340 hp as well?
2.0t is expected worldwide, but i wonder about 300h as well.
As to the powertrains, since we know V6 is going to be 300+ hp with D4S and Atkinson, do we know anything about hybrid? Is it going up to 340 hp as well?
2.0t is expected worldwide, but i wonder about 300h as well.
RX doesn't necessarily need more power in hybrid form. It just needs less weight. At almost 5000 pounds, the current RX still gets 30mpg. Imagine if they reduce the weight to around 4300
03-20-15, 07:21 PM
#308
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The black rear-side panel looks to be a complete piece and not a combination of glass and piano-black extension, which leads me to believe that it may be a complete piece of blacked-out glass outside but only a (small) triangular-shaped window inside. The rearward extension of the glass is likely covering a structural D-pillar inside.
03-20-15, 07:56 PM
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why not 3300 lbs while we are at it?
NX is 4200lbs with much smaller hybrid system and vehicle.
Aluminium won't shave more than 150lbs. There is no magic wand...
You are probably thinking Q7 and it's miraculous weight loss... Well, Q7 diesel is between 4800-4900lbs mid spec, so no miracles there.
03-20-15, 08:02 PM
#312
Like the 4RX, someone correctly predicted the L10 GS design well before seeing prototypes running publicly and any design previews. Both cases, as well as the XF40 LS, are insider sourced. You must be mistaking subsequent GS renders seen during the summer of 2011, a time when L10 prototypes were already running around.
03-20-15, 10:45 PM
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We'll just get the:
RX 350
RX 450h
Hopefully all variants will get the F Sport...
03-21-15, 02:29 AM
#315
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I don't mind a floating roof, but not at the expense of no side windows. How is this thing going to have any rear, side visibility? And I thought my mom's 2013 RX was limited. Why don't they just make it a cargo van with no side windows at all, since that seems to be the direction we are headed in with every redesign. 
