Facelifted LX570 / Land Cruiser
07-14-15, 01:36 AM
#226
Lexus Test Driver
Could they not put the screen in a less obtrusive space? Make it like my Kenwood double din stereo player? I prefer a clean dash and not that bump that grows out of the dash. Looks ugly.
07-14-15, 02:35 AM
#227
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People like their navigation system screens at eye-level. You will notice that if you look at where many drivers place their portable aftermarket (TomTom, Garmin) units -- they suction cup them to the middle of the windshield -- in the middle horizontally and vertically (below the rearview mirror). It is right at eye-level but also blocks a significant portion of the windshield.
By looking at the pictures from other perspective it seems that RX navigation follows the line of the dash when being looked at it from the drivers seat. So it maybe doesn't stick out after all and it doesn't pop into your view. Navigation in GS or LS is also placed above the gauges but it was still under the dash and under the windshield line while on RX it didn't seems so at the first glance. I guess all is good except that its ugly
07-14-15, 04:23 AM
#228
It could be a human interface design issue - a center dash screen placed higher up only requires the eyes to move horizontally, and then quickly focus on the road ahead, whereas the X5's screen requires a down-right movement to view and up-left movement to look at the road again.
07-14-15, 05:20 AM
#229
Lexus Fanatic
I understand the point, doesn't make it aesthetically any more pleasant to me.
07-14-15, 07:53 AM
#230
i think you will grow to like it in time... looks good IMHO, now LS and GS look like they have huge dashes. It is functional and it is still well integrated, does not stick out completely like in Audi's.
07-14-15, 09:21 AM
#231
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How many pages were devoted to talking something so subjective to as to the placement of the screen? Nevermind the performance potential or powertrain improvements, if any.
07-14-15, 09:52 AM
#232
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07-27-15, 01:33 PM
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Blows everything in the luxury SUV segment. Of course the Bentley and Rolls Royce will be even more luxurious but will not have the reliability and toughness or off-road capability of the LX.
