LX570 Pics

[1loudLX]

ill check for ya'll tomorrow. Going to the show as soon as the places opens. If i can ill post from my cell phone

Originally Posted by Jim_Chow

99% sure it's a ladder frame, rigid rear axle, indep front suspension like now. Not sure if there are coils in front like on the GX/4runner/FJC or torsion bars (current LC, overseas hilux), though. Unibody flexes too much. My honda is unibody. When I put it on jacks (all wheels off the ground), the doors don't close as crisply as when the wheels are on the ground. That tells me the unibody is flexing. Not so w/ my 4runner and LX. The body is merely a decoration. You could strip the body off the chassis and drive the frame w/ engine only w/ no difference in offroad performance.

[Jayson]

Originally Posted by 1loudLX

ill check for ya'll tomorrow. Going to the show as soon as the places opens. If i can ill post from my cell phone

1LoudLX, make sure you get a few shots of the show ladies for us as well. Thanks!

[Max707]

Originally Posted by Jayson

1LoudLX, make sure you get a few shots of the show ladies for us as well. Thanks!

If you are using a cell phone shoot them from a real low angle

[Jayson]

Originally Posted by Jim_Chow

You could strip the body off the chassis and drive the frame w/ engine only w/ no difference in offroad performance.

Jim, I would love to see you on the trail driving on the frame only.

[AKoch]

Great, this is a relieve for me. Looked through more of the pictures, and pretty sure:
- I really like the interior, everything except the dash
- what's the deal with the 3rd row seats? Can you take them off, including those piramid-shaped things in the base? To load larger objects, and simply to sleep in it, we always do this when we camp.
- After looking more at various shots, including those of the 570 outside, I'm sure now I don't like the exterior at all. Reason - it looks like modern city minivan/suv, almost nothing left of what I am looking for: rugged&posh, muscular, classy. Ah, got it now - it does not look classy/elegant/muscular, this is mainly what they missed.

[Da Hapa]

I'll hold off on final judgment until I see one in the flesh but it doesn't look like this is tempting me in any way to trade in the 470.

[StasGS4]

To me it looks too much like the Honda Pilot, just a little larger. I am not sure about the direction Lexus has chosen with this SUV. To me, and maybe this will change once I see it in person, the Cadillac Escalade looks a lot better on the outside.

[bjjones]

To me, the LX570 looks like a updated version of the LX470 from the side and rear. However, I think the designers totally missed the mark on the front end. These design elements are totally out of proportion compared to the rest of the SUV. It looks like Lexus designers quit and took the front end of the Suzuki XL7 instead! If Lexus would have kept a front end stance similar to the LX470, and just modernized it, this would have made the LX570 a winner in the looks department.

[AKoch]

Originally Posted by bjjones

If Lexus would have kept a similar front end stance that's on the LX470, and just modernized it, this would have made this SUV an winner in the looks department.

Ditto. This is what I think would work the best. I've owned the 470 since 98, and there is very little to desire to change, it has worked very well for me over the years. Just evolutional updates, like interior and exterior enhancements, power/drive-train updates etc. The day when I simply put too many miles on it and a replacement is necessary, I don't enjoy the idea to having to go and take a look at the Range Rover for example.

[1loudLX]

Ill see what i can do for ya'll. My main thing is to go see the IS-F and take pictures of the "XL570" to post on this thread. If anyone has anything they would like a detailed picture of, PM me and ill make sure i can snap a shot of it.


Oh damn, i just thought how bad it would be if they have the XL570 blocked off for viewing only......what a crime that would be!

[Lexusman44]

Originally Posted by 1loudLX

Ill see what i can do for ya'll. My main thing is to go see the IS-F and take pictures of the "XL570" to post on this thread. If anyone has anything they would like a detailed picture of, PM me and ill make sure i can snap a shot of it.


Oh damn, i just thought how bad it would be if they have the XL570 blocked off for viewing only......what a crime that would be!

He did "XL570"

[1loudLX]

Originally Posted by Lexusman44

He did "XL570"

its something someone made up yesterday, because the new LX will be so big it wont be good offroad, hince XL. I am that "he"



As far as lexus copying the RR cross linked air suspension, it still is going to be hydro like the current AHC from what has been released...just its going to be more advanced. Not air-ride.

[Lexusman44]

There is going to be a lx570 L? Like extended wheel base?

Lexusman44

[1loudLX]

who saideded that?

[LXotic]

look real good on the interior but...


exterior....could have done a better job.
It looks kinda like a Mitsubishi?