When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Possible but unlikely. Look at the Porsche Macan f.x, it doesnt have the enormous front overhang the New RX has. So it absolytely should be possible, but not when the designers are totally incompetent.
Just look at the huge difference!!!
Front wheel drive oriented vehicles ALWAYS have longer frontal overhang...it has to do with weight distribution.
It has nothing to do With weight distribution, but yes, FWD cars naturally have bigger front overhangs than RWD. But anyway, the Macan is a front Wheel drive oriented vehicle(it's basically an Audi Q5 in Porsche clothing) just as the RX is. So there go's Your point out the window.
This has to do with the new predator design language and crash safety standards more then anything. However the rx is different in that the platform mounts the engine transversely while the q5 is a LF engine (inline placement with permanent awd) so not really an engine issue I suppose
Possible but unlikely. Look at the Porsche Macan f.x, it doesnt have the enormous front overhang the New RX has. So it absolytely should be possible, but not when the designers are totally incompetent.
Just look at the huge difference!!!
Designers are constrained by the mechanics behind the it all. A front wheel drive vehicle will always have a larger front overhang frankly because they have to move the engine more forward to accommodate the drive unit/suspension that powers the front wheels. However, even the two previous generations had less front overhang
Possible but unlikely. Look at the Porsche Macan f.x, it doesnt have the enormous front overhang the New RX has. So it absolytely should be possible, but not when the designers are totally incompetent.
Just look at the huge difference!!!
So I guess the designers of Lexus should start incorporating Porsche elements since Toyota recently sold Lexus to Porsche?
But anyway, the Macan is a front Wheel drive oriented vehicle(it's basically an Audi Q5 in Porsche clothing) just as the RX is. So there go's Your point out the window.
The Macan/Q5 are AWD with bias to the rear wheel. If anything, the shorter overhang is due to the engine sitting longitudinally, allowing the transmission to sit further back. The RX has to accommodate the transverse engine and transmission.
Is there perhaps enough room for a V8 under the hood now similar to the unit from the RC-F?
I highly doubt that Lexus would ever do this, but it'd be interesting to see them going after the BMW X5M & MB GLE63 AMG or whatever the forth coming model shall be named.
I think if they tried to mask it, they would do so by slanting the bottom of the bumper upwards, but this would create that famous beak look which people would complain about too
I love it. Much more masculine than the previous one.
Looks like lexus chiseled out all the round edges
Originally Posted by SW13GS
Can't wait to see high res pictures. I love it, it may be my favorite spindle Lexus yet. Proportions look perfect, nothing looks weird, just the right amount of sharpness and yet not over the top. They succeeded at making it look masculine too.
I would buy and drive that vehicle. Never would an RX before.
Same here.
I'm considering the RX now vs. the NX.
I already have a minivan (that will satisfy the 3rd row dilemma with storage space).
Hmmmm....not sure. some things I like and some I don't.
I do like the overall styling, increase in HP, and adaptive variable suspension- these were the additions/changes I was hoping for. I notice that in the description of the F sport they don't say it comes factory with a firmer suspension, but imply that it comes standard with the variable suspension. Maybe the figured out that most people hated the unadjustable firmer suspension in the current one.
I can't stand the nav screen, though. They spent so much time making the interior of the car flow, and then they stick that ugly thing out of nowhere...just like in the NX. The NX's screen is worse, as it is just a big square in sea of soft flowing lines of the dash.
I also don't like the F sport front end.....too many triangles everywhere. It looks like the front of the stealth bomber.
I like the increase in HP, I just hope it isn't negated by a big weight increase.
I also worry about the seats pictures in the F sport. they look just like the ones in the NX F sport, with those massive side bolsters in the seat bottom that people universally complain about.
In the end, though, the build quality looks much more upscale than the current RX and I will probably end up getting one.....just probably not another F sport if I can order the adaptive suspension in the base model.
If the AVS is anything like on the NX (I have it in Canada), it will be a must-have option for me if imdecide to get the RX one day. It makes the NX almost glide over imperfect roads while in Sport S+, tightens the ride and body roll.
Glad I decided to go with 2013 CPO RX 350 last weekend. (was debating old 5 seater or new 2016 7 seater for the family)
"Dimensionally, the vehicle has grown nearly five inches in length, while the wheelbase has been stretched by some two inches; width and height are within a fraction of their previous figures. The extra length results in enhanced rear-seat room, but Lexus has opted not to wedge in a third row of seats. "
04-01-15, 09:28 AM
