2014 Toyota Highlander thread
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GX and LX are based on platforms that sell well (world wide), so I dont think they are going anywhere really... Lexus might find it interesting to offer longer wheelbase RX with 3rd row for instance, or call it something else, like JX.
Here in Europe, it is obvious that NX is coming as they are limiting Rav4 options on purpose, not to compete... didnt do that before...
Here in Europe, it is obvious that NX is coming as they are limiting Rav4 options on purpose, not to compete... didnt do that before...
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This is true! I think thats a BIG mistake for Infiniti. They have enough identity problems anyways.
Yeah we'll definitely look at the Pathfinder too. I don't love the styling, but then I don't love the styling of the JX either, its a little awkward at some angles.
$35k is way better than $58k LOL
On a side note have you considered the Nissan Pathfinder? (If it aesthetics I understand your preference for the Infiniti). My manager just got a fully loaded 2013 Pathfinder $35K OTD everything on it. We work at a Lexus, Acura, Infiniti, BMW, Mini automall so he could have gotten a RX or JX but decided on the Pathfinder which he loves. It seems to do more than the RX including those rear heated seats and programable lift gate.
$35k is way better than $58k LOL
GX and LX are based on platforms that sell well (world wide), so I dont think they are going anywhere really... Lexus might find it interesting to offer longer wheelbase RX with 3rd row for instance, or call it something else, like JX.
Here in Europe, it is obvious that NX is coming as they are limiting Rav4 options on purpose, not to compete... didnt do that before...
Here in Europe, it is obvious that NX is coming as they are limiting Rav4 options on purpose, not to compete... didnt do that before...
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But hey you are the same guy that wanted to know "why do car salesman ask what I do for a living"
Quit it.
Exactly what I want. Sales figures of the GX should go up significantly if they do switch it over to a 7 seat crossover platform. Offering V6 and V6 Hybrid power trains.
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Right. You have a lot of time to come here to troll Lexus/Toyota while making sweet love to every other brand here. Then you go on a lol tirade in here calling people haters for observing what every person in the universe has observed and stated on every news site I've seen.
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But hey you are the same guy that wanted to know "why do car salesman ask what I do for a living"
Quit it.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/7851236-post21.html
But hey you are the same guy that wanted to know "why do car salesman ask what I do for a living"
Quit it.
Please add pman66 to your ignore list
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But GX and LX are not going anywhere, even in US, they still sell OK for very expensive Lexii and overall, they are part of platform that sells as half of complete Lexus sales. It is very profitable overall for Toyota and I doubt it is going anywhere.
US Lexus reps, on different occasions, have already strongly hinted that the GX will go unibody in the next generation. One of them even said that the LX probably would as well.
I see what you are saying - LC and LC prado chasses are there, they work, they're wonderful - but as one Lexus rep put it, unibody CUV platforms are lighter, more efficient, and now have the tech to satisfy the off roading needs of most buyers. It's a win-win for Lexus if at least the GX goes unibody.
I see what you are saying - LC and LC prado chasses are there, they work, they're wonderful - but as one Lexus rep put it, unibody CUV platforms are lighter, more efficient, and now have the tech to satisfy the off roading needs of most buyers. It's a win-win for Lexus if at least the GX goes unibody.
I'd hope so but the unibody would probably mean FWD based 
If I had to guess, the Camry or Avalon. Prado would certainly live on outside the States. This would be a more local thing to cater to our needs and the growing CUV market.
If I had to guess, the Camry or Avalon. Prado would certainly live on outside the States. This would be a more local thing to cater to our needs and the growing CUV market.
US Lexus reps, on different occasions, have already strongly hinted that the GX will go unibody in the next generation. One of them even said that the LX probably would as well.
I see what you are saying - LC and LC prado chasses are there, they work, they're wonderful - but as one Lexus rep put it, unibody CUV platforms are lighter, more efficient, and now have the tech to satisfy the off roading needs of most buyers. It's a win-win for Lexus if at least the GX goes unibody.
I see what you are saying - LC and LC prado chasses are there, they work, they're wonderful - but as one Lexus rep put it, unibody CUV platforms are lighter, more efficient, and now have the tech to satisfy the off roading needs of most buyers. It's a win-win for Lexus if at least the GX goes unibody.
And as I mentioned earlier. The Range Rover and Jeep Grand Cherokee have proven to be some of the best off roading vehicles on the market while still maintaining a civilized ride.
Can you imagine a GX and LX that doesn't drive like a truck but like a Lexus all the while fording through river and scaling rocks?! Of course permanent 4WD would have to be pertinent to at least the LX hah
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US Lexus reps, on different occasions, have already strongly hinted that the GX will go unibody in the next generation. One of them even said that the LX probably would as well.
I see what you are saying - LC and LC prado chasses are there, they work, they're wonderful - but as one Lexus rep put it, unibody CUV platforms are lighter, more efficient, and now have the tech to satisfy the off roading needs of most buyers. It's a win-win for Lexus if at least the GX goes unibody.
I see what you are saying - LC and LC prado chasses are there, they work, they're wonderful - but as one Lexus rep put it, unibody CUV platforms are lighter, more efficient, and now have the tech to satisfy the off roading needs of most buyers. It's a win-win for Lexus if at least the GX goes unibody.
And yeah, it would be based on stretched RX platform, not GS.