Official Lexus NX thread
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Ugh! It's a nice overall design, but what's with the gear shift lever being moved AWAY from the driver!? How is someone supposed to comfortably manually shift when you have to reach near the passenger seat? All in the name of infotainment? Give me a break! This is NOT the direction we should be moving in. Driver control of a vehicle should be #1 priority. Does anyone care about being in control of their car's moves anymore? I must be losing my mind or going off the deep end... 
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Ugh! It's a nice overall design, but what's with the gear shift lever being moved AWAY from the driver!? How is someone supposed to comfortably manually shift when you have to reach near the passenger seat? All in the name of infotainment? Give me a break! This is NOT the direction we should be moving in. Driver control of a vehicle should be #1 priority. Does anyone care about being in control of their car's moves anymore? I must be losing my mind or going off the deep end...
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No one uses paddle shifters in every-day driving because no one drives with both hands on the upper part of a steering wheel. This is a fantasy/falacy, yet manufacturers continue to add them
while taking away the more comfortable shifting lever option.
Yes, infotainment is being used more and more- and I am against it all. Driving should be for concentrating on the road and having control over your vehicle, not surfing tunes, messaging, or checking stock reports. We are entering an epidemic of distracted driving, and all this infotainment is encouraging it. Sorry to get off on a tangent. I am old-fashioned. I just want a car that caters to the art and sport of driving- not other things.
Now back to NX news....
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Remember more than a couple cars are going to switch selector gearshifts with no traditional gearshift at all. What do these people do?
I have shifted my 4GS manually one time, thats all.
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The pursuit of F
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Steering wheel looks like it's the RC's and shifter RC/IS's, which hints at sporty roots!
One minor gripe is the rear wiper is conventionally placed on the bottom window and is visible unlike the RX's hidden beneath the spoiler.
Hard to tell if those are 18s or 19 inch wheels.
One minor gripe is the rear wiper is conventionally placed on the bottom window and is visible unlike the RX's hidden beneath the spoiler.
Hard to tell if those are 18s or 19 inch wheels.
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Digging this car, I do hope it is closer to the profile of a BMW x6 than an x3.
Lexus already has a capable and convenient luxury SUV, now they need a cool and coupe-like SUV.
Lexus already has a capable and convenient luxury SUV, now they need a cool and coupe-like SUV.
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True...but nobody shifts manually during day to day driving period, so really its a moot point all the way around.
Remember more than a couple cars are going to switch selector gearshifts with no traditional gearshift at all. What do these people do?
I have shifted my 4GS manually one time, thats all.
Remember more than a couple cars are going to switch selector gearshifts with no traditional gearshift at all. What do these people do?
I have shifted my 4GS manually one time, thats all.
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True...but nobody shifts manually during day to day driving period, so really its a moot point all the way around.
Remember more than a couple cars are going to switch selector gearshifts with no traditional gearshift at all. What do these people do?
I have shifted my 4GS manually one time, thats all.
Remember more than a couple cars are going to switch selector gearshifts with no traditional gearshift at all. What do these people do?
I have shifted my 4GS manually one time, thats all.
Ugh! It's a nice overall design, but what's with the gear shift lever being moved AWAY from the driver!? How is someone supposed to comfortably manually shift when you have to reach near the passenger seat? All in the name of infotainment? Give me a break! This is NOT the direction we should be moving in. Driver control of a vehicle should be #1 priority. Does anyone care about being in control of their car's moves anymore? I must be losing my mind or going off the deep end...
if you are talking about the RC, IS, GS (more performance oriented vehicles) i might agree with you, but on the nx (which is like rx)? please. it's a car i put in D and that's the end of story. if you want performance you are in a very wrong car to begin with already. a
and like spwolf said, this is not a huge car, reaching over to the shifter that's maybe 2 inches further right is not going to kill anything. if you need to care about that extra 0.3s shift time again you are in the wrong car
and if you really care about performance, i am sorry but your hands SHOULD be in the 9 and 3 oclock positions which are exactly where the pedals are, and yes i am sure that will provide far quicker action speed than moving over to shifter.
i don't see how having hands at 9 and 3 o'clock being uncomfortable, well i guess i care more about safety and reaction time when i need it, make that my nsx or gx
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Steering wheel looks like it's the RC's and shifter RC/IS's, which hints at sporty roots!
One minor gripe is the rear wiper is conventionally placed on the bottom window and is visible unlike the RX's hidden beneath the spoiler.
Hard to tell if those are 18s or 19 inch wheels.
One minor gripe is the rear wiper is conventionally placed on the bottom window and is visible unlike the RX's hidden beneath the spoiler.
Hard to tell if those are 18s or 19 inch wheels.
Probably NX is too small to incorporate the wiper at the top. The answer should be clear when seeing the car in person.
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AndyL, yeah the RX had a clean rear! LOL
I know it's tough to conclude from this shot, but you can see there is still a few inches of legroom from the lady's knee to the back of the front seat. Looks roomy back there. It wouldn't surprise me to see the specs show 36-37" minimum legroom at the rear.
Also, liking the two-tone seats. This vehicle should quiet those critics who bash Lexus for having ho-hum styling in and out.
I know it's tough to conclude from this shot, but you can see there is still a few inches of legroom from the lady's knee to the back of the front seat. Looks roomy back there. It wouldn't surprise me to see the specs show 36-37" minimum legroom at the rear.
Also, liking the two-tone seats. This vehicle should quiet those critics who bash Lexus for having ho-hum styling in and out.
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AndyL, yeah the RX had a clean rear! LOL
I know it's tough to conclude from this shot, but you can see there is still a few inches of legroom from the lady's knee to the back of the front seat. Looks roomy back there. It wouldn't surprise me to see the specs show 36-37" minimum legroom at the rear.
Also, liking the two-tone seats. This vehicle should quiet those critics who bash Lexus for having ho-hum styling in and out.
I know it's tough to conclude from this shot, but you can see there is still a few inches of legroom from the lady's knee to the back of the front seat. Looks roomy back there. It wouldn't surprise me to see the specs show 36-37" minimum legroom at the rear.
Also, liking the two-tone seats. This vehicle should quiet those critics who bash Lexus for having ho-hum styling in and out.