2022 Lexus NX: Available as first plug-in hybrid
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Yeah, that NX450h+ is going to be that perfect unattainable unicorn if they can't keep production up like the RAV4 Prime. I would gladly step down from my RX hybrid to it; except that one of the reviews mention the F-Sport 450h+ doesn't come with the pano roof? Wtf.
Hopefully they will retain the 1500W AC outlet just like the RAV4 Prime. So many uses for that alone.
Hopefully they will retain the 1500W AC outlet just like the RAV4 Prime. So many uses for that alone.
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Some nice improvements especially on the inside. Well done Lexus 
. This will be a candidate to replace moms 08 RX
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. This will be a candidate to replace moms 08 RXSource
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I'm not so sure. Could see NX shoppers being woo'ed by the lower price of the 250 and not caring about power. I think 250 will carve out a good chunk of buyers. Also 350h being attractive for fuel economy. So there maybe a pretty even spread across those 3 core engines. I expect the 450h+ to be low volume availability
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I'm not so sure. Could see NX shoppers being woo'ed by the lower price of the 250 and not caring about power. I think 250 will carve out a good chunk of buyers. Also 350h being attractive for fuel economy. So there maybe a pretty even spread across those 3 core engines. I expect the 450h+ to be low volume availability
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So much for those claims that this NX would have a "full-time AWD system." It's the same on-demand FWD system as in the RX.
Toyota all-wheel drive. Lexus NX350
Toyota all-wheel drive. Lexus NX350
For three months, net communities speculated about this unexpected innovation - after all, Toyota has long abandoned full-time AWD for FF-models. But in September, all the technical details were revealed, and the obscure "full-time" turned out to be a usual marketing trick.
All-wheel drive of NX350 belongs to the well-known DTC (Dynamic Torque Control) type with an electromechanical coupling for rear wheel drive, and its only difference is the manufacturer's promise not to disengage the coupling completely in those modes where the standard DTC already disables the rear drive. To do this, Toyota used a reinforced multiplate clutch with increased resistance to overheating, the number of discs in the friction clutch was increased.
As is known, only a system with a center differential has the right to be called "full-time" all-wheel drive (which was even stated in the SAE J1952 standard - "front and rear axles are driven at all times through a center differential"). Systems with couplings ("secondary drive axle is driven by an active or passive coupling device"), regardless of the operating algorithms, as well as the electric drive of the second axle, are of the "on-demand AWD" type.
All-wheel drive of NX350 belongs to the well-known DTC (Dynamic Torque Control) type with an electromechanical coupling for rear wheel drive, and its only difference is the manufacturer's promise not to disengage the coupling completely in those modes where the standard DTC already disables the rear drive. To do this, Toyota used a reinforced multiplate clutch with increased resistance to overheating, the number of discs in the friction clutch was increased.
As is known, only a system with a center differential has the right to be called "full-time" all-wheel drive (which was even stated in the SAE J1952 standard - "front and rear axles are driven at all times through a center differential"). Systems with couplings ("secondary drive axle is driven by an active or passive coupling device"), regardless of the operating algorithms, as well as the electric drive of the second axle, are of the "on-demand AWD" type.
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So much for those claims that this NX would have a "full-time AWD system." It's the same on-demand FWD system as in the RX.
Toyota all-wheel drive. Lexus NX350
Toyota all-wheel drive. Lexus NX350
Last edited by bitkahuna; Oct 6, 2021 at 09:38 AM.
one thing i really like in my santa fe is a gauge mode where it graphically shows the amount of power going to each wheel. if i'm cruising, it's fwd only... if i'm accelerating, more and more goes to the rear wheels,
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Ok, re-reading the article, apparently the turbo nx continuously varies the rear power/torque but does not completely disengage it, thus why they call it 'full time'. i'm fine with that. all this splitting of hairs over something 99.9999% of people will never be able to tell the difference. the nx is not a g-wagon or lx.
Last edited by bitkahuna; Oct 6, 2021 at 07:38 PM.