Drove a IS350 loaner while the 200t was getting some accessories added at the dealer. The 3.5 litre engine may be old but what a motor.
A NX350 would be one hot CUV.

 

Agree as the 2L Turbo is smooth and powerful once the boost kicks in, but the always-available power of a V6 is tough to beat in my book. Problem is, the NX was engineered to house a 4 cyl engine unless a new smaller V6 comes into the Lexus portfolio of engines - one never knows what could happen in a mid-cycle refresh or next-gen model.

 

No replacement for displacement. And yea, I find the NX somewhat under powered.

 

Everytime I hope into the NX from my IS 350, I have to compensate and readjust my throttle habits. As smooth as the 200t is for a turbo, I find it's not for city folks who feel the need for quicker power response.

 

This phrase....is wrong in so many ways lol Modern forced induction is leaps and bounds better than simply increasing displacement. The GT-R is the most pure example of this. Making 545hp, 0-60 in 2.7 seconds, all coming from 3.8L. It will school V8s and V10s of larger displacement all day long. Or even in supercharged applications, you have a 5.8L GT500 making 662hp.

Furthermore, a FI car can make a ton of power no matter where it is. Going from sea level to 5,000 ft, a boosted car will simply just keep upping the boost and make power while the large displacement motor is starved further and further into a state of irrelevant.

Simply said, the phrase is very outdated and not really applicable at this point in engine technology.

And this is coming from a guy with a 6.2L

I think a lot of NX buyers bought the car for the wrong reason. When they heard TURBO! they thought they were getting a high speed CUV. The boosted 4 on the NX is simply to overcome the weight and while maintaining fuel efficiency. Plain and simple. Don't make the NX more than it was ever designed to be.

 

I agree on this. We took out an IS250 when my wife was looking for her new car and it put us to sleep. Torqueless and boring. She was much happier with the IS350 and that's what is sitting in the garage lol

 

It goes to show we all have different tastes.

Echoing computerwi and Mr645, I prefer the higher responsiveness of my IS 250's V6 over the soft-responding (but eventually more powerful) NX's 2LTurbo any day in city driving. However, I took them both out on the track and although you can't tell from this video, the NX was faster on the track.

 

I wish they would offer suspension parts for the NX, I would love to autocross it.

 

I doubt Lexus would offer a NX350. I think they would rather people upgrade to a RX350 now that the 2016 RX shares the same design styling of it's little brother.

 

https://www.rs-r.com/product/lexus-n...oilovers-2015/

RS-R do make coilover kits for the NX, but it's gonna lose the adaptive suspension if you have that and the ride height;s gonna be lowered by ~45mm

 

We all know that automobiles, vessels, and aircraft are "female", and are named as such—so the NX would be the "little sister" of the RX.

 

can someone at Lexus please give us a NX450h?