Don't forget that RAV4 service costs are way lower than the NX.

There is no perfect car and I agree there are a lot of ways the RAV4 is the better vehicle and in some ways the NX is the better vehicle. That is why potential owners should look at their priorities and requirements to see which one is the better car for you. Nobody should be hook onto one car.

Does anyone NOT research something as expensive as a car before buying one?
If they do, I just feel sorry for them.

I happen to own the RAV4 Prime and the NX 450h+ and I love both of them. Obviously there are some significant differences, but overall they are both wonderful cars. A big reason I own both was that I had only limited availability in my area, and each time I got the best vehicle I could when it was available.

Yes, I have done my research. When looking for a car for my daughter I looked at the 2018 RAV4, either SE or Limited and they were so expensive.

So then I looked at the 2018 NX and found the prices to be about the same as the 2018 RAV4, IF NOT MORE than a 2018 NX300 - in my area.

It got to the point where I asked myself why would I pay the same for a non-luxury vehicle, why not just get the Lexus.

Yes, the cost of repairs might be more expensive, but the OCI on the NX is easy to DIY.

It's ridiculous to pay the same amount for a RAV4 as I would for an NX. I understand the popularity/demand drives the prices up for the RAV4, but still.

I'd always opt for the Luxury if I can get it for the same price as the Non-Luxury.

Just my opinion of course. Everyone has their own criteria for what they want, expect, need in a vehicle.

To each their own...

So the 2026 RAV4 has been announced so what does this mean for 2026 NX?

Great question… I believe there will still be ICE NXs offered despite NOT ONE being offered in the 2026 RAV4.

Since the new RAV4s are priced in the $40K range, it’ll be interesting to see the prices of the new NXs.

I am going to hang onto my “oldie but goodie” and let the masses have their fill.

I'm guessing the platform and powertrain changes for the NX will net switch until the 2028 Model YR for the 3rd Gen NX. Interior upgrades could certainly be incorporated this year and the next.

my 2 cents

Yes, I also believe they will have the 2nd Gen Refresh in 2026 as it’s about time and in 2028 or 2029 they’ll release the 3rd Gen NX.

While waiting for 2026 news what would consist of a 2nd gen refresh?

They’ll probably address some of the TSB issues that they acknowledged in the latter half of 2024 and were too late to be corrected in the 2025 MYs…

and maybe include some of what @MrPrius mentioned…

2024 LEXUS NX Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) - ClubLexus - Lexus Forum Discussion

Has anyone asked their dealership when the 2026 NX’s will go on sale? It won’t be on Lexus website to build for a long time but would dealers already have an options list of what to order.

When does production stop for 2025 NX?
Will 2026 NX still be produced in Canada with tariffs or move production to Japan?

I don't see production being moved solely to Japan. The recent tariff agreement with Japan for US imports are a full 15%. Most cars assembled in Canada have significant US/Can/Mex qualifying content so the actual tariff rate on the NX built in Canada is likely still less than 15% (the 35% that started Aug 1 is for products that don't qualify for the US/Mx/Can free trade agreement). I've seen numbers that suggest most Canadian built cars have an effective US import tax of 5-12% depending on the specific vehicle and the amount of US content in them. In fact, Toyota is setting up new production lines at the Canada factory for hybrid battery pack assembly. I'm not sure where most battery packs are coming from previously, but if Japan, building more packs in Canada will likely actually ease the import tax rate with more qualifying content.

As well, since the Rav 4 & NX are assembled on the same line @ Cambridge, and the Rav 4 changes for 2026, wondering if/how they can build 2 different generations of them on the same line? I think they did it with the IS series when they updated the sedans but not the convertibles. But that was in Japan. As a former Manufacturing Engineer, I get queasy just thinking about the potential issues!

This is a recent article from a Canadian Newspaper The Globe And Mail Published August 5, 2025 by Petrina Gentile

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift...KQ4LE25ZHVGN4/

Here's some excerpts:If you buy one of the popular RX or NX SUVs, chances are it’s made in Canada. Toyota is the largest auto manufacturer in the country, by a long shot. As a result, it has a lot at stake amid the ongoing trade war and strained Canada-U.S. relations as it grapples with tough decisions about where to invest, where to produce cars and when it should raise prices – and by how much.

So far, Toyota has absorbed the added costs from tariffs and is weathering the storm. The company has stated that it has no plans to shift production to the U.S. and doesn’t plan to lay off any of its 8,500 employees working at the three Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, or TMMC, manufacturing facilities in southwestern Ontario. However, Toyota plans to increase prices on its namesake and Lexus vehicles in the near future.

“We haven’t done anything in Canada, yet. We just announced some modest price increases across our lineup in the U.S. I think you’ll see more of that. The [manufacturers] can’t continue to absorb all this cost,” said Scott MacKenzie, Toyota Canada’s director of corporate and external affairs, during Lexus’s 35th anniversary celebrations in late June at TMMC.

MacKenzie expects price increases to happen before the end of Toyota’s fiscal year, which is March 2026.


‘Too much at stake’

When the first Lexus RX330 SUV rolled off the line at TMMC in Cambridge, Ont. in 2003 – it was the first plant outside of Japan to build Lexus vehicles. Then, in 2022, TMMC started building the second-generation Lexus NX SUV, making Lexus the only luxury brand to assemble vehicles on Canadian soil.

Despite the unpredictable trade relationship with the U.S., MacKenzie is optimistic about the future of Canada’s auto manufacturing sector.

“Frankly, we don’t think we’ll be dealing with this a year from now. We think that eventually some agreement will be made between Canada and the United States. There’s too much at stake for both countries,” he said.

According to MacKenzie, TMMC’s operation accounts for about 4 per cent of Canada’s manufacturing gross domestic product (GDP) and 0.08 per cent of Canada’s overall GDP.

“It’s pretty significant,” he said. “Depending on the year, we’re between $12- and 15-billion operation … We’re the third largest [automotive manufacturing] plant in North America over all. We’re the largest Toyota plant in North America. We’re No. 1 in Canada by quite a large margin – more than 100,000 units over the second place [manufacturer]. As a company, we outproduce the Detroit companies combined.“

TMMC has produced more than 11 million vehicles since the first vehicle, a Corolla sedan, rolled off the line in Cambridge in 1988. Of those, more than two million are Lexus vehicles. In 2024, TMMC manufactured 533,566 Toyota and Lexus vehicles. While the bulk were RAV4 and RAV4 hybrids (368,561), Lexus vehicles accounted for 165,005 vehicles (111,220 Lexus RX and RX hybrids and 53,785 NX and NX hybrids).

Eighty-two per cent of those made-in-Canada vehicles went to the U.S. – the rest stayed on home soil.

“We do have the ability to produce more Canadian destination vehicles but, frankly speaking, our U.S. sales operations aren’t slowing down their requests for our cars and that’s even with tariffs being applied,” said MacKenzie.

Moving production to the U.S. to avoid tariffs isn’t in the cards now, either.

“Those would be relatively big changes. Have we studied things like that? Of course. But we haven’t made any of those changes,” he said. “We don’t have any empty capacity in the U.S. so we couldn’t move things around if we wanted to. Our Indiana, Kentucky and Texas plants are full. We’re full here [in Ontario], too.”
Lexus sales still strongDespite setbacks, Lexus sales are still going strong in Canada. In 2023, Lexus Canada sales reached a record 31,199 vehicles annually. In 2024, it sold more than 27,000 vehicles and this year it is on track for another record. By comparison, in 2023 Mercedes-Benz Canada sold 29,017 passenger vehicles, Audi Canada sold 35,076, BMW sold 31,021 and Cadillac 15,483.

Lexus is the No. 1 luxury manufacturer for sales in Canada as of the end of June, according to Lexus Canada director Martin Gilbert, and says Canada has become the fourth largest market for Lexus sales worldwide.

With all the uncertainty, MacKenzie said “everything is up in the air right now.” He said the company has to make decisions around investments, new models and electrification.

“We’re just waiting for things to settle down so we can have some degree of certainty so we can move forward,” MacKenziesaid.