My dealer told me that NX is going to have Apple Car Play in 2019. Nothing on RX yet....

 

 

NX in '19 has Siri Eyes Free, a lesser version of the Apple software.

 

No Apple Carplay available for the 2019 NX, this can be verified on Lexus's own website since 2019 builds are available for the NX. We still have to wait to see if the RX suffers the same fate and most likely it will. This is not a deal breaker for me but Lexus truly sucks considering their tech is one of the worst in the business. The least they could have done is roll out all MY 2019 cars with Apple Carplay.

If it weren't for the long term potential reliability issues, I would just get an Audi Q5 since it is superior to the RX in every way except resale value and long term reliability. Lexus harps on about innovation and they are at dead last when it comes to technological innovation.

 

I brought my RXL using Costco auto program. A dealer associated with Costco has to give a written quote. I tried matching with other dealers. None of them were able to go below the Costco quote.

 

I was told and showed that after October Nx will have applecar play. Maybe its beening kept on the down low?

 

 

Well, once again you cannot build a 2018 RX on the Lexus website- perhaps this means we will hear soon about a 2019 model.

 

I just built one. You won't see 2019's until around October the same time the 2019 Highlanders come out.

 

I just ordered a custom 2019...

 

Tell us more, how did you manage that? only 2018 builds are showing online..this is frustrating. Last month you couldn't build a 2018 RX and all of a sudden now you can. What the hell is Lexus doing.

 

I was just told by the Internet Mgr at JM Lexus, large south Florida dealer, that there will be no changes in the 2019's. Did you experience that when you ordered? How long a wait to get your set of wheels?

 

I was going to build 2018, but the dealer told me that only 2019 orders are accepted. MSRP is only $100 more for the bare bones 2019 model. The wait is about 2.5-3 months. And yes, the reason that the price hasn't changed is that there is no changes to 2019 model....

 

So, just to be clear - you can build 2018 model online, submit it to your dealer and they can place the order for you for exact same specs, just 2019 model

 

Are any dealers taking orders for the 2019 RX? If so any idea in the expected reduced discount to order? (I find that to get the extras I want, I need to pay about $2000 for stuff that I really don't need)