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The upcoming 2015 Lexus NX200t is equipped with the first turbocharged engine within the whole Lexus history. This engine has the Toyota internal code name “8AR-FTS”.

The 8AR-FTS has an 2.0L displacement with an open-deck, midi-skirt type aluminum cylinder block. It also has a fully balanced forged steel crankshaft, cast-in iron cylinder liners.

On the Lexus NX200t, the turbocharged 8AR-FTS makes 235 hp at 5,600 rpm with 258 lb-ft of torque available from 1,650-4,000 rpm. On the paper this engine sounds just like a normal modern 4-cylinder turbo engine, which has similar performance (2...

Yesterday (Aug. 8), the Lexus NX SUV started its production at Toyota’s Kyushu plants.

The Miyata Plant, is responsible for assembling of the NX; while the Kanda Plant is building the NX200t’s 8AR-FTS turbo engine. The NX200t is the first Lexus vehicle to receive a turbocharged engine.

The first production NX is a red NX200t FSport. This is the first production NX200t rolling off the assembling line.

And this is how the NX200t’s 8AR-FTS turbo engine is build in the Kanda Plant.

According to a latest media interview with Kei-Ichi Nishiyama, the assistant chief engineer of the Lexus NX, Lexus is considering design the next-gen RX to be a three row CUV, which means the redesigned RX will grow in size.

The reason is quite obvious: with the Lexus NX introduced, it will fullfill the role of the current RX; and currently Lexus also lacking a 3-row CUV that can compete in the $35k – $45k price range, which is dominated by competitors such as the Acura MDX, Volvo XC90 etc.

The redesigned Lexus RX will be officially revealed in the second half of 2015, as a 2016 model. Below is image of the current RX.

On last Friday, Lexus UK released the upcoming NX300h’s pricing.

The price range starts at the base NX300h FWD for GBP 29,495, and reach the top model (NX300h Premier AWD) at GBP 42,995. For comparison, the Audi Q5 base price starts from GBP 30,435 (Q5 SE 2.0 TFSI with 6-speed manual transmission) in UK.

Below are detailed pricing for each trim.

NX300h S: GBP 29,495
NX300h SE: GBP 31,495
NX300h Luxury: GBP 34,495
NX300h FSport: GBP 36,995
NX300h Premier: GBP 42,995

On last Monday, we are the first media to report the output of the Lexus’ new 2.0L turbo engine used in the NX model, to be around 240hp.

Today this is again confirmed to be true: another report from the Lexus Enthusiast website indicates that, the actual output for the Lexus NX200t will be 237hp.

Also the news reveals that the next Lexus model to receive this new engine will be the IS250 (we guess it will be called IS200t when that day comes). Since it is extremely easy to boost the output of a turbo engine, the version that used on the IS may reach the 250hp mark.

Once the IS receives the turbo engine, the trend will obviously affect the GS and RX models...