RX350 tagged posts

Yesterday Lexus unveiled the all-new 4th-generation RX CUV in the 2015 New York auto show.

The biggest news is the engine on the RX350 is upgraded to 300hp, and using fuel direct-injection. Below are the highlights:

– RX350: 3.5L direct-injection V6, 300hp
– RX450h: 3.5L Atkinson cycle V6 + electric motor, combined output: 300hp
– 8-speed automatic transmission
– Both FWD and AWD are available
– F Sport trim available
– Optional 3rd-row seat (not mentioned in the press release)

The 2016 RX rides on the same platform as the latest Toyota Highlander, for example they has the same wheelbase (109.8in), and the rear track width is also the same (64.2in).

Please enjoy the belo...

The current generation of Lexus RX has been in the market for over 6 years now, and it obviously needs a redesign.

We have known Lexus has been working on a new RX for a while, and many people thought it will be debuted in last month’s Detroit auto show. But unfortunately, it did not show up.

Today our insider from Toyota told us that the company has decided to release the all-new 4th-generation RX SUV in this April’s New York auto show. No further details are avaialble at this time, and we do not know whether the new RX will grow into a 3-row-seat design either...

For some car enthusiasts, the Lexus RX is just simply plain from their point of view. Well, this is quite understandable: the RX is based on a front wheel drive platform (which you can even claim it is related to the Toyota Highlander); the engine outputs 270hp (or “merely 270hp” in some muscle car owners’ language, for the RX350), paired to a somewhat outdated universal 6 speed transmission (I know the higher-level RX350 FSport offers an industry-first FWD 8 speed transmission); its exterior looks conservative, and it drives/handles conservatively too. Everything is just so plain, so conservative, nothing interesting at all...