![]() WATCH OUR QUICK AND DIRTY REVIEW OF THE NEW LEXUS RX HERE Wheel sizes are 19 and 21 inches, with the latter filling the arches nicely. The wheelbase is 60mm longer, at 2,850mm, and the front and rear tracks have been widened by 15mm and 45mm respectively. It’s also a bit wider (by 25mm) at 1,902mm but 10mm less tall, standing 1,695mm. I guess it’s a coincidence that it’s the same length as the last one, at 4,890mm. This fifth-generation RX is apparently completely new, including the lug nuts. If one thing about the new car’s caboose really catches the eyes though, it’ll be the way the taillights stretch across it, linked by an elegant light bar. The curves at the RX’s rear give you some idea of what that means. With grilles set to go the way of the Dodo, Lexus says it’s focusing now on making its cars spindle-shaped. Where the two portions blend together is where you find the Lexus badge, symbolising the brand’s transition to electric power. ![]() The floating roof idea is still in place, though now it curves down more elegantly toward the rear, which swoops up a bit to meet it.Īs for the spindle grille, it’s still there, but it’s now half open and half solid. Its huge spindle grille and the floating roof effect created by the blacked-out D-pillar made it stand out.īoth have evolved. Come to think of it, the last one was, too. No doubt about it, the new RX is a striking car. Let’s kick things off with the volume version. Something for everyone there, and we drove pre-production examples of the RX to get some early impressions. That one has 367 horsepower, a bunch of chassis tweaks and the first hybrid setup from Lexus that pairs a turbo engine with electric motors. If you want to get to the greens faster, there’s the RX 500h (below) - or RX 500h F Sport Performance Direct4, to give it its full name. There’s a 2.5-litre engine for long distances, making those golf trips to Malacca headache-free. With an 18.1kWh lithium-ion pack, it should do enough distance on pure electric power on each charge to cover a typical day’s motoring in Singapore - call it 50km in our traffic conditions. ![]() Then there’s a plug-in RX 450h+ (pictured above). Kicking things off and likely to be the bread-and-butter car of the new RX range is the RX 350h, reviewed here. Till we get there, self-charging hybrids and plug-ins are the way to go for Lexus (none of that mild hybrid stuff for this brand). Lexus itself is going all-electric and has set itself a target of 2035 to leave combustion power behind. That leaves an all petrol-electric hybrid lineup for Singapore, as part of authorised dealer Borneo Motors’ plan to have a fully electrified range of Lexus here by 2025. The one that isn’t? The RX 350, a 2.4-litre turbo petrol model. Lexus launched the new RX to the press this month with four powertrain options, but just three are making it to Singapore. SANTA BARBARA - There’s an all-new Lexus RX, slated for launch here at the Singapore Motorshow 2023, and if you’re wondering which version will be hybrid, the easy answer is: all of them. ![]()
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