2004 Lexus RX 330 Road Test

When Lexus launched the RX 300 in 1998 it changed the way the world saw the sport utility vehicle. The category initially comprised of vehicles that, when it came right down to it, were little more than modified pickup trucks, now had a luxuriously appointed, wonderfully refined, car-based member, a completely new alternative. In hindsight Lexus read the market very well, and in so doing defined a separate market segment - the luxury crossover sport utility.