Seats are cozy and relaxing, much in line with the vehicle's demeanour. Trunk room is generous, capable of taking on three golf bags with little or no effort.
The dashboard itself, which is built from quality materials and expertly assembled, is very dry and plain. Functional, to be sure, but it alienates lovers of techie and innovative design. On the subject of innovation, Lexus created their own interface gizmo to navigate through various menus. Called Remote Touch, it features a mouse/joystick-like controller than is impressively intuitive to use. The downside is that it robs the centre console of important storage room, relegated mostly to the small door bins.
For certain, comfort and serenity are in abundance in the RX's cabin. Extremely quiet and cocoon-like, nothing but the worst offending Civic with stove-pipe exhaust noises penetrates the Lexus' inner sanctum. Shutting the door, with a satisfactory thud, isolates passengers from all of the ugly.
To get away from it all, the Lexus depends on the tried and true 3.5L V6. Generating 275 hp, it easily whisks the CUV to speed without ever uttering more than a pleasing and demure grunt. Smooth and creamy, the 6-speed autobox slides from gear to gear in an almost imperceptible manner.
The non-hybrid RXs make use of an Active Torque Control AWD system which automatically adapts to changing road conditions. Sounds like an old wife's tale, but it actually works well. It adjusts front and rear torque, always searching for optimum traction.
It's not often that I'll agree with or refer to a commercial, as they are obviously biased. The exception to this rule stars the RX and a little girl staring out the rear window as her father navigates through ugly city traffic and construction. As I was cruising around in the RX, I often thought back to how very representative the commercial is.
The dashboard itself, which is built from quality materials and expertly assembled, is very dry and plain. Functional, to be sure, but it alienates lovers of techie and innovative design. On the subject of innovation, Lexus created their own interface gizmo to navigate through various menus. Called Remote Touch, it features a mouse/joystick-like controller than is impressively intuitive to use. The downside is that it robs the centre console of important storage room, relegated mostly to the small door bins.
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| The dashboard itself, which is built from quality materials and expertly assembled, is very dry and plain. (Photo: Matthieu Lambert/Auto123.com) |
For certain, comfort and serenity are in abundance in the RX's cabin. Extremely quiet and cocoon-like, nothing but the worst offending Civic with stove-pipe exhaust noises penetrates the Lexus' inner sanctum. Shutting the door, with a satisfactory thud, isolates passengers from all of the ugly.
To get away from it all, the Lexus depends on the tried and true 3.5L V6. Generating 275 hp, it easily whisks the CUV to speed without ever uttering more than a pleasing and demure grunt. Smooth and creamy, the 6-speed autobox slides from gear to gear in an almost imperceptible manner.
The non-hybrid RXs make use of an Active Torque Control AWD system which automatically adapts to changing road conditions. Sounds like an old wife's tale, but it actually works well. It adjusts front and rear torque, always searching for optimum traction.
It's not often that I'll agree with or refer to a commercial, as they are obviously biased. The exception to this rule stars the RX and a little girl staring out the rear window as her father navigates through ugly city traffic and construction. As I was cruising around in the RX, I often thought back to how very representative the commercial is.
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| Generating 275 hp, it easily whisks the CUV to speed without ever uttering more than a pleasing and demure grunt. (Photo: Matthieu Lambert/Auto123.com) |