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Second in a series introducing key features of the new RX 450h: Remote Touch control
The central element is the controller, which governs the movement of a pointer left and right over icons on the display screen - the Graphic User Interface (GUI). When the appropriate icon has been selected, the user pushes the Enter button - like the left-click action on a mouse - to activate the function or control.

To make it easier for the driver to select an icon, the system automatically 'pulls' the pointer to an icon if it passes close to it, using the control's haptic reaction force.


The GUI can be customised to suit personal preferences for the sounds the system makes for enter/selection/failure, the reaction force strength and the shape and size of the pointer.

As part of the new Lexus Navigation System, Remote Touch is fitted as standard to SE-I and SE-L grades of the new RX 450h, and can be specified as an option with satellite navigation on SE models.

The new RX 450h full hybrid luxury SUV is available to order now, with customer deliveries from July. On-the-road prices start at £41,600 for the SE model.
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Khatir Soltani
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