2013 Lexus RX450h Hybrid - Car and Driver (blog)
The RX350 and hybrid RX450h offer posh appointments, a cushy ride, and lots of interior room—but neither is fun to drive. the latter is standard on the hybrid and the RX350 F Sport. All-new RX models go on sale in late 2015. Instrumented Test – 2013 Lexus RX450h Hybrid Welcome to the core of the Lexus brand. Accounting for almost four of every 10 Lexus sales, the RX crossover is the epitome of Lexus-ness, leaving the 11 other Lexus models to fight over the remaining 60 percent. Toyota’s luxury division practically invented the car-based crossover with the introduction of the original RX300 in 1998. Lexus figured out that what most SUV buyers wanted was a wagon/hatchbacklike conveyance (that wasn’t called a station wagon... With the Lexus RX450h, buyers get to merge their desire for generously proportioned crossovers with their avidity for the social acceptance that hybrids offer. It’s a double dose of snobbery, with equal measures of Lexus luxury lineaments and Toyota hybrid carbon conservation. The 3274-pound Prius V , for example, offers almost 85 percent of the cargo space of the bigger, 4737-pound AWD RX we tested for little more than half the cost, and the V’s 44 city/40 highway EPA. Source: www.caranddriver.com
