November 2015: The LEXUS RX 2016 LAUNCH – BAHRAIN is yet another in a string of Lexus or Toyota launches this year – (Don’t they every year?). Like almost all car launches, some of us often wondering what is the difference between this and the last one. Oh wait! The new model has one more clip holding the grill on. Could the same be said for the new Lexus RX 2016 model? Certainly the grill bit, as that is the most striking part, but that is not all, there are some very not so subtle lines shift and whoever designed it had Viagra in mind (or the female equivalent whichever/whatever the case). It is slightly bigger too, by the length of a large carrot to be exact and has that little extra girth to go with it. So yeah…. it is masculine! ‘Striking’ is one word and although accurate to an extent, it is not quite the right word. ‘Bootylicious’ is perhaps a little more fitting. No people, this new Lexus RX has physical attraction all over it.
Who Does What/ADmazemedia were not the only ones to feel this tingle from the belly button down, when the covers came off. See what they say at Edmunds. Most reviews have the very same perception albeit unrelated to nooky of course, but ‘layman’s’ terms are the order of the day here.
Lots of added new safety features which are becoming standard, not only on Lexus but many other cars aspiring to this level of the mid luxury market. Having gone through the menopause, the team at whodoeswhat.tv rather like the latest, somewhat stayed in shape Volvo XC90 and that can drive itself; so safety features are soon to become the competitive edge for sure, even on the cheap Chinese runabouts – with the technology no doubt trickling down to pizza delivery boy’s scooters.
However, for now one cannot help but feel that perhaps Toyota or Lexus in this case, is firmly aiming for the testosterone with the new Lexus RX. We are not sure, but maybe the new Lexus RX has its own prostrate built in. Watch the video and comment. Nonetheless, speed is not the Lexus RX forte. Sure it goes well fast enough but 0-60 is perhaps a little average at 6-7 seconds, but again fast enough for anyone really. The hybrid version 450h is the same but improves the rather good for its size fuel consumption; around 30 mpg as opposed to about 22 mpg. All the cars have a 3.5 ltr – 6 cylinder engine, but the hybrid has that throbbing power of a battery thing at the back which the engine charges when running on petrol. (Anne Summers would love to sell them for sure). The ‘Sports’ version has bigger wheels, so you get there that tiny bit quicker one assumes.
Cost: Ah now, in the video we plead with Santa’s good side and compassion because we want one, but unless someone gifts it or the golden eagle flies over head, it will remain a dream for most at between 23 and 25,000 Bahrain Dinars, but somehow – the feeling is that a lot more people are going to be saving up or the plebs among us perhaps robbing banks for this one. So potentially new Lexus customers? Those who are already well settled Lexus drivers will still get their LX and whatever saloons they have been driving. It must be a law, who knows?
Jeremy Clarkson and team would definitely drool and try and rip this one apart somewhere, because they too will want to canoodle with it, but the well established 3.5 ltr engine and probably not a lot else is surely ‘not’ going to give much trouble over the next 5 years. What is there not to like?
