New Lexus RX To Make India Debut At 2023 Auto Expo

Lexus India has uncovered that it will be bringing the new RX SUV to India at the Car Expo 2023. The company is predicted to debut the model at the show together with furnishing facts on the requirements for the India-bound design. The enterprise has so far verified that there will be two variants for the new RX.

Lexus revealed the new RX for world marketplaces previously this yr with Lexus India only sharing a teaser of the SUV. The fifth-gen RX follows an evolutionary design and style about its predecessor. The nose is characterised by the Lexus trademark spindle grille – now showcasing a mesh design flanked by sleeker headlamps with angular DRLs. Down the sides, the SUV nevertheless capabilities the coupe-esque roofline with the window line extending into a blacked-out section on the C-pillar. The wheel arches way too are much more rounded compared to the current model although spherical the back an integrated spoiler sits above the rear windscreen and the tail-lamps are connected by way of a entire-width lightbar.

The cabin way too sees an evolution in design and style with a new 14-inch touchscreen now neatly built-in into the centre console and acting as the nerve centre for most in-auto functions. The driver as well will get a electronic display in the instrument binnacle with the in general design and style giving the cabin a much cleaner seem. Place way too is predicted to be up as as opposed to the older model with the wheelbase up by 60mm about the outgoing design.

Coming to the motor line-up. The new RX will get a option of petrol, strong hybrid and plug-in hybrid engine solutions. The selection begins from the non-hybrid RX 350 showcasing a turbocharged petrol motor with the RX 350h employing a 2.5-litre by natural means aspirated engine in conjunction with an electric powered motor. Also in the line-up is a new RX450h+ plug-in hybrid when the best-conclusion RX500h options a turbo-petrol engine doing the job in conjunction with electric powered motors for the to start with time in a Lexus.

For the Indian sector, we could expect Lexus to keep on to supply the RX with strong hybrid powertrain possibilities however it remains to be observed if the normal petrol and plug-in-hybrid variants will be available.