The new Pebble Beach Editions of the Lexus RX350 sport-utility and ES350 luxury sedan—on display for the first time here at the Chicago auto show—will sorely disappoint anyone whose image of a ‘special edition’ automobile includes a vinyl roof, crushed velveteen seats, opera windows and wide whitewall tires. Sticking a luxury or designer nameplate onto an otherwise run-of-the-mill car is hardly new or revolutionary. Past examples have ranged from subtle suburbia-mobiles (L.L. Bean-badged Subarus come to mind) to over-the-top and disco-tastic luxury barges like Bill Blass and Versace-labeled Lincolns from the late-1970s. And don’t even get us started on the king of them all, the gloriously tacky Levi Strauss edition 1973 AMC Gremlin that sported a faux denim interior.

Thankfully, the Pebble Beach Edition RX and ES are too classy to warrant comparison with many of these less than illustrious forebears. This marks the first time in a six-year partnership that Pebble Beach editions are available on anything other than Lexus’s SC430 roadster. Production of the Pebble Beach RX and ES is limited to 6000 vehicles each and will be available beginning in mid-February for the RX and mid-March for the ES. A sixth version of the SC430 Pebble Beach Edition arrives this summer, followed by the big-daddy of them all, an LS600h L Pebble Beach Edition that arrives in the fall.

While they’re probably a couple million dollars cheaper than buying a home overlooking the 18th fairway, the Pebble Beach Lexuses are still aimed more for the country club set than the putt-putt champions amongst us. The Pebble Beach RX350 costs an additional $3880 on top of the front-wheel drive RX350’s base price of $38,265. All-wheel-drive adds another $1400. The Pebble Beach RX features exclusive colors, unique 18-inch wheels, a chrome grille, color-keyed rear spoiler, and special interior trim. The ES is also available in special colors (such as “Truffle Mica”), Pebble Beach Edition seven-spoke 17-inch wheels with a liquid graphite finish, along with interior trim upgrades and small badges on the front fenders.

Owners of an RX or ES Pebble Beach Edition can further indulge themselves with the Lexus Personalization Program. Three categories of packages are designed to invoke what Lexus refers to as “the unparalleled feel of the world-famous Pebble Beach Resorts.” These packages include: The Callaway Golf Experience, Travel Sets, and Epicurean Encounter. Sorry, but none of these luxury add-ons include a fake denim interior, rear opera windows, or even an optional vinyl roof.



All this is courtesy of caranddriver.com

 

OOOOHH!!!

I want one of those, please...

 

Just checked out Lexus.com:

RX350 Pebble Beach:
- Exteriors available in Truffle Mica, Obsidian and Classic Silver Metallic
- Truffle Mica and Obsidian available with Ivory leather trim with brown walnut accent
- Classic Silver Metallic available with Light Gray leather trim with brown walnut accent
- Exclusive 18-inch wheel design
- Unique chrome-finished grille
- Distinctive, color-keyed rear spoiler
- Exterior, front fender-mounted Pebble Beach® Edition badging
- Pebble Beach® Edition floor mats
- Callaway Golf FT-i driver with one dozen personalized Callaway Golf Tour-ix Golf *****.
- Callaway Golf Hyper X driver, one X Hybrid and one dozen personalized Callaway Golf Tour-ix Golf *****.
- Three Callaway Golf X-Forged wedges, one Odyssey White Hot XG 2-Ball putter and one dozen personalized Callaway Golf Tour-ix Golf *****.
- One case (12 dozen) of personalized Callaway Tour-ix Golf *****.
- Café-colored three-piece leather luggage set that includes two cabin duffels, one carriage duffel and personalized embossed luggage tags.
- Café-colored leather tote bag and two pair of Callaway Golf eyewear.
- Café-colored leather briefcase and two pair of Callaway Golf eyewear.
- Choose from five eyewear models with Neox lenses
- Viking® $200 gift card, redeemable for merchandise or culinary classes at one of 12 Viking Cooking School locations nationwide, and a set of precision Viking knives with a maple-wood knife block.
- Viking® $200 gift card, redeemable for merchandise or culinary classes at one of 12 Viking Cooking School locations nationwide, and a handsome set of Viking cookware.
- Café-colored leather wine tote and a diverse selection of outstanding wines from member wineries of the highly respected Napa Valley Vintners.

 

looking good. but do we really need 3 of these threads? lol

 

Thanks PhilipMSPT for posting pics. On the Lexus.com website the RX is now 2009. I'm assuming the 2010 RX will be third generation based on the Lf-Xh...

 

Looks great, IMO. Wheels are beautiful and so is the color!

 

I agree, it looks wondeful.

 

Looks great.

 

Looks amazing. I just wish the gear-changer/shifter (wtv you like calling it) in the RX would be in a normal location. Only thing I dislike about the RX.

 

Thats because RX is really geared towards soccer moms that are used to minivans. Thus you have minivan like shifter, arm rests, body roll, etc.

 

No info on color combo & other details yet ? Anyone ?

 

You do get some nice clubs with it, I like it

 

Nice colors!!

 

where else would the shifter be? lol on the steering column?

 

$3880 for those changes, a couple of golf clubs and suitcases?

Looks nice though.