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Old 10-16-07, 07:03 PM
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Default 2009/10 Toyota-Lexus (4 Runner) GX



Spy photographers have captured the first images of the 2010 Lexus GX — or possibly its platform mate, the 2009 Toyota 4Runner — while out testing near Toyota's southern California headquarters. The next-generation 4Runner is expected to bow in about a year — as a 2009 model — with the Lexus GX arriving in 2009 for the 2010 model year.

Not much is know about either vehicle, although more details should be known soon as the vehicles have obviously begun road-testing.
(Courtesy of Leftlanenews)

Looks like it will have LX rear-lights or some sort of GS rear-lights.
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Old 10-16-07, 07:46 PM
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wow it honestly doesnt seem like the current 4Runner and GX were on the market for that long. A new generation already?
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Old 10-16-07, 08:00 PM
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Too square to be the GX. Look at the GS inner tails, lol
 
Old 10-16-07, 08:25 PM
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Looks very boxy.

Where's the L-Finesse?
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Old 10-16-07, 09:17 PM
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tails are 1/2 LX and 1/2 GS. SWEET!!!!

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Old 10-16-07, 09:20 PM
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Ill think differently. I remember seeing on a few websites and magazines stating Lexus will have another SUV called the "JX". Like the LX which is based off the Land Cruiser, JX will be based off that monstrous Sequioa. That could fill in as the new Sequioa/JX570.
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Old 10-16-07, 09:21 PM
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"JX" will be a unibody SUV slated above the RX. Not a full size Sequoia clone.
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Old 10-16-07, 09:23 PM
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That's a very skinny "pillar" in the rear window frame.

Sure that's a 4Runner/GX? It seems very uncharacteristic of Toyota to just sloppily slap on some taillights from the parts bin (like the GS + LX rear lights)
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Old 10-16-07, 09:30 PM
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well...it IS very early in the development since new vehicles came out in '03 unless this is the JX that has been talked about before...
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Old 10-16-07, 10:50 PM
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Hopefully it isn't as fugly as the new LX or Highlander are... The current 4Runner is pretty good looking, better than the GX IMO.
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Old 10-17-07, 06:06 AM
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I think thats the new sequioa.
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Old 10-17-07, 06:58 AM
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You're all jumping to conclusions .

That is obviously an early prototype/development mule. Those tails are there just to fool you, and to test electrical systems. They are definitely not production tails. As of now, it's hard to tell exactly what model this is, but my guess is that it's a 4Runner mule. Also look at the front end and how far the tacked-on headlights are sticking out.
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Originally Posted by GFerg
wow it honestly doesnt seem like the current 4Runner and GX were on the market for that long. A new generation already?
it came out in 2003... it got pretty long life cycle.
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Old 10-17-07, 07:36 PM
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i think it looks to big to be a 4runner...gx/jx like other said though
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Too big to be 4Runner/GX, it has to be Sequioa
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