^^ with BOF they have tons of room for a big battery pack... an ev GX would be epic.

 

that colorway is "incognito" and concur it looks really good.

I think nori green would look good on this as well

 

GX460 owner and I love this new model. If anything I would want the hybrid model. POWA!

 

Well if the Sequioa is anything to go by, the GA-F really isnt hybrid or battery friendly.

 

This is exactly what it is. Lexus was apparently trying to appeal both to lifestyle/adventure buyers and family/luxury buyers with the GX before, and now that they have the TX they feel that they don't have to do that any longer. Like the ES and GS and ES and IS. ES can be soft and luxury only and the IS and GS can be sporty. The GX can be rugged/offroad and appeal to the same sort of buyer who might buy a Defender and the TX can be soft and shapeless and family transport.

I love the new GX, but its nothing I would ever buy like I would never buy a 4Runner or an FJ or a Defender or a Wrangler, etc. The TX is too far in the other direction for me I think...so I think it will be interesting to see how this vehicle does. How many truly adventure/outdoor people are out there who aren't going to spring for a Defender anyways...

An example of buyer, my cousin makes a really good living and has an old FJ he LOVES. He has never replaced it because there is nothing he could ever buy that would appeal to him in the same way. He could buy a Defender, but he is worried about it being broken down all the time. I bet he would buy one of these. How many people out there like him though?

 

----^ he's right you know.

I find it interesting you're stuck with batteries with high end Tundras (and Sequoia), but the Lexus trucks are ICE only-- thank god.

 

Stop being silly. I said earlier in this thread that I'm putting in a deposit to buy one. I said nothing about the area around the shifter, I was specifically talking about the rear of the console which is very blatantly hard plastic with visible seams which is cheaper looking than the last gen. I wouldn't have posted the picture I did otherwise.

 

These types of trucks are like cat nip for me. I think there's a solid amount of people that would love a Defender but would buy this instead. I'm not even scared of unreliable/annoying vehicles and this is on my buy list.

 

Platforms that can dual purpose ICE & BEV are never optimal and the results always show. Look at the BMW i4 M50--it's somewhat big outside, super teeny tiny inside, tiny rear doors and lots of hard plastics and EXPENSIVE. And that's just the appearance/size. Also: Low range, low storage (no frunk), inefficient etc. Yes that's a unibody car but I can imagine a big battery eating into things for this ladder truck. Perhaps this GX will stay best as a full gas truck.

As to this truck itself... it doesn't look that premium to me. Not unique. To me this, could've been a Toyota, Jeep, etc. The exterior of the old GX (facelifted) was nicer and had more polish and class. The new GX exterior looks like a shiny Bronco and that's about it. Land Rover does class/elegant off roaders perfectly. The interior of the new one is a big upgrade, except for some cheap un-Lexus-like plastics. Also this new GX is using the same cheap blinker/wiper stalks from the ES. Still... the TX is far far worse. Give me a facelifted last gen GX, LX any day. i'm not usually a "XYZ company has lost its way" type of person, but i think Lexus has lost its way. No GS? The TX... a half baked IS update, no more V8s (the other big luxury makes still have them), no LFA update, the LS (which isn't that good) being seemingly phased out, no plans for a new one

 

Loving this new GX way to go Lexus the new LX underwhelmed in it's debut but this one! Woot, this thing is going to sell I can see it already!

 

can you share an example of what you consider 'the norm'?

this is a vehicle targeted for people who go off road, not a night at the opera with a chauffeur

 

Am I the only one that noticed this huge gear tunnel hump? This might make it a pain to sit a full size adult in the middle.

 

I know we're in the minority here, but I would love to see an EV GX. We bought an EV two years ago, and now our '14 GX really only gets driven when we tow or go off-road.

 

Are you a typical GX owner?
It seems to make sense but...
1. Is TX still in the range for GX folks?
2. How common are your cousin type customers?

 

This is going to be a $70K+ truck regardless and you know very well the original owners aren't actually going to take this off road in big numbers. Anyways, you can see in the previous gen that there was no segmented hard plastic pieces extending over the center hump and there was expanded functionality for the rear climate. It's a nitpicky thing and I'm looking foward to evaluating the interior myself. None of this is a dealbreaker.