Why is 2016 RX450h so rare?
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I had our 2015 RX450h in for a windshield replacement due to windshield rain sensor failed.
I was driving a 2016 RX350 loaner for 4 days. I liked several new options like radar cruise and the extra room. I didn't like the 8 speed transmission and the engine noise.
I was looking to test drive a 2016 RX450h but thre were none at my local dealer, Wilde Lexus of Sarasota, and only 3 within 65 miles of my zip code. What gives? Why so few '16 RXh's???
I was driving a 2016 RX350 loaner for 4 days. I liked several new options like radar cruise and the extra room. I didn't like the 8 speed transmission and the engine noise.
I was looking to test drive a 2016 RX450h but thre were none at my local dealer, Wilde Lexus of Sarasota, and only 3 within 65 miles of my zip code. What gives? Why so few '16 RXh's???
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Supply and demand? I went the special order route so it wasn't an issue. Finding an RX450h F-Sport to test drive was. I had to settle for the RX350 F-Sport. And be prepared when you finally take the 4RXh out. It's quite different than the 3RXh, all good.
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Must be a regional thing as my dealer has 6 RX450h units on the lot with different packages available.
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They probably figured gas prices are low and then ordered less hybrids?
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I had the same experience with windshield replacement on my 2015 RX 450h. The dealership loan me a red 2016 RX 350 fully loaded. Loved the color, extra room, head's up display and the upgraded radio was amazing. First time in 40 years I had to turn down the bass as it was shaking my teeth. What I didn't like was the transmission searching for the correct gear, engine noise lower mileage. As I returned the vehicle to the sales manager I told him if I had never drove a hybrid with CVT I would have bought this vehicle, but I want a hybrid. He laughed and said he fully understood my position, he recommended that I ordered one exactly what I want and to wait until the middle of July so it will be a 2017. I like the dealership in Macon Georgia.
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I had the same experience with windshield replacement on my 2015 RX 450h. The dealership loan me a red 2016 RX 350 fully loaded. Loved the color, extra room, head's up display and the upgraded radio was amazing. First time in 40 years I had to turn down the bass as it was shaking my teeth. What I didn't like was the transmission searching for the correct gear, engine noise lower mileage. As I returned the vehicle to the sales manager I told him if I had never drove a hybrid with CVT I would have bought this vehicle, but I want a hybrid. He laughed and said he fully understood my position, he recommended that I ordered one exactly what I want and to wait until the middle of July so it will be a 2017. I like the dealership in Macon Georgia.
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I have a great dealership here and a great relationship with the sales department. It may have something to do with having owned and serviced 5 Lexus cars there just in the last 5 years.
I was thinking the same thing. To get what I want, it would have to be special ordered. Now is not the time to special order being that the end of the model year is fast approaching.
I will probably take a road trip to the dealer about 100 miles away to test drive one of their 2016 RXh's this weekend.
I want the following wish list:
EMINENT WHITE PEARL (for Florida Heat and ease of keeping looking clean)
NOBLE BROWN SEMI-ANILINE LEATHER
LUXURY PACKAGE
LEXUS SAFETY SYSTEM + WITH PREMIUM TRIPLE-BEAM LED HEADLAMPS
12.3-INCH NAVIGATION/MARK LEVINSON® PREMIUM AUDIO* PACKAGE
PANORAMIC VIEW MONITOR* WITH BLIND SPOT MONITOR* WITH REAR CROSS-TRAFFIC ALERT* AND ELECTROCHROMIC OUTSIDE MIRRORS
TOWING PREP PACKAGE
TOUCH-FREE POWER OPEN/CLOSE REAR DOOR
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Jerry,,
Here we go again, great minds thinking alike
It must have something to do with both of us being named Jerry and both having former AF experience.
I have a great dealership here and a great relationship with the sales department. It may have something to do with having owned and serviced 5 Lexus cars there just in the last 5 years.
I was thinking the same thing. To get what I want, it would have to be special ordered. Now is not the time to special order being that the end of the model year is fast approaching.
I will probably take a road trip to the dealer about 100 miles away to test drive one of their 2016 RXh's this weekend.
I want the following wish list:
EMINENT WHITE PEARL (for Florida Heat and ease of keeping looking clean)
NOBLE BROWN SEMI-ANILINE LEATHER
LUXURY PACKAGE
LEXUS SAFETY SYSTEM + WITH PREMIUM TRIPLE-BEAM LED HEADLAMPS
12.3-INCH NAVIGATION/MARK LEVINSON® PREMIUM AUDIO* PACKAGE
PANORAMIC VIEW MONITOR* WITH BLIND SPOT MONITOR* WITH REAR CROSS-TRAFFIC ALERT* AND ELECTROCHROMIC OUTSIDE MIRRORS
TOWING PREP PACKAGE
TOUCH-FREE POWER OPEN/CLOSE REAR DOOR
Here we go again, great minds thinking alike
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I have a great dealership here and a great relationship with the sales department. It may have something to do with having owned and serviced 5 Lexus cars there just in the last 5 years.
I was thinking the same thing. To get what I want, it would have to be special ordered. Now is not the time to special order being that the end of the model year is fast approaching.
I will probably take a road trip to the dealer about 100 miles away to test drive one of their 2016 RXh's this weekend.
I want the following wish list:
EMINENT WHITE PEARL (for Florida Heat and ease of keeping looking clean)
NOBLE BROWN SEMI-ANILINE LEATHER
LUXURY PACKAGE
LEXUS SAFETY SYSTEM + WITH PREMIUM TRIPLE-BEAM LED HEADLAMPS
12.3-INCH NAVIGATION/MARK LEVINSON® PREMIUM AUDIO* PACKAGE
PANORAMIC VIEW MONITOR* WITH BLIND SPOT MONITOR* WITH REAR CROSS-TRAFFIC ALERT* AND ELECTROCHROMIC OUTSIDE MIRRORS
TOWING PREP PACKAGE
TOUCH-FREE POWER OPEN/CLOSE REAR DOOR
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Jerry,
Matador Red is my second choice and if could have found a 2016 equipped as I want I would be making calls to try to make a deal. Being retired I would be willing to drive up to 1,000 miles to trade my 15 RXh in.
Just last year I let my Matador Red mint 2008 SC430 go. Here in Florida Red is beautiful when clean and polished but it takes more work than I'm willing t put into it. The SC was relatively easy to keep polished due to its small size. The SC spent most of the time under a car cover in the garage ready to go for a ride up the beach with the top down, at a moments notice.
Matador Red is my second choice and if could have found a 2016 equipped as I want I would be making calls to try to make a deal. Being retired I would be willing to drive up to 1,000 miles to trade my 15 RXh in.
Just last year I let my Matador Red mint 2008 SC430 go. Here in Florida Red is beautiful when clean and polished but it takes more work than I'm willing t put into it. The SC was relatively easy to keep polished due to its small size. The SC spent most of the time under a car cover in the garage ready to go for a ride up the beach with the top down, at a moments notice.
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Jerry,
Matador Red is my second choice and if could have found a 2016 equipped as I want I would be making calls to try to make a deal. Being retired I would be willing to drive up to 1,000 miles to trade my 15 RXh in.
Just last year I let my Matador Red mint 2008 SC430 go. Here in Florida Red is beautiful when clean and polished but it takes more work than I'm willing t put into it. The SC was relatively easy to keep polished due to its small size. The SC spent most of the time under a car cover in the garage ready to go for a ride up the beach with the top down, at a moments notice.
Matador Red is my second choice and if could have found a 2016 equipped as I want I would be making calls to try to make a deal. Being retired I would be willing to drive up to 1,000 miles to trade my 15 RXh in.
Just last year I let my Matador Red mint 2008 SC430 go. Here in Florida Red is beautiful when clean and polished but it takes more work than I'm willing t put into it. The SC was relatively easy to keep polished due to its small size. The SC spent most of the time under a car cover in the garage ready to go for a ride up the beach with the top down, at a moments notice.
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I just did a quick search on cars.com for 4RX and 4RXh inventory.
It seems that Hybrid inventory is different by region.
Nationally RXh's are 8.5% of inventory
Within 500 miles of Tampa RXh's only account for 3% of inventory.
JM Lexus has 130 RX350's and only 3 RX450h's in inventory.
I only found ONE RX450h http://www.lexusoflasvegas.com/Vehic...-NV/2783113173in the country that matches my wish list.
Here is my wish:
Any one of 6 color combinations.
Nebula Gray/Black
Nebula Gray/Brown
White Pearl/Brown
White Pearl/Black
Matador Red/Black
Matador Red/Brown
Mandatory Options:
· LUXURY PACKAGE
· LEXUS SAFETY SYSTEM + WITH PREMIUM TRIPLE-BEAM LED HEADLAMPS
· Color Heads Up Display
· 12.3-INCH NAVIGATION/MARK LEVINSON® PREMIUM AUDIO* PACKAGE
· PANORAMIC VIEW MONITOR* WITH BLIND SPOT MONITOR* WITH REAR CROSS-TRAFFIC ALERT* AND ELECTROCHROMIC OUTSIDE MIRRORS
· TOWING PREP PACKAGE
· TOUCH-FREE POWER OPEN/CLOSE REAR DOOR
· Power Folding Rear Seat
It seems that Hybrid inventory is different by region.
Nationally RXh's are 8.5% of inventory
Within 500 miles of Tampa RXh's only account for 3% of inventory.
JM Lexus has 130 RX350's and only 3 RX450h's in inventory.
I only found ONE RX450h http://www.lexusoflasvegas.com/Vehic...-NV/2783113173in the country that matches my wish list.
Here is my wish:
Any one of 6 color combinations.
Nebula Gray/Black
Nebula Gray/Brown
White Pearl/Brown
White Pearl/Black
Matador Red/Black
Matador Red/Brown
Mandatory Options:
· LUXURY PACKAGE
· LEXUS SAFETY SYSTEM + WITH PREMIUM TRIPLE-BEAM LED HEADLAMPS
· Color Heads Up Display
· 12.3-INCH NAVIGATION/MARK LEVINSON® PREMIUM AUDIO* PACKAGE
· PANORAMIC VIEW MONITOR* WITH BLIND SPOT MONITOR* WITH REAR CROSS-TRAFFIC ALERT* AND ELECTROCHROMIC OUTSIDE MIRRORS
· TOWING PREP PACKAGE
· TOUCH-FREE POWER OPEN/CLOSE REAR DOOR
· Power Folding Rear Seat
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I just did a quick search on cars.com for 4RX and 4RXh inventory.
It seems that Hybrid inventory is different by region.
Nationally RXh's are 8.5% of inventory
Within 500 miles of Tampa RXh's only account for 3% of inventory.
JM Lexus has 130 RX350's and only 3 RX450h's in inventory.
I only found ONE RX450h http://www.lexusoflasvegas.com/Vehic...-NV/2783113173in the country that matches my wish list.
Here is my wish:
Any one of 6 color combinations.
Nebula Gray/Black
Nebula Gray/Brown
White Pearl/Brown
White Pearl/Black
Matador Red/Black
Matador Red/Brown
Mandatory Options:
· LUXURY PACKAGE
· LEXUS SAFETY SYSTEM + WITH PREMIUM TRIPLE-BEAM LED HEADLAMPS
· Color Heads Up Display
· 12.3-INCH NAVIGATION/MARK LEVINSON® PREMIUM AUDIO* PACKAGE
· PANORAMIC VIEW MONITOR* WITH BLIND SPOT MONITOR* WITH REAR CROSS-TRAFFIC ALERT* AND ELECTROCHROMIC OUTSIDE MIRRORS
· TOWING PREP PACKAGE
· TOUCH-FREE POWER OPEN/CLOSE REAR DOOR
· Power Folding Rear Seat
It seems that Hybrid inventory is different by region.
Nationally RXh's are 8.5% of inventory
Within 500 miles of Tampa RXh's only account for 3% of inventory.
JM Lexus has 130 RX350's and only 3 RX450h's in inventory.
I only found ONE RX450h http://www.lexusoflasvegas.com/Vehic...-NV/2783113173in the country that matches my wish list.
Here is my wish:
Any one of 6 color combinations.
Nebula Gray/Black
Nebula Gray/Brown
White Pearl/Brown
White Pearl/Black
Matador Red/Black
Matador Red/Brown
Mandatory Options:
· LUXURY PACKAGE
· LEXUS SAFETY SYSTEM + WITH PREMIUM TRIPLE-BEAM LED HEADLAMPS
· Color Heads Up Display
· 12.3-INCH NAVIGATION/MARK LEVINSON® PREMIUM AUDIO* PACKAGE
· PANORAMIC VIEW MONITOR* WITH BLIND SPOT MONITOR* WITH REAR CROSS-TRAFFIC ALERT* AND ELECTROCHROMIC OUTSIDE MIRRORS
· TOWING PREP PACKAGE
· TOUCH-FREE POWER OPEN/CLOSE REAR DOOR
· Power Folding Rear Seat
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