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RX400h 2009 exists?

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Old 02-06-21, 10:42 PM
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Default RX400h 2009 exists?

JTJHW31U302858519
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I cannot find any rx400h above 2008 year on ebay, from 2009 only 450h
what is up with that
Old 02-08-21, 08:27 AM
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produced in April 2008...
PS: production of RX400h was from March 2005 to December 2008 only
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my wild+crazy guess is 2009 they moved they hybrid production equipment from japan to to the canada manufacturing plant in prep for the production of 3rdGen RxHybrid to be in canada.

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JTJHW31U302858519
first registration 2009-06-18
I cannot find any rx400h above 2008 year on ebay, from 2009 only 450h
what is up with that
Old 02-19-21, 11:33 PM
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hmm, i guess first registration was in Lithuania
and before that somewhere else

this car is basic
no mark levinson
no trunk close button
no electrical adjust of steering wheel
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Similar situation with the GS450h, there was no 2012 model - the 2011 carried over and for 2013 the new generation was released. As to why, I can only guess.

It may have to do with certain countries that have regulations or norms that state you can’t sell a “2010” vehicle if it was built in 2009. So the RX450h was sold as a 2009 model in some countries and a 2010 in others - those countries where it sold as a 2010 left a gap. But once again just a guess.

Also, the RX hybrid was built in Japan until 2015-2016.

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