purebliss

To me Lexus has really droped the ball on this. Why the heck would they do this? We just had a meeting and was told it would not have it

aedgington

From a $ standpoint, why change anything on the (probable) last year of production? I wouldn't.

BobsGX

Lexus probably has a bunch of the old Gen 4 nav units left on the shelf, so the oldest design gets to use them up.

LexusChris

iTrader: (1)

I'm guessing since it's probably it's last year of production they decided not to put money into putting the Gen 5. It's still a beautiful truck though!

V8_Fan

Yeah, all the gen-5 models are revamped (IS, ES, etc). I'd expect a new '08 w/ gen-5. I've heard that the '07 Landcruiser has gen-5 nav, though.

Da Hapa

Honestly, how many incremental LX's do you think Lexus would sell if they put the time and $ into upgrading to Gen V navigation? As much as I love our 2006, I honestly think the answer to that question is 0. Toyota/Lexus likely realizes that their resources are better spent elsewhere in the lineup, including readying the next generation big SUV (whatever it ends up being called).

lexuslover

they put gen 5 on the RX350 this year though, even though it's not new. the body style has been around for 3 1/2 years already...

i think it may have something to do with the integration of ML w/ the new gen nav, which for some of the models took up to 6 months. since cars like the SC and LX are generally fully loaded w/ nav/ML, maybe they didn't want to mess with Gen V if it meant not having ML readily available...

Da Hapa

Correct but unlike the revamped RX350, the LX is very near the end of its production run.