Originally Posted by Lecycliste

Thanks everyone. Ended up buying a 2024 RX 350 AWD Premium Plus with the 2.4L I4 Turbo in matador red mica. As a former IC design engineer and manager, I prize relative simplicity, and two power systems isn’t it. (I also wonder about CVT reliability.) Simplicity usually leads to higher reliability, as the team leader reminded me when we were designing the first 100BASE-TX Ethernet transceiver chip everyone ended up using.

Yes, I can hear all the hybrid owners yelling at me. Sorry.

I got a pretty good end of month price. I’ll take delivery after we come back from an RV vacation August 19.

Originally Posted by lsft

As long as the 2.4 L turbo in your minds is reliable is what matters. The same arguments are there for NA engines vs Turbo engines. Turbo engines are more complex over the NA engines. The hybrid powertrain is well proven and the eCVT is well proven as well. But again, whatever makes you happy and comfortable is what matters.