bill77056

I agree with all the good comments on this topic and I do not have much new to offer except my recent experience. Today we took delivery on a 2010 RX 350 ex Nav with 24,000. It took more than a week to get there.

First, the internet was scoured for new RX 350s within 50 miles of Houston, TX - dozens. A several days spent getting responses and details about the various cars offered. At this time, I was feeling like your first post.

Next move was to my closest dealership and to use some of negotiation principles I had learned years ago. Dealer salesmen are generally 100% commission; good ones will quickly decide how much time to invest in a prospect. Basically, I spent 4 hours looking at various new-car models, discussing features, test driving demos, etc. Then the next day my wife came along and she looked at 2 new RX-350s and did the test drive. We got a pro-forma sales contract (two visits by the sales guy to the manager) and had the old Lexus appraised for trade-in. Did not sign, wanted to give it 24 hours thought. Overall another two hours.

While my wife on test drive, i wandered through the pre-owned RX inventory. Many were coming off 3-year lease with various mileage. The sales guy briefly described the Lexus Certified used cars and we departed.

A day or two later I selected one Certified pre-owned unit with 28K miles and got a pro-forma sales form for it. Another maybe 45 minutes. Later that day I emailed the salesman telling him i was leaning toward the car but would really like to wait and get one just in off lease before it went through the clean-up and Certification process. Within an hour got a call that one was coming off lease with 23K miles and if I would commit quickly could get it before it was Certified.

Signed the contract for the car on Feb 1, but contract was dated Jan 31.

The advantage of getting a non-Certified has to do with the Vehicle Service Agreement - this is another topic.

My suggestion is to get the salesman to have some skin in the game. Near to month's end helps.

Good Luck

Evitzee

Another option is to wait until end of model year and get last years model. When we got our 2010 RX in Nov 2010 the 2011's were already out so we got a terrific deal on the 2010. We keep our cars 8 to 10 years so it didn't concern us we got a 2010 vs a 2011. We probably saved $3,000 that way and they are always more willing to negotiate on the outgoing model.

wlpncp

That is something I have been wondering about. I believe the 2013 RX models were released in April 2012, so will the 2014 models likely be released in April 2013? I asked my local dealer this question and was told they didn't know when the 2014s come out. Think maybe they knew but wanted me to buy a 2013 now instead of waiting a couple of months for the 2014. So does anyone know when the 2014s will come out?

BertL

I believe it's pure speculation as to when the 2014s will come out and suggest the dealer does not know either. My experience has been dealerships tend to get information sometimes even after some of us enthusiasts do using various web and networking means available to us. Historically, mid-to-fall timeframe is when the next year models come out -- if they come out earlier than that, it's generally been when there was a complete redesign or refresh of the model when Lexus sometimes announces them several months in advance of first delivery. I can't see why Lexus would do any major refresh of the RX line just 1 year after they did, and added the F-Sport to the line-up. As others have said, it's more likely that any changes that are made to the 2014s will simply be incremental in nature -- perhaps a new color or two, and some refinements (or even a few take-aways to keep the price point about the same, as we saw happen to the 2013s).

dctex99

I don't think the dealers are in the loop on this; the 13's were announced in April and delivered to dealers in early May; our local dealer got tons of 12's in April which he was dumping by late may because he got a lot of 13's in; not the small amounts many manufacturers meat out....so it was a giveaway on the 12's, but the uniquely different front end of the 13's made them MUCH more popular.....in my neighborhood, if you don't have LED's in front, you are driviing and OLD vehicle; be it BMW, Audi or Mercedes!!! No Prius allowedl..lol
With the major changes of the 2015 being released in late 14 according to the latest I have seen; I think 14's will be midyear or later; maybe a few more colors in "F" Sport; etc. I expect the
2015 to have 8 speed standard, better gas mileage and a redo of the dash...

RX808

This is the best piece of advice--whenever looking things/reviews online. Happy people aren't motivated like unhappy people.

LexBob2

I agree. You rarely see posts from owners who say "I drove my vehicle today and nothing happened",