Same Here!! Instantly LOVED it when I saw it. A lot roomier too then the previous generations RX.

 

ONly time will tell.

IT's like Apple's USB C ports and no headphone jack. Who knows what the future will hold

 

The substance of your two (and only) posts suggests that you sell a competing SUV and are trying to discredit a great vehicle.

 

Classy? Among many many others, the '29 Cord, the '29 Packard or the '32 Hupmobile exemplify CLASS. The RX doesn't hold a candle the them in "classiness" comparison. I would have to think of another more fitting word to to complement the '16RX

 

Resurrecting this thread, still hanging onto RX400h with low miles owned since day one, and the primary reason we aren't moving fast into a new is the totally ugly front grille. I can't get past it. Just terrible.

Curious if sales are up, down or sideways on the new redesign these past couple years, but we're beginning to put a list together to replace the RX and Lexus is not likely going to appear on that list. Has anyone else had dialogue with your dealer about this design and the takeaway of how ugly it is, and how long will Lexus let this thing go this way until a redesign or even slight update is done to this front end?

We have loved the Lexus experience and truly enjoy the RX as a 3rd vehicle in the fleet, but coming to grips with the catfish front end of the new one is becoming impossible.

Thoughts? Feedback from dealers? Sales info?

 

Sales are up with the redesign.

 

Curiously, while sales for most Lexus models, especially the sedans, were down for 2016, in some cases by close to 40%, RX sales are one of the few that have been up, and the RX continues to be, by a good margin, the best selling Lexus model. For 2016, the RX accounted for about 56% of all Lexus SUV sales and for about 1/3 of all Lexus vehicle sales. The next best selling Lexus model is the ES, and the number of ES sales was only a little over half of the number of RX sales.

 

Yeah, can't argue with sales. I don't like the looks of them either but clearly people do.

Some people say they get bought "dispite" the styling, I personally find it hard to believe somebody is buying a 50-60k vehicle they hate he styling of.

 

If I was to get the new rx. Def wouldn't be the base. My ideal one would be a white f sport with red guys fully optioned. Or if I had to white fully loaded with parchment or noble brown for sure.

 

I personally love the design. I wasn't even in the market for a new car when I saw the 4RX and decided to check it out and $80k later bought it. Couldn't resist the loaded F sport in white. ☺☺☺☺😂😂

 

curious how you got to 80k

 

He lives in Canada, and those are Canadian $$s

 

doesn't cost anything to pay attention, I should start.. thanks for pointing out

 

You totally don't get it about appreciation being a strictly personal matter? Each of our views on aesthetics has no validity whatsoever except for ourselves. You cannot say that the grille is ugly; you can only say that you find it to be ugly, and when you say that you cannot be wrong. My view, worthless though it is? I would never buy an SUV like the older Lexuses that looked to me like the Pillsbury Doughboy with mumps.

 

lol you did not hold back at all

I see many more 4th gen RXs than 2nd gen RXs in my area. So it looks like the concerns about styling have a narrow audience. Out with the old, in with the new.