This week Lexus introduces their entry into the compact luxury crossover SUV field for 2015, the all-new NX.
Exterior style has the latest iteration of the brand’s spindle grill styling, deep skirted front fascia and sweeping lines all around. LED lighting is standard front and rear.
Inside the new NX is a world of luxury and technology, the the first of their products to get a new touch-pad remote interface for the infotainment and menu screen controls.
This replaces the brand’s venerable mouse puck that has been so well loved in Lexus vehicles. I can’t wait to test it and see if it works as well.
Notable features of the interior include an available wireless phone charging tray inside the center console. Design wise, the sporting and highly architectural lines of the cabin are the most daring from Lexus yet.
The all-new NX 200t gets Lexus first-ever turbocharged gas engine with a 235 horsepower 2.0 liter four-cylinder connected to a six-speed automatic.
A hybrid model NX 300h has the latest generation Lexus Hybrid Drive with a sportier transmission which has a kick-down feature. Manual shift points give a sportier feel when the driver wants it.
Both models are available in front-wheel and all-wheel drive. NX 200t has a new dynamic torque control all-wheel drive system while the NX 300h hybrid has a separate electric motor mounted at the rear axle.
We’ll bring a full review later this year when we get behind the wheel of the 2015 Lexus NX models for a complete test drive.
