Eric's Autoe: 2024 Lexus RX
The first luxury crossover -- the Lexus RX -- is now one of many. When it first came out way back in 1998, it was not just new. It was radically different from the cars then being sold by the other luxury brands.
It sold so well the others scrambled to sell copies of their own.
Today, every luxury brand sells crossovers -- and some luxury brands (like Lincoln) no longer sell cars at all.
So what do you sell today -- when everyone else is selling something similar?
What It Is
The RX is a midsize/five-passenger luxury crossover and the grandfather of all other luxury crossovers that have flattered Lexus by imitating its look and layout.
The current model no longer offers the V6 that used to be standard in the RX, but it does offer something else.
Somethings else, to be precise.
You can pick an RX (the $48,600 RX350) with a turbocharged, four-cylinder engine that makes a bit less power than the previously available V6, or you can pick an RX (the $50,750 RX350h) with a turbocharged four-paired with a mild hybrid system that goes much farther per gallon than the previous RX350 with the V6.
Or you can pick a plug-in hybrid version of this Lexus -- the $69,230 RX450h -- that has more power than the old V6 RX that also can be driven close to 40 miles without burning any gas at all. This model also doesn't have to be plugged in when it runs low on charge -- unlike an electric-only vehicle.
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