The 2023 Lexus RX refills the same prescription:
The entry-level RX350 swaps last year’s V-6 for a turbocharged 2.4-liter inline-four. Mated to an eight-speed automatic, it makes 275 horsepower and 317 pound-feet of torque. That’s 20 fewer horses than last year but an increase of 50 pound-feet. We expect the front-wheel-drive RX350 will reach 60 mph in 7.2 seconds, while the all-wheel-drive version should take 6.9 seconds.The RX350h is the responsible and efficient pick. Its hybrid powertrain now features a nonturbo Atkinson-cycle 2.
The RX350h feels unusually anemic, however, requiring you to floor the accelerator to match the flow of highway traffic. Meanwhile, the engine groans loudly as it labors and makes the RX350h feel slower than it is.With a sizable jump in power and a conventional six-speed automatic, the RX500h doesn't suffer as badly. It's quicker to respond and breaks up the drone with traditional shifts.
Typically, it is driver-assist features, more than performance, that woo the Lexus shopper, and here the RX is adequate. The adaptive cruise control smoothly maintains a gap between cars, and we never experienced false alarms from the forward-collision warning. We did get numerous irritating false alarms from the driver-attention monitor, though. And the lane-keeping assist isn't as advanced as rivals' and tends to wander from edge to edge of a lane with drunken indecision.
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