Lexus announced the relevant information of the majorly revised RX car series for the first time through the official media website on June 1, 2022. It also predicted that the new car will be launched in the Japanese market in the autumn and will be launched in various places by December 2022. According to market announcements, Japanese media recently revealed the launch schedule of the Japanese-standard facelifted RX car series.
According to Japanese media reports, the Japanese-spec major facelift RX model is expected to open for pre-orders in the Japanese market in mid-August, and the new car specifications and other pre-sale information will be officially announced in October. The Japanese-spec major facelift RX Pre-orders for the car series will be officially launched in the Japanese market around November, and delivery will begin in December.
However, due to various factors such as new car shortages and work stoppages, Japanese media also stated that the above-mentioned new car launch schedule may be delayed due to this, and given that the current NX car series has been waiting for more than a year in the Japanese market It is not ruled out that after the major facelift RX model is launched in the Japanese market, it may face a waiting period of at least half a year for new cars.
In terms of power configuration, the revamped RX car series provides RX 350, RX 350h, RX 450h+ and the first RX 500h F Sport Performance models. Among them, RX 350 provides front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive configurations according to various markets. The RX 350h is equipped with front-wheel drive and E-Four electronic all-wheel drive. The RX 450h+ model, which uses the 2.5-liter plug-in petrol-electric hybrid , only has the E-Four electronic all-wheel drive setting. The RX 500h F Sport Performance The model adopts the new Direct 4 four-wheel drive system configuration.
Although the power and grade of the models currently sold in the Japanese market have not been announced, according to Japanese media estimates, if the RX 500h F Sport Performance model is released in the Japanese market, the estimated price of the basic new car may exceed 10 million. yen (equivalent to about 500,000 yuan starting from), compared with the current Japanese standard RX 450h top standard new car price of 7.83 million yen (equivalent to about 390,000 yuan), there will be a considerable increase.
