Topic: First Drive: 2018 Lexus NX

[carcrazed]

I'm wondering about this.  Is it overpriced, or just expensive?

On the one hand, you can get the same powertrain in lesser cars, right?  Um, no...not really - Camry Hybrid (closest use) is not AWD.  The Rav4 Hybrid is, but then it's also over $40k loaded, which isn't as "loaded" as the NX300h.  In the case of the 2.0T AWD, same argument - no lesser car has that powertrain.

Interior refinements?  No reviewer has said that it's not a Lexus interior.

Available features?  Same thing.

I would say that the cost of entry into Lexus is simply expensive, but in the higher end, it's a relative bargain compared to the highly-optioned German marques.

That was my friend's thought.  It was relatively cheaper than GLK(GLC now), X3 and Q5, while Q3 wasn't out and X1 was too small. 

[johngenx]

Lexus doesn't need to price themselves low anymore.

[NormT]

Is the customer service that good at Lexus that they can charge $36K for a NX200t and the same platform Toyota charges $21K for a RAV4?

[OliverD]

Is the customer service that good at Lexus that they can charge $36K for a NX200t and the same platform Toyota charges $21K for a RAV4?

Wut? 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

[Fobroader]

Is the customer service that good at Lexus that they can charge $36K for a NX200t and the same platform Toyota charges $21K for a RAV4?

 

You can't be serious right....

[Jaeger]

Is he a Russian bot sent to convince us to buy GM?

No - just the latest rendition of GregB / Oldsguy / Catseye here to shovel the same steaming pile all day every day.

[dkaz]

Is the customer service that good at Lexus that they can charge $36K for a NX200t and the same platform Toyota charges $21K for a RAV4?

RAV4 starts at $27k, NX $44k.

How does an Envision buyer justify paying $40k on the same platform as a $26k Equinox?

[OliverD]

How does an Envision buyer justify paying $40k on the same platform as a $26k Equinox?

[dirtyjeffer]

How does an Envision buyer justify paying $40k on the same platform as a $26k Equinox?

not just the new Equinox.

Vehicles that will use the new platform include
2015–present second-generation Chevrolet Cruze
2015–present Opel Astra K
2016–present Chevrolet Volt[10]
2015–present Buick Envision
2015–present Buick Verano (Chinese market)
2018 Chevrolet Equinox
2018 GMC Terrain

[dkaz]

Oh totally, you don't have to go to a stinkin' Chevrolet dealer to buy and service a Buick, right?

not just the new Equinox.

Well to be fair, the Corolla is on the same platform as the NX. His argument is still ridiculous.

[dirtyjeffer]

Well to be fair, the Corolla is on the same platform as the NX. His argument is still ridiculous.

no i know...i just meant that the platform is used on many GM "regular" vehicles.

[rrocket]

Well to be fair, the Corolla is on the same platform as the NX. His argument is still ridiculous.

The RX is on the same platform too.

[NormT]

Buick doesn't offer faux leather like Lexus. Nor does Lexus NX have available vented seats or heads up display. 

Most Buick owners do not see the dealership after their first two, free oil changes.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20140409/RETAIL05/140409816/cadillac-buick-top-service-satisfaction-rankings-for-1st-time

[dkaz]

Buick doesn't offer faux leather like Lexus. Nor does Lexus NX have available vented seats or heads up display. 

As I noted above, the NX does have vented seats in 7 of the 8 packages, basically everything but the base package.

Some people don't want real leather.

[OliverD]

Most Buick owners do not see the dealership after their first two, free oil changes.

Why, because they get rid of their Buicks by then? 

Seriously though, I highly doubt most people stop taking their cars to the dealership once they have to start paying for maintenance.

[rrocket]

Buick doesn't offer faux leather like Lexus. Nor does Lexus NX have available vented seats or heads up display. 

Most Buick owners do not see the dealership after their first two, free oil changes.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20140409/RETAIL05/140409816/cadillac-buick-top-service-satisfaction-rankings-for-1st-time

That's not a dependability study. That's a dealership satisfaction study. If you go to the dealer multiple times because your car is unreliable, but are happy with the service department...the service department scores high.

You're confusing this with dependability.

[dkaz]

Buick doesn't offer faux leather like Lexus. Nor does Lexus NX have available vented seats or heads up display. 

As I noted above, the NX does have vented seats in 7 of the 8 packages, basically everything but the base package.

Some people don't want real leather.

I lied, 6 of the 8 packages.

[rrocket]

Buick doesn't offer faux leather like Lexus. Nor does Lexus NX have available vented seats or heads up display. 

Most Buick owners do not see the dealership after their first two, free oil changes.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20140409/RETAIL05/140409816/cadillac-buick-top-service-satisfaction-rankings-for-1st-time

The only reason you know it's not leather is because you read it.

Several of our most knowledgeable members here couldn't believe it when I told them a Lexus they had tested didn't use real leather.

[NormT]

Nx only offers dual zone climate control.  I guess they have vents for the rear seat?   The Envision Prem has tri-zone climate that is adjustable from the back seat or the driver can adjust the rear climate.