Lexus LX 570 Coming to New York

Uh oh...

thank the lord, LX is soooooooooooooooooo old looking

I have heard it will have a power folding rear seat.

If it folds into the floor, that will be an accomplishment because the drivetrain set up.

The LX will have power 2nd and 3rd row seats. They will not fold down into the floor. They will still fold up similar to what they do now, except with the touch of a button instead.

I heard it will be big and ugly

Wake me up when they they dont rebadge it as a toyota landcruise.

LC is better than (almost) anything (SUV) in the world.

LX is even better because it is a better LC.

Benz GL450's good days will be over soon.

Minimum: Tundra's 5.7L v8 381hp/401Lb.ft #87 gas+6sp

The best: I hope it could be 5.7L with D4-S direct injection over 400hp, 430lb.ft + 8sp, 20mpg highway.

Maybe the frontend will look like the Tundra?...lol

it's a safe bet that the range rover and GL450 will continue to outsell the LX many times over.

the land cruiser is great--especially priced in the 50s. however, it makes no sense to pay many thousands more for an LX.

bulldogz please where are you located, I haven't seen loaded GL's anywhere for $48K. Even Fleet Rates does not show a massive discount on GLs unlike the R Class which are almost two-for-one.

20 mpg highway?
I seriously doubt that.

This thing definately need to be put out to pasture and shot. No matter what Lexusmaniac says.

Looks like a behemoth and not a good real estate agent SUV.

Several realtors in my area (south florida) drive LX's with their clients. Now for personal use they use Aston Martin, Mercedes CL and Porsche!

Well naturally, I know 2 agents that drive a Bentley and a Maybach.

A 4 door car is the best real estate car to own.

nicad, people have been using real estate agents in America for over 200 years.

BTW, do you know any doctors that want to buy a 3 to 6 million home in Newport Beach?

well, i do actually. he is head surgeon at a hospital in RI. but along those lines, do you know any doctors that buy 10mil apartments in NY? real estate makes more money than a doctor could imagine, check the forbes 400 richest in america list.

"Maybe the frontend will look like the Tundra?...lol"

It would be the Toyota Sequoia that would look like the Tundra. If the LC/LX have grown in size... imagine how big the next Sequoia would be.

Can't wait.The current model is still considered to be on the same level(luxury,on/off road,practical,reliable...etc but a little shorter on Performance) as GL or Range Rover.

The All-new one will be outstanding.

JUGNU

Nothing similar!
They're exactly the same car!
And I'm not even going to bother with your other ridiculous claim.

Rupert, you are wrong. They are not "exactly the same car". I'm not going to take the time to explain again- look it up.

Don't bother. They're still on that Lexus=Toyota ignorant mentality.

The Land Cruiser and Lexus LX are exactly the same! The Lexus has quad headlamps and more wood.
Maybe the American LC is different, but I have just compared the European LC Amazon (you're LC) and it is a carbon copy, but with a Lexus badge. Touch screen, reversing camera, adjustable suspension, our Amazon has everything the Lexus does bar 1 thing. A wood gearlever.
I'm not trying to be rude, but they really are. If they aren't, please explain how. I was always under the impression that they were.
And just to say, the Toyota LC Amazon here costs over 95000 dollars. They sell about 3 a year.

Oh and our Land Cruiser is the Lexus GX, with a busier grill and fussier headlamps.
And the interior is, again, exactly the same but the Lexus has more wood.
See here:
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/models/?model=884

click Gallery (on the right under About This Car) and see for yourself.

Do the same for our LC Amazon (your LC and LX):
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/models/?model=1147

The Lx470 IS the same vehicle as the Land Cruiser 100. That said, it is the best SUV in the world. Range Rovers are expensive unreliable mall runners for rich housewifes. Range Rovers are no longer proven in the african sahara or the aussie outback.

lexusking.

regarding your comment "The Lexus brand is ten times better than the Range Rover and Mercedes.There's nothing similiar between the Landcuiser and LX. A LEXUS IS ALWAYS A LEXUS. PERIOD."

now contrast that with sales for 2006:
LX: 5,500
landcruiser: 3,300
range rover: 12,000
GL: 20,000
escalade: over 50,000

it's your opinion that lexus rules this category, but not the opinion of most people who actually buy a high-end SUV.

personally, i'd take the range rover over any of these...incomparable style, performance, gorgeous seats....

EVERYONE knows that the LX is a Land Cruiser in a tuxedo. Who doesnt know this? If the LX isnt a Land Cruiser: then a QX56 isnt an Armada, the Navigator isnt an Expedition and the Escalade isnt a Tahoe...

I agree and I think rebadging cars should be illegal!

Dealers always say that. The Toyota dealer next door tells every customer that the Camry and the ES350 are identical other than the badge on a daily basis but of wait.. you probably think this is true as well.

They were until the current model Camry/ES debuted...

God I hate camoflage, I can't tell anything from that.

bad copies of LR/RR that killed them everywhere. damn if bad copies are like this than they should build more, no?

The current line of Land Rover products blows away the stuff they were making a decade ago. However, what they were making a decade ago was famously unreliable crap. Engines based upon an old Buick design didn't help matters.

Even a modern day Range Rover might get you a prime valet spot, but it might not get you home.

That's not to say they aren't good vehicles from a design standpoint, but to say their unreliable ways are in the past is quite foolish.

They are improving the realibility, at least now it's just electronics, rather than the air suspension bottoming out (that happened to me a few times).

sevorbeupstry- It is a fact because you say it is so? J.D. Power 2006 vehicle dependability study, which may be a better authority than you, places Land Rover not only dead last, but almost double as bad as the next worst, which is Saab.

No, remember, JD Power is totally irrelevant to a Toyota/Lexus hater.

The LX interior is a joke compared to that of the Range Rover. See for yourself:

LX470
http://www.lexus.com/lexus-share/images/gallery/models/LX/photos/interior/g_int8.jpg

Range Rover
http://www.landroverusa.com/us/en/Vehicles/Range_Rover/Photo_gallery_media/Interior_Photos_253D731E-31BB-4092-BA40-4F15E4BDFC00_252x760.jpg

Ruched leather....

That's Mercedes Benz style - M-B 1995 that is.
I have no idea who would still buy such a joke of a car...and with a 5.7 it sure won't be coming to Europe.

Rouched leather was used in many American cars in the '70s and '80s, that's nothing new.

And EVERY SUV interior is a joke compared to a modern Land Rover interior.

So when Lexus use it in their most expensive SUV, you must question, why?

But when Benz used it, nobody questioned anything...

Because it was fashionable.
Now though, it isn't.
Lexus don't use it in the IS, GS or LS, why the LX?

Rupert,

Clearly the IS, GS, and LS are fairly new cars next to the decade-old LX. "Roushed" leather was popular when the LX was first introduced. If the new one has that in its interior, then you can talk trash about how outdated it is.

It doesnt matter how popular rouched leather seats were when the LX was "Introduced". Thats what mid-life refreshing/restyling is for. You see they have made tweaks to the exterior of the LX470 over the years, why not tweak the weak interior?...

Who considered the LX interior "weak?"

For a brand like Lexus, yes the interior of the LX470 is weak.

What's the difference between this Toyota SUV and the GM Hummer H2?

Nothing is the correct answer.

Buy a house!

THANK YOU!!!

Awesome. Can't wait to see it.

Mitch and Will are fairly balanced.

I'm not sure who the most open-minded Lexus fan is here, but I do think you are one of the most ignorant Lexus-haters here.

I mean the Buick 215 V8 which was slapped into Land Rovers begining in 1961. I think it was used until the BMW engine was introduced.

It's the same engine.
A 3.5 litre, aluminium V8, used in Rover and Land Rover products for 35 years.

Yep, that's the low-tech POS I'm talking about.

They have a few LXs here but they have have more Range Rovers. I love Range Rovers its 10 times better then the fugly LX.And the LX interior looks like the Hyundai Azeras. Range Rovers are classic and beautiful. And you Lexus fanboys deboost me all you want. I don't care!!

10 times better?

In what regards?

It certainly isn't quality.

Good luck getting home in your RR when you are in Africa. The lions will laugh at you! Do you know LC is the official vehicle of the United Nations?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are, without a doubt, the most blinkered, ignorant and inwardly looking person I have ever encountered.
Not only is your never ending obssesive devotion to Lexus rather pathetic, but the fact you dismiss alternative views and ideas and vehicles for no reason other than to proliferate your own personal view is idiotic (dismissing the Range Rover and X5?), and making ridiculous claims about a non-existant as yet car, with no information at all, that are often wrong (since when is the Cayenne the class leader? And a Lexus best handling SUV?) is just stupid.

see my comment with sales data. you're delusional.

The LX570 is not targeting the Porsche Cayenne- sorry to contradict you.

I posted the Edmunds version of this article.

001 hasn't put it up yet.

No matter what Lexus says, this car won't be a performance leader.

No matter how much power it has, this car won't be a performance leader.

The GL's nimbleness is far and away the best in the full-size class. In addition, it has the beautiful interior and the off-road capability, as well as practicality, and a 25mpg diesel option.

I know what I'd get.

"No matter what Lexus says, this car won't be a performance leader.

No matter how much power it has, this car won't be a performance leader."

Your attitude that Mercedes is the best at everything is annoying.

And yours that Lexus is the best at everything isn't?

Can you at least admit the GL is quite impressive?

I don't think the C is the best- I think the IS is better. I don't think the R is good at all. The SLK is my least-favorite roadster. The GLK will probably be pretty boring.

I thought the GL was just a big ML when it came out, and found it boring. Then, I read the reviews. I haven't driven it, but the car is said to have amazing handling for its size, without sacrificing customary Mercedes comfort or luxury. It also has a usable third-row. AND it's less money than an Escalade. It's my kind of full-size SUV.

There you go with that tit-for-tat blame game. Clearly I do not think that Lexus is great at everything, and even if I did, I wouldn't be trying to force that opinion down everyone's throat. What's even more shocking a revelation is that you've made all these claims without even driving the GL.

Let's see, you haven't driven the GL, and the LX isn't even out yet. And people talk trash about the Lexus fans?

Mercedes is not the best at everything.

Whats wrong with Audi? Audi is awesome.

You're right. I freely admit that I haven't driven the new GL450, unlike some who claim to have driven very expensive vehicles but really have not.

I made the "revelation" after I read review, after review, after review, just gushing over the GL's qualities. When it came out, I thought the LX470 was better, and I tried not to like the GL. However, it's just too good. It will take awhile before anyone else catches up... and that doesn't just mean Lexus.

I repeat- I wasn't talking about luxury. There's definitely a chance the LX will have a more luxurious interior than the Mercedes. I was referring to the performance of these vehicles. That's what sets the GL apart from the pack. Like the S-Class, the GL represents a truck that not only has a beautifully-made interior, but (so I've read), great handling to go along.

Can you admit that the LX570 probably won't surpass it in that respect?

So you stick by your claims still, after reading a few reviews? Have you even bothered to read any reviews of the LC or LX? I guarantee you there are more reviews just "gushing" over the off-roading capabilities of that legend. And again, obviously "handling" means more to you than off-roading capabilities, typical ignorance of most German fans.

The LC is dead in the US and Toyota is not likely to maintain both the LX and the LC. If the LX570 is based on the new Tundra platform, provides 380-400 hp with 6sp trans (it will at least have the 381hp in the Tundra), has fold flat 3rd & 2nd row seats, L-Finesse ext/int and can tow 10,000lbs...it'll have monster sales and its price and mpg will be irrelevant. It will challenge the Escalade for primo Lux hauler.

Towing capacity outside the US is a non-issue as ROW has nothing to tow. High end US owners of performance boats, race car trailers, lux campers, fishing boats and horse trailers are looking for an alternative lux tow vehicle to the GM's. I know...I currently own a GMC Denali for towing and if the new LX570 launched next week has the features above...I'll have one within a month of it's dealership debut.

ROW shows their ugly anti-American faces whenever they disparage large luxury SUVs. In reality, they're just showing their true oolors of jealousy that they can't afford large Lux SUVs, the gas that they use or the toys that they tow. Only difference now is that they camo their jealousy by masking it with their global warming concerns. Like the exhaust from a 10 mpg ferrari or MB 600 is somehow better for the climate.

Everyone should just face the facts...Americans buying lux suvs for toy towing is an "outrage" to the ROW only because they can't afford them or the toys they tow.

Honestly, I don't care about off-roading at all. The GL is a superb vehicle in every other respect.

The GL is one of the best offroaders in the business. Extremely capable offroad. Unlike the Audi Q7, which is more sports biased than the GL, the GL can peform in some of the roughest terrain with a high chance of making it out. I've heard of two German roadtests where the GL was cited as being better offroad than the Audi Q7.

Stop talking trash as usual, Huu.

The European car fans on this site tout around here shouting "prestige" all the time, well it certainly applies to the Land Cruiser. The Land Cruiser is an off-roading legend. Using the same mentality that the Euros often use, why should anyone give the unproven GL the time of day?

When you're going to the Sahara or the outback you don't care how a car "feels", how much style it's got or any other touch-feely subjective characteristic that only a soccer mom would care about. You want a durable truck (yes truck) to take you there and bring you back alive.

You obviously don't get what Cruisers are about. Keep your GL minivan.

If you are being chased by a pissed-off rhino or just picking up your kids from school during a thunderstorm, reliability is a pretty damned important trait in a SUV.

Comparing a Lexus LX or Toyota Landcruiser to a sports sedan they will always fall short. But when it comes to SUVs they are just about the best there is and have capabilities most so-called SUVs never dream of.

No, of course it's not rubbish. Whether you like it or not, it is a legitiment competitor of the Range Rover. So if you say the LX is crap, what does that make the Rover?

Yes, the LX is a Lancruiser that is taken to a higher level of refinement and feature content. The exterior diffrences don't hide the fact that the LX is a Landcruiser.

Taking a well-respected and capable vehicle and adding nice things to it really isn't a bad thing. Not sure why you think it is. I don't think LX owners are denying the Landcruiser connection nor would they be embarrassed by it.

The only true negative thing about the LX/Landcruiser connection is that it gives the ignorant somtething to discuss in their desperate atempts to knock Lexus.

I am sure this will be a quality product. Lexus does not usually underestimate
what their customers want.

So all the Lexus fans can shut their traps, I don't doubt that the LX will have a well-finished interior and the latest technology.

But Lexus claims this vehicle will take performance "to new heights." At least in the full-size segment, I don't see that as a likely possibility as long as the GL450 is on the market. There could also be a GL550 in the cards (it's not necessary because the normal GL is so swift), so the LX's power advantage would be diminished.

You can't fathom a 5.7L V8 performing better than a 4.4L V8?

Or is it that you can't fathom a Lexus badge over a Mercedes badge?

On another note, the GL is a brand new vehicle. If the LX were a brand new vehicle, there's no doubt in anyone's mind that it would be heavily criticized for that alone.

The GL450 has a 4.6L V8, but point is still valid.

we have a Gl550 in europe, but no 450. Instead there's a 420cdi.

How could you compare the girly GL450 to the offroad monster LX570? German is just misunderstanding the performances of a real SUV.

How could you compare the girly GL450 to the offroad monster LX570? German are just misunderstanding the performances of a real SUV.

Performance could mean "off-road performance", "towing", and other activities these SUVs are typically used for and not the slalom course or race track.

Sorry S4, I don't have a trap to shut.

Guys, what's wrong with appreciating MBZ, and Lexus, and Audi and BMW? Why does being a fan of one necessitate hating and criticising the other?

"You can't fathom a 5.7L V8 performing better than a 4.4L V8?"

Not what I said. Re-read my comment.

HANDLING, HANDLING, HANDLING.

The LX could be faster. Although, (I'M NOT FLAMING HERE) I would be surprised. The GL gets 0-60 times in under seven seconds in every test I've read. Like I said, it's quite swift.

But, what SETS IT APART is the way the car drives, according to the REVIEWS. It is, supposedly, more nimble than any other three-row luxury truck out there, and while doing that in superb comfort and style, it's a winning combination.

It's also $14K less than the LX470, and, get this, one thing you Lex fans car so dearly about-- the GL will perform better at the pump.

And again, you know all this how?

"HANDLING, HANDLING, HANDLING"

UMmmmm... what about

OFF-ROADING, OFF-ROADING, OFF-ROADING!!!

The GL obviously has the characteristics of a sedan from the reading of your reivews, but there's no doubt in anyone's mind but yours that the LC and LX will be better off-roaders, which might I remind you are the ideas behind these SUVS!!!

man, cant wait to see this, but i hope they dont put the tundra front headlights on it, because those lights would look ugly on a suv, but its real cool to have the 5.7L V8 in there. and man you guys need to stop arguing, dang.

Caddyman, we all know that the Ford, Cheavy and Cadillac is the same thing. The Cadillac is just a rebadge itself, don't fool yourself.

The Escalade was "JUST" a rebadge when it was first introduced. Sorry. It sucks to be you. The Tahoe and Escalade (even though the same basic SUV) are FAR MORE DIFFERENT than the Land Cruiser and LX470. You can go there with everyone else on this site but not with me. Nice try idiot. NEXT...

No they are not Caddyman. We can assume your bias by your username though.

The land cruiser is one of the best out there! the only company that comes close is land rover, but they lack the reliability of the toyota,.

This is one area where toyota has the upper hand and the experience plus the heritage most posters always whine about! it is globally renowned and respected as a robust luxurious machine that is unpretentious and does it job well, its not a poser car!

so in an essence, even if the lexus shared everything with the LC I would not mind, because the LC in its own right is a legend! unlike the Europeans the toyota has been in the game for some time. How ironic that its the Germans that lack heritage.

"no soul or "luxury" heritage"- so typical, badge whore.

very well said KeyserSoze, i was waiting for someone 2 say that

the LC/LX and Range Rover are the best FULL SIZE LUXURY SUV class, next to the "Bling Out" Caddy damed i luv that truck and the box out bad boy G500

for yall fools to even mention the GL, Cayenne or X5 in this leauge is crazy,

The GL and Q7 are both criticised for being monsters, but the Q7 hides it's bulk better.

ML 63 AMG will piss on any Lexus SUV and looks very sporty and unique, better than any Lexus SUV in my opinion. Not to mention the sick looking Brabus.

MLs are nice, but Brabus stuff sucks.

ML is one of the most unreliable vehicle of all time. Let the lions have you for supper.

Until the Range Rover's mechanical problems are solved, its a gamble at best. The ML63 AMG is just a box with a lot of heart. Why spend all those bucks for a fast box. The X5 is nice but lacks in size. I know the new model has seating for 7 but it looks cramped.

The Land Cruiser/LX 570 definitely needed an overhaul. More power and size places it on par with its competitors. Depending on its new design, it may get a point up on the competitors. We already know that it will be reliable, off-road capable, roomy, powerful and get better gas mileage than its competitors.

Hopefully, its looks better than it does now.