EVOLUTION OF THE LEXUS RX SERIES

in #steemstem7 years ago (edited)

LEXUS is car brand owned by TOYOTA, the RX series is a mid size luxury crossover SUV made my Lexus, it was originally produced as Toyota harrier in Japan in the early 1997 and was shippes to North America. in 1998 the RX series begin it first evloution as the Toyota harrier was rebranded and sold as lexus RX 300. the RX series comes in various configuration like front wheel drive and four wheel drive, moreover it has a convention 4-cylinder in-line engine or V6 engine.

FIRST GENERATION (RX 300/XU10)

It is also called TOYOTA HARRIER, its production line started jan 1998-jan 2003, it was originally assembled in Japan at miyata plant and was designed by Makoto Oshima. it engines includes 2.2 L 5S-FE I4, 2.4 L 2AZ-FE I4 or 3.0 L 1MZ-FE V6 and have a 4-speed U140E/F automatic tranmission and have a dimensions of Wheelbase 2,619 mm (103.1 in),
Length 4,575 mm (180.1 in),
Width 1,816 mm (71.5 in) and
Height 1,669 mm (65.71 in)

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SECOND GENERATION (RX 330/XU30)

its production line started from from fed 2003 - feb 2008 in miyata plant japan and was later assembled in cambridge canada in 2003. it was originally designed by Hiroshi Sukuki using the the toyota k plathform. the Toyota k plathform is simply the toyota camry engine and transmission configuration. it engines comes in 2.4 L 2AZ-FE I4,
3.0 L 1MZ-FE V6,
3.3 L 3MZ-FE V6 or
3.5 L 2GR-FE V6, It has a 5-speed U151E/F automatic
CVT (Hybrid) tansmission. It have body dimensions of Wheelbase 2,715 mm (106.9 in)
Length
4,729 mm (186.2 in),
4,755 mm (187.2 in) (hybrid),
Width 1,844 mm (72.6 in),
Height
2006–07: 1,740 mm (68.5 in),
2008 AWD: 1,687 mm (66.4 in)and
2008 FWD: 1,679 mm (66.1 in).
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THIRD GENERATION (RX 350/AL10)

The RX 350 began production line from NOV 2008-2016, it was assembled in miyata plant japan and was later assembled in North America in cambrigde Canada. it was designed by a japanese engineer Masanari Sakae based on the Toyota k plathform and its related the toyota venza, it comes with 2.7 L 1AR-FE I4 (gasoline),
3.5 L 2GR-FE V6 (gasoline) or
3.5 L 2GR-FXE V6 (gasoline hybrid) engines. it also have 6-speed automatic U660E/F
CVT
8-speed automatic (F Sport) transmission. its dimensions are Wheelbase 2,741 mm (107.9 in),
Length 4,770 mm (187.8 in),
Width 1,885 mm (74.2 in),
Height
AWD: 1,684 mm (66.3 in) and
FWD: 1,720 mm (67.7 in).

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FOURTH GENERATION (RX 450h/AL20)

its production line started in september 2015 and its still on till date, it was designed by a japanese engineer Gen Ikeda. it comes with2.0 L 8AR-FTS I4 (turbocharged gasoline),
3.5 L 2GR-FKS V6 (gasoline) or
3.5 L 2GR-FXS V6 (hybrid gasoline), it have a 8-speed automatic transmission system. its body dimension is Wheelbase 2,790 mm (109.8 in),
Length 4,890 mm (192.5 in)
L: 5,000 mm (196.9 in),
Width 1,895 mm (74.6 in) and
Height 1,720 mm (67.7 in).

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All features of the RX Series was based on my feild research and data my be incomplete or deviate

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Great post man
Never knew anything about cars but the this has certainly increased the urge

I love Lexus cars. Especially ones offering a 1mz-fe motor. We had a 1998 lexus es300 that we sold at 300k miles. The engine was still running full compression when we sold it. No ticks or knocks. I love Toyota/Lexus Cars.