Price: R1 723 100 0–100 km/h: 5.99 seconds Top speed: 210 km/h Power: 273 kW Torque: 550 N.m CAR Fuel index: 7.80 L/100km CO2 : 148 g/km
Lexus continues to impress with its segment-leading interior build quality and choice of materials
Ian McLaren
Features a surprising turn of pace for a package that so unapologetically favours comfort and sophistication
Gareth Dean
It’s intriguing to note the stages of evolution that the modern luxury sport utility vehicle has undergone. What began as a customer-driven desire to enjoy a more commanding driving position with maximum ground clearance and an appropriate sense of adventure has, over the years, shown every indication of attempting to reverse this original mandate by offering firmer, sportier suspension setups, sleeker rooflines and, by all accounts, more focused dynamics that are not at all suited to the great outdoors.
While the Lexus RX has always favoured luxury and comfort over gravel-road-adventuring ability (there’s a Toyota for that), in its fifth generation, its maker
