More than 10 years ago, Lexus created the RX300, a luxury SUV built on a Camry platform. In doing so, the automaker demonstrated to the world that an SUV needn’t spring from a body-on-frame truck and helped bring the word “crossover” into the lexicon. The world responded by buying the smooth-riding Lexus RX at a staggering pace, encouraging automakers everywhere to rush their own car-based luxury sport-utes to market.
In our case, the RX came across mostly as a snore. The handling could have been better, and sportiness was absent; the RX had the flavor of buttered noodles, reminding us of another Lexus, the dull ES sedan. Nevertheless, we had to admit the RX was refined, easy to live with, and seemingly engineered to relax the driver in a way that escapes most crossover utility vehicles.
The third generation of the RX arrives at dealers as you read this, and although Lexus has declined to turn it into a sports car, the final product will continue to appeal to current owners and may win over customers interested in downsizing their sport-utes.
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