2015 Lexus NX to Bow at Beijing Motor Show
After revealing its new RC350 F Sport and wild GT3 concept cars at the Geneva Motor Show today, Lexus has confirmed its next product will arrive soon at the Beijing Motor Show.
There the Toyota luxury division will unveil the production version of its LF-NX Concept, which, unsurprisingly, will be called the NX.
“The LF-NX Concept, presented last year in Frankfurt, showed the Lexus design direction for a mid-size crossover, positioned below our RX,” said Lexus Europe boss Alain Uyttenhoven, speaking in Geneva today. “Today I can confirm that Lexus will reveal this unique crossover in less than 50 days. The world premiere will take place on April 20, at the Beijing Motor Show.”
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A product that’s long been missing from the Lexus lineup, the more compact and more affordable NX model will be important to boost sales, particularly in urbanized markets like Europe – where the Lexus brand is still struggling to compete with long-standing German automakers.
Show as both a hybrid concept and a turbocharged model, expect both to be available in production form with the NX200t marking the first use of a turbocharged engine in a Lexus product.
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With AutoGuide from its launch, Colum previously acted as Editor-in-Chief of Modified Luxury & Exotics magazine where he became a certifiable car snob driving supercars like the Koenigsegg CCX and racing down the autobahn in anything over 500 hp. He has won numerous automotive journalism awards including the Best Video Journalism Award in 2014 and 2015 from the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). Colum founded Geared Content Studios, VerticalScope's in-house branded content division and works to find ways to integrate brands organically into content.
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