Talk:Lexus RX

White paint
Also in 2001 MY the pearl white was dropped and replaced with a more "normal" white. I don't recall the name but when choosing on the lot between MY 2001 vs 2000 I chose 2000 due to the peal white being dropped. Someone please confirm with the Knowledge Center the exact dates and colors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.173.0.179 (talk) 06:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Would it be possible to mention somewhere that '99 was the only year the RX300 was available in burgundy? Thought it might be interesting 67.182.22.63 01:56, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I confirmed this detail through the Lexus Knowledge Center (reference provided in text) and added the following line, "A burgundy exterior color, Venetian Red Pearl, was only offered for 1999-2000 year models." Thank you for the information! Enigma3542002 04:49, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Why are there two pictures of car models instead of the actual car? Lavenderbunny 06:59, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Name
Why also is this section named Lexus RX, when it began as the Toyota Harrier. In fact the Toyota Harrier is still produced. It has not been absorbed into the Lexus Marque like some of the other models. The Harrier then and still is exported to many asian markets, thus i think to have this article headed as Lexus RX is innaccurate Kongkit (talk) 17:49, 31 January 2009 (UTC)KongkitKongkit (talk) 17:49, 31 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Harrier production is now finished, the factories are producing the third generation Lexus RX. The RX from 2009 calendar year onward has no Harrier counterpart, it is now part of the Lexus marque. Sources:  You are right that the Harrier has been sold in Asia; the SLV concept also predated Harrier sales (which then predated RX sales by 3 months) in 1997-1998. Tekkei17 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:22, 1 February 2009 (UTC).


 * Actually this is the last year proposed of the Harrier, but it is still on lots , I asked a friend in Yokohama , also its still available for order and still at dealerships. Thus still on the main site with the hybrid. From what i have read on the site the final date for them is not really known , altho a new Lexus model has been made available.http://toyota.jp/harrier/index.html. Which i guess would put this its last year , 2009Kongkit (talk) 19:27, 27 July 2009 (UTC)KongkitKongkit (talk) 19:27, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

First gen production dates
Should the first generation be shown as '1997-2003' or '1998-2003'? The Harrier started production in 1997 and the Lexus RX started production in 1998. They are essentially the same car sold with different badges and the usual trim/options differences that most models have in different markets (Harrier sold in Japan only and the Lexus not sold in Japan).

Does anybody know the production end date of the XU10 (first gen)? The article lists it as 2002 (with no month), yet the section title says '1998-2003' and the next generation started in Feb 2003. Possible answers include: the editor meant the last year of production started in 2002 but didn't realise Wikipedia conventions list this as ending in calendar 2003; or the factory shut down for a few months during production changeover (which is unusual for Toyota).  Stepho  talk 23:52, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

RHD Harrier used by
The paragraph about the RHD Harrier being used by Canada Post has been added, deleted, restored and deleted a few times. I believe it should stay. Postal vehicles often have the driver on the opposite side to normal so that the driver is closer to the sidewalk - making it easier for him to retrieve mail from public mailboxes and/or deliver mail. Canada Post doesn't seem to say much itself but there are plenty of places offering used postal Harriers for sale. Some quick samples:
 * http://www.rightdrive.ca/cars/view/190
 * http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-1998-Toyota-Harrier-Postal-Vehicle-RSMC-RHD-W0QQAdIdZ547727733
 * http://postal-vehicles.com/manufacturer/right-hand-drive-harrier/#headeranchor
 * http://www.jdmbuysell.com/ad-tag/canada-post/
 * http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/ctd/4190499381.html  Stepho  talk 00:53, 26 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I disagree. How many does CA Post actually use? Allowing this will set a precedent for other articles for which fleets make substantial orders. Image what the articles of the fleet darlings HiLux, HiAce, Camry and Corolla pages would look like. OSX (talk • contributions) 16:44, 26 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Fair point, we certainly don't want long boring lists of every fleet. However, this is for an unusual usage where it was chosen because it was different to the local offering (ie LHD RX vs RHD Harrier). Perhaps we could reword it as something like "Even though Canada is a left-hand drive market, Canada Post chose the right-hand drive Harrier instead of the locally available left-hand drive RX". By emphasising the unusualness we can hopefully avoid the addition of ordinary fleet lists.


 * I just don't see this as notable. If we go back to WP:WPACT, "...lists of celebrity owners of cars (etc.) tend to grow to inappropriate length. The guideline that has been widely accepted for automotive subjects is that mention of pop-culture references should be strictly limited to cases where the fact of that reference influenced the sales, design or other tangible aspect of the vehicle. It is not sufficient to note that the vehicle had a major influence on its owner or some movie or TV show—such facts belong in the article about the owner, movie or TV show."


 * I know this does not directly apply to our predicament, but if we extrapolate it as such then I say the info belongs in the CA Post article. OSX (talk • contributions) 14:20, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

2014 Harrier
Can anyone create the Toyota Harrier article? Because the third generation of Toyota Harrier had been launched in 2014. LG4761 (talk) 10:37, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Apparently the XU65 model was released in late 2013 or early 2014. From the Japanese Wikipedia ja:%E3%83%88%E3%83%A8%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC: July 24, 2013 sale ( end date of the second generation ), teaser site has been published, as well as the design of the prototype vehicle of the third generation model. Official announcement on November 13, 2013 ( December 2, gasoline sales start January 15, 2014 hybrid cars ). In addition to absorption in the " Harrier " a hybrid vehicle was independent as the " Harrier Hybrid ", was the same grade system of gasoline vehicles and hybrid vehicles in the second generation. Also, from this model, export model of RAV4 ( long body type ) is based.
 * I'm not sure if this lines up with the current global Lexus RX or is a Japan-only model. Note that the model code went back to the XU series instead of the AL series.  Stepho  talk 15:40, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Nearly forgot - the XU65 specs are at:
 * http://toyota.jp/harrier/003_p_001/spec/spec/hybrid/
 * http://toyota.jp/harrier/003_p_001/spec/spec/gasoline/2wd/
 * http://toyota.jp/harrier/003_p_001/spec/spec/gasoline/4wd/  Stepho  talk 15:42, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * The new XU60 Harrier is Japan-only and is not going to be rebadged as a Lexus as Harrier has become an independent model line. I suspect Toyota really want to remove associations with the lesser brand from the Lexus image, and this is why the Harrier lineage has diverged. OSX (talk • contributions) 06:58, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Home Market
The RX is designed primarily for the US market, it's unveiled in the US market, most of its sales come from the US market, Lexus didn't exist in Japan until the middle of 2005. Outside of America nobody is particularly interested in large crossover SUVs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoojaboard (talk • contribs) 20:14, 17 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Oh really? I just love it when ignorant Americans insist on telling world what it is supposed to care about (or think and believe). Please give us more of your imperialist insights, as we're just dying for more. As an Australian, you might be shocked at the news that I am actually quite interested in the RX.


 * As per WP:AUN: "use the local standard first for [...] units. For example, American-market cars use "horsepower" (hp) with "kilowatts" (kW) in parentheses. British cars will use brake horsepower (bhp) and kilowatts (kW). Rest-of-world cars will use kilowatts (kW)". This can be extrapolated to define other units like millimetres millimeters (oops, I should defer to US spelling incase I cause offence offense).


 * The RX is designed in Japan and is sold in most global markets. The USA is 300,000 million people out of 7 billion global citizens. The RX is sold in quite decent numbers around the world thank you very much. OSX (talk • contributions) 22:12, 17 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I agree with OSX - the RX is sold in many countries besides the US. Here's a sample that took me about one minute to find:
 * Australia: http://www.lexus.com.au/range/
 * UK: http://www.lexus.co.uk/#/ExploreRange/RX
 * South Africa: http://lexus.com.sa/EN/Models/RX/Overview.aspx
 * The US is only one market market among many for a Japanese vehicle.
 * The Lexus brand did not exist in Japan in the early years but the Lexus vehicles were still sold in Japan under the Toyota brand via badge-engineering. The almost identical Toyota Harrier was released in Japan about the same time as the original RX was released in the US.  Stepho  talk 00:19, 18 September 2015 (UTC)


 * According to WikiProject_Automobiles/Conventions the titles should be the vehicle's "home market", displaying inches before millimeters would thereby be appropriate, this had been the article's status quo up until just now. The Lexus RX along with most if not all midsize crossovers are targeted primarily for the US market.  It's no coincidence the Acura MDX, most BMW X5s, most Mercedes-Benz ML-Class automobiles are assembled in the US.  I just purchased the Mercedes ML 350 because the 4th generation Lexus RX has not gone on sale yet and it was assembled in the US.  The RX for the most part is assembled in Canada with the transmission and engines sourced from the US.  So yes the RX's home market is the US which is where it's unveiled, is Lexus USA's #1 seller by a wide margin and easily the RX's largest single market. Hoojaboard (talk) 01:24, 19 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm referring to its "home market" WP:AUN, which for many reasons is the US, however I wont debate this further, it's apparent to me two editors are strongly opposed, though I'd like to note I doubt it's coincidental both reside in Australia where the metric system is used. Hoojaboard (talk) 01:24, 19 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I'll try not to prolong the discussion but I think you have confused "biggest market" with "home market". The RX was certainly designed to appeal to the US buyer but was designed in Japan, built in Japan (and Canada for some models) and sold in many countries. As for our Australian bias, I'd like to point out that for vehicles designed, built and sold predominantly in the US, I'm quite content with imperial measurements first. Cheers.  Stepho  talk 08:10, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Season Guidelines
The provided text, from Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit by Chester Dawson, pointed to specifically a meeting in the spring of 1993. In Japan, spring covers March to May. March 1993, was not part of the second quarter of 1993. Trying to substitute a particular seasonal period (with a generalized quarterly period)], that was specific to the location in question, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan where these series of events occurred, under guise of MOS:SEASON, does not work suffice when the substitute very much omits portions of the seasonal period.

Toyota product planners for all one knows, might have had their meeting as early as March of 1993, which is still considered the first quarter of 1993 and also very much part of the Japanese spring of 1993. Thus stating "second quarter of 1993" is too indirect and a poor substitution. The topic at hand is not discussing a global model introduction or market launch, but that of a meeting in one single region, with its own seasons. It might have been autumn 1993 in Australia and surrounding regions, but in Toyota City that time period (March-May) spans the first and second quarters.

Stating "second quarter", gives the impression that this meeting only happened sometime between April and June 1993. Despite how easily it could be disproved if one came across information that points to the first quarter, which approximately one-third of Q1 is part of spring in Japan. June is not considered spring in Japan, but summer. Point here is that, while "spring" might be too broad, "second quarter" is not accurate and will thus be reverted. User: Stepho-wrs and User: OSX should understand that, while one doesn't want to be insensitive to regional differences, some items really cannot be broadened to accommodate a minority of differing standards.—Carmaker1 (talk) 07:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

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Lexus Rx vs Toyota Harrier
Carmaker1@undefinedhas decided that the Lexus Rx and the Toyota Harrier are different vehicles. Besides changing the badge, how does the RX differ from the Harrier? Are these differences enough to be a different vehicle?  Stepho  talk 00:23, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

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AL10 model code
101.128.126.34@undefined has done some excellent work finding the new model code. However, it looks like we need to look a little closer at it. From his reference https://lexus.jp/models/rx/pdf/specificationslist.pdf we have:

In the same way that the Celica/Supra had code A, then the RAV4 had XA (with some weird stuff with the X when using 2 letter engine codes), then the Lexus RX had AL, I now propose that the new code is ALX and not just a reuse of the old AL. An A25A engine makes it AALx and a T24A engine makes it TALx (much like the old days). Non-hybrid makes it xALA and hybrid makes it xALH.  Stepho  talk 08:05, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

made in canada?
is there any articles saying the new RX is made in CAnada or not? Westerosi456H (talk) 16:47, 5 August 2023 (UTC)


 * The last line of the lead section says the RX was built in the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada plant. That might be a bit out of date. So follow that link. From there, fidn the offical website (usually listed at teh bottom of the article). Search around on that Toyota website. When you find the up-to-date answer then add that (with the reference URL) to the RX and TMMC articles. Remember that Wikipedia is meant to be expanded by anyone who finds suitable information.  Stepho  talk  00:19, 6 August 2023 (UTC)