The Lexus LX is a full-size luxury
SUV sold by Lexus, a luxury division of Toyota. It also has the
updated Lexus fifth-generation hard-drive-based navigation system with an
8 inch high-resolution VGA display.
The
LX 570 is 102 mm longer overall and 25 mm wider, while retaining the
same wheelbase. It loses the plastic lower body side cladding leaving the paint
exposed. A third of the frame's body mass is made from high-tensile steel,
along with the entire B-pillar, and all three cross members are hydro
formed steel. Like the Toyota Tundra the tow hitch is integrated into the
frame. The front suspension now uses double wishbones, replacing the torsion
beam, which gives 230 mm of suspension travel, while the rear continues to
use a multi-link suspension with a solid rear axle for
strength and durability. The LX platform has logged 240,000 test kilometers
through subtropical forests, the Australian Outback and
American deserts.
The LX 570 comes standard with 20-inch-wheels, a four-wheel
electro-hydraulic suspension with an updated six-setting AHC system that can raise
the vehicle by 76 mm or lower it by 51 mm from its normal ride height using a knob in
the center console. The front suspension's air bag spring rates
are variable, but not continuously like a fully active suspension arrangement.
The AVS provides more immediate damper firmness adjustments that are
diagonally cross-linked through a mechanical system using hydraulic fluid,
similar to the 4Runner's X-REAS system.
