Comments on: Lexus GX 470 http://www.lexusautosclub.com/lexus-gx-470 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.lexusautosclub.com/lexus-gx-470/comment-page-1#comment-1719 admin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:42:30 +0000 http://www.lexusautosclub.com/lexus-gx-470#comment-1719 Car and Driver just rated it #2 in a field of 8, ahead of the X5 and MDX, <br /> and behind the Touareg.  (IMHO, you'd have to be extremely brave to buy a <br /> Touareg, an extremely complex SUV from a German mfg, in its first year of <br /> production; I'd bet the Touareg/Cayenne will set a new high-water mark in <br /> glitches for a first-year German new vehicle platform and that's saying a <br /> lot given the problems with the ML and X5.) <br /> <p>I assume the 4-Runner is an older model?  The GX and new 4-Runner are <br /> mechanically similar under the sheet metal and accessories.  I'd certainly <br /> shop both, as well as the MDX.  Right now, I think the Honda Pilot <br /> represents the best value, but it is not as good an off-road or tow vehicle <br /> as the GX/4-Runner.  I like the GX, but not the $50K price and to my eyes, <br /> it looks overstyled.  And at this price level, the LX470 is in sight and <br /> this still represents the overall standard for the class. <br /> </p><p>- Mark <br /> </p> Car and Driver just rated it #2 in a field of 8, ahead of the X5 and MDX,
and behind the Touareg.  (IMHO, you’d have to be extremely brave to buy a
Touareg, an extremely complex SUV from a German mfg, in its first year of
production; I’d bet the Touareg/Cayenne will set a new high-water mark in
glitches for a first-year German new vehicle platform and that’s saying a
lot given the problems with the ML and X5.)

I assume the 4-Runner is an older model?  The GX and new 4-Runner are
mechanically similar under the sheet metal and accessories.  I’d certainly
shop both, as well as the MDX.  Right now, I think the Honda Pilot
represents the best value, but it is not as good an off-road or tow vehicle
as the GX/4-Runner.  I like the GX, but not the $50K price and to my eyes,
it looks overstyled.  And at this price level, the LX470 is in sight and
this still represents the overall standard for the class.

- Mark

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