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[yooper]

20 inch wheels...among other bull**** crap from this idiot...

2008 Lexus LX570 - Auto Shows

After nearly a decade of service, the mongo Lexus luxury-ute finally gets a makeover.
BY JARED GALL, April 2007

Toyota’s colossal Land Cruiser and Lexus’s luxury spin-off, the LX470, have outlived some of their smaller stablemates by two lifecycles. In New York, Lexus finally shows the replacement for its aging ute, the LX570.

As the name implies, the old 4.7-liter, 268-hp V-8 has been replaced by the new 5.7-liter iForce mill from the Tundra pickup, which shames its predecessor with an impressive 381 hp and 401 lb-ft of torque. This engine manages to whip the Tundra to 60 mph in just 6.1 seconds, a feat that the LX should come awfully close to matching. Of course, the downside is conspicuous consumption—figure fuel “economy” numbers in the low teens around town. A six-speed slushbox replaces the five-speed in the old truck.

The skin of the LX470 was as much in need of an update as the engine compartment, and that hasn’t been overlooked. All around, the body of the LX570 has been massaged into a more organic shape. The trapezoidal grille remains as upright as ever, but the odd dual-headlights are gone, replaced by more graceful lamps better matching the rest of the Lexus lineup. In the lower half of the front valance, the hard corners of the fog-light housings and the lower air intake have been rounded and smoothed for a more contemporary look. Gone, too, is the awkward lower-body cladding with its clumsy running boards, replaced by clean sheetmetal and gracefully integrated steps. At this stage, Lexus appears unprepared to match Cadillac’s offering of 22-inch wheels on the Escalade, venturing only as high as 20 inches.

Likewise, the interior of the LX570 has been updated to bring it into harmony with other Lexus interiors. The gauge cluster gets updated with a small, rectangular information display in the center and a small gauge on each corner. Flanking the center cluster are a large, round speedo and a tach. The button-intensive center stack is coated in silver plastic like other Lexii, and the transfer case shifter has finally become a button, following suit long after much elegant vehicles gave up on the baseball bat.

Four-zone climate control will allow both front occupants and the outboard second-row passengers to choose their own temperature. Optional fineries include keyless entry and ignition, a power-folding third-row seat, a “cool box” center console for chilling beverages (although we don’t yet know if it will be refrigerated as Land Rover’s is), and African Bubinga wood trim.

Lexus always focused more on off-road capability with the LX470 than it seemed it should. The new LX570 is no different, with a Range Rover like arsenal of off-road adaptivity programming including height-adjustable suspension, Multi-Terrain ABS said to reduce stopping distances on sand and gravel, and “Crawl Control,” which numbs the throttle sensitivity for better modulation during the precarious off-road maneuvering no Lexus will ever be subjected to, no matter how well equipped.

 

[FirstToy]

looks like 2 threads going on... yooper it's the secondary gauges
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?p=2028753

 

[UltraFJ40]

Could we combine these threads?

 

[yooper]

looks like 2 threads going on... yooper it's the secondary gauges
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?p=2028753

Confusing for a second. That thread got moved from the 100 section.

That's pretty fugly. I hope it looks better in person...

 

[semlin]

Why does everyone hate the new Land Cruiser until 10 years later.J

because that's about when they can begin to afford them.

 

[ATLcrusher]

Ass end is ugly, but other than that I like it. What is up with Toytoa and their tail lights?

 

[bigndn]

Ass end is ugly, but other than that I like it. What is up with Toytoa and their tail lights?

sweet mall cruiser.

 

[notyourmomslx450]

station wagon

 

[mabrodis]

Eh, I like it...looks like a GX470 with a few more rounded parts...looks pretty sharp, designers could definetly have done much worse.

I actually hope it does have IRS, because that would mean Toyota believes strongly enough in their IRS design to put it behind a vehicle of this weight and power...which would be pretty cool to have that as an option for a lift...IRS with big travel, strong, totally different, etc...

 

[diesel junkie]

When seen in the flesh i bet its a nice looking family sized vehicle, wonder if toyota will ever make a real 4wd landcruiser again
Still making the 70series so update & bring back the 80 with a diesel v8