New Car Overview of the 2006 Lexus GX Series Mid-Size Luxury Sport Utility Vehicle
Description: Mid-Size Luxury Sport Utility Vehicle
Base MSRP Range: $46,535
Invoice Price Range: $40,484
Where built: Japan
The mid-size Lexus SUV looks like a reduced-scale variant of LX 470. he spacious cabin, trimmed in leathers and hardwoods, provides three tiers of seats for seven.
It also carries the big Lexus V8 with output boosted this year to 263 hp through a five-speed automatic with uphill and downhill shift logic.
The permanently-engaged 4WD system has a center differential with limited-slip. Lexus innovations aboard extend to active traction control (ATC), adaptable variable suspension (AVS) and downhill assist control (DAC).
Options include an exclusive Mark Levinson premium audio system. The Sport edition shows up with smoked bezel headlamps on the prow and dark graphite finish for 17-inch alloy wheels and the roof rack. GX Sport also stocks a variable suspension labeled Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (KDSS), with Bluetooth wireless connection available for the add-on navigation system.
The line of luxurious performance machines by Lexus, elite upscale label from Toyota of Japan, features elegant sedans, sporty coupes and rugged yet refined sport-utility vehicles. In 2006, Lexus rolls out new iterations of the IS series of wily compact-class sports sedans and recasts the GS series as perhaps the most sophisticated luxury sports sedans on our planet. The world's first gas-electric luxury vehicle also emerges badged as the RX 400h. Derived from the RX 330 crossover SUV, it packs a powerful V6 engine and multiple electric motors plus optional all-wheel-drive (AWD) traction.
