Why spend more than 800,000 yuan to buy a Lexus?
Perhaps this is a question that many people will have, after all, in this price segment, we have too many choices. Personally, the answer to this question, after three days with the Lexus RX450hL, gradually surfaced.
In 2009, the third-generation Lexus RX was introduced into the country, with a smooth and elegant exterior design, and a sense of luxury that attracted a large number of fans. I remember that at that time, a well-known print media used "plain as water, but it can stir up thousands of waves" to describe the design of lexus RX. Today, it seems that Lexus at that time was indeed like this.
However, from the fourth generation of models, the Lexus RX "changed". In order to follow the trend, it throws away the clear temperament and becomes more sporty. For a while, many voices were criticizing its radical design, making the previous elegance disappear without a trace. But in fact, Lexus elegance has always been engraved in its DNA, and the movement is just to adapt to the trend.
Over time, the spindle-shaped front face, which was considered radical at the time, became a representative design element of itself and even other models of the brand; the tough but smooth lines were not obvious under the designer's mix. To this day, although we will complain about the old-fashioned interior design of the Lexus RX, we can't deny the high-end of its appearance.
After talking about the outside of the car, let's talk about the inside of the car. The interior design of Lexus RX is indeed unpleasant, there is no popular full LCD instrument, there is no modern UI design in the central control screen system, dense physical buttons are stacked in the central control area, and the physical clock printed with the Lexus logo is more ancient.
However, when you are really in the inner room of the Lexus RX, you will understand more clearly that a series of designs with scientific and technological attributes, such as large screens and touch buttons, cannot represent a sense of luxury. Or rather, the luxurious feel of the Lexus RX is restrained and restrained.
Take the dashboard, in the economic mode, the left meter will display the words "CHARGE", "ECO" and "POWER", allowing users to more intuitively obtain the energy output status of the vehicle, at this time can still feel the electronic taste revealed.
When we adjusted the driving mode to "SPORT", the left gauge changed to a regular tachometer. There is nothing new about this process of change, but the state of the tachometer on the dial is as if it were really engraved on the surface. This look and feel is similar to the Kindle e-book, knowing that it is an electronic display, but it can make people get the experience of reading a physical book. This minimalist and elegant design idea is much more comfortable than the sense of technology that is stacked with cheap UI.
In addition, the complicated entity control buttons have been complained about by everyone, but when they are actually used, they will find the designers' intentions. All key layouts have their own logic, after familiarity, easy to operate blindly, and the advantage of physical keys is that the user can clearly know whether their operation is implemented, this solid feedback is incomparable to the touch buttons.
The Lexus RX450hL seat is also impressive, with fine leather, soft padding, sitting for a long time without getting tired, and even a little obsessed.
Of course, this car also has something that drives me crazy, and that is its engine control system. Although the central control screen of the current model supports touch, it is still equipped with a touchpad in the central control channel. At present, we are accustomed to touch operation, and we are obviously a little uncomfortable with this kind of operation with the touchpad as the medium. Moreover, there is a certain distance between the central control screen and the driver, which is not convenient to operate, and it can even be said that it is disguised to "force" the driver to use the touchpad to operate.
On the whole, this Lexus RX450hL did not keep up with the trend of the times in the details of the interior design, but it interpreted luxury in its own way, and did the middle way to the extreme, all in order to make users more comfortable.
After talking about the design, let's talk about the power of this Lexus RX450hL. The 3.5-liter V6 head and motor form a hybrid system. From the book, it is easy to make people think, but the zero hundred acceleration of 8 seconds still pulled me back to reality.
Even with the blessing of the V6 engine, it is not a fast car, sacrificing explosive power in exchange for the ultimate smooth acceleration experience. In ECO mode, the motor intervenes in the initial stage, the throttle is pressed deeply, and the motor and the engine are seamlessly connected, resulting in an acceleration process without any frustration. At this time, I automatically entered the Buddhist mode, and the lane change overtaking had nothing to do with me.
Of course, coming to the price range of 800,000 yuan, the performance of Lexus RX450hL sound insulation and vibration filtering has no need to say more, and the texture presented by this car is completely in line with his positioning.
After driving this Lexus RX450hL for nearly 200 kilometers, I slowly realized why the final destination of many motorcycle riders is pedaling, perhaps because they have experienced the taste of galloping, and the pursuit of speed has gradually weakened with the increase of experience, but more enjoy the most primitive pleasure of cycling.
And this set of "pedal theory" is also applicable to the Lake RX450hL. Because we buy a car, the most original appeal is to make our travel more comfortable and more convenient.
Finally, we look back at the question at the beginning of the article, I think you already have your own answer in mind. In fact, lexus owners are not stupid people with a lot of money, but they know what they want, or they have already achieved the freedom of vision, will not care about the opinion of outsiders on their own, will not be because of the overtaking provocation of the car and spit fragrance, they just want to drive this car, comfortably walk through the company to home.
Well, old rule, above!