Our view: 2016 Lexus NX 200t
Source: Our view: 2016 Lexus NX 200t Editor’s note: This review was written in July 2014 for the 2015 Lexus NX 200t. In terms of content, little has changed in this year’s model. To see what’s new for 2016, click here or see a side-by-side comparison of the two model years. As compact luxury SUVs, the 2015 Lexus NX combines enough driving fun and passenger comfort to deserve a look, but anyone with serious cargo needs should look elsewhere or stick with the brand’s popular RX. As badge engineering, Toyota’s luxury division has more hits than misses. The mid-size sedan ES feels significantly better than a Toyota Camry; the GX bears little resemblance to its Toyota 4Runner sibling, inside or out. And so it goes with the NX, a car that Lexus calls “loosely related to the RAV4,” Toyota’s popular small SUV. Still, Lexus insists the NX is 90 percent composite and a 20 percent stiffer structure. In fact, the two seem like distant cousins at most. The NX hits US showrooms in December a
