The Lexus NX 300h (Team Review) - Fifth Gear

Amazing car

Tiff is obsessed with boots and clocks

"Sculpted to stand out"? That's code for "we screwed up the styling big-time but can't admit that so we're trying to make a virtue out of its vomit-inducing ugliness".

Any car sounds the same if you put your foot down. They use a cvt gearbox for efficiency.

I don't understand why they review a hybrid on a race track, it is not what a hybrid does best, racing at top speed. Of course the engine will scream when pushed... it's a hybrid. They miss the point completely.

The Lexus hybrid drivetrain is obviously not the same as that in a traditional car. A different approach to driving is therefore needed. But once you get used to the way it works you can avoid the 'whining' noise lots of people complain about. The suggestion of sticking a ZF gearbox in it is just stupid and shows a lack of understanding about how the car works.

If you want to take the NX on a track use the NX200t f-sport

The CVT gearbox is what makes lexus so god damn reliable.

My Audi A4 2.0 has a cvt transmission, love it.......

The sound of the hybrid drivetrains doesnt bother me in the slightest bit. You can make it sound cool by using the gas pedal differently.

give me a CVT any day of the week instead of a transmission that's going to eventually break down and cost me a few thousand bucks

When will people finally understand the point of a CVT?

The NX is the only Lexus SUV I like. With all the other lexi SUVs the design is too over the top but it works for the NX for some reason.

The NX is the prettiest car in this segment, hands down. It would easily pry customers off of the BMW X3, the Audi Q5, and the Jaguar F-Pace if only it had a wider engine choice and better gearboxes.

CVT works better with the V6 engine of RX series. 4 cylinders are too noisy.

instead of these new overlaoded 4cylHybrids i bought a much faster/powerful V6/Hybrid RX450h for less money and i could´nt be happier ! Dont worry about the battery ....they hold well over 10 years in most cases ! Only the small 12v needs to be replaced more often to start the system.

the vehicle has a sexy back side,but not as sexy as MRS vikie's

For the god damn last time it’s NOT CALLED PETROL

What a nonsense about the cvt... have driven audi’s with cvts for 15+ years and now this Nx and these engines are really perfect...
i love cvt always the right amount of torque...

Wath a wining little bitches

These cars aren't made to be driving full throttle.

They should understand this and give it 8 each.

It's a wonderful car for cruising

The GX is better. But great SUV!

CVT transmissions are pure garbage, don’t know why they still have these garbage transmission, especially fitted on a Lexus.

So the Toyota is good off road

.......says the man in the stupid 'at

Most boring tv car show ! Ever!

Its very misleading assuming this is "very capable off road." it isnt a off road car. The test wasnt off road it was in a farm if you took this off road you would kill the battery packs and the cvt would eat itself alive trying to get out of any off road track.

i have a lexus and thats what i hate ...so much sound...when you are in your car ...you want silence of the outside woooorld. please.

The gear box makes this car really bad to drive .

yeah okay it has a eCVT (helps with mpg), get over it, it's a really reliable car, well built, amazing quality and will last long and when it comes to reselling you will still have more cash than any german car/

The NX 300 (or the old 200t) is the better engine for the NX. The hybrid system is better suited for a utilitarian Rav4.

To all of the people who say that this review is unfair because of what they said about the gearbox : my friend's mum has a Toyota RAV4 hybrid and the CVT drives you mad. They are awfull gearboxes. When you touch the accelrator the revs go mad but there's no acceleration, the revs are never constant and it's not even very economical. A BMW 535d can get better fuel economy !

The CVT gearbox is the only reason I don't have a Lexus.

Yea it's fine but it's actually quite slow if you think about it and the infotaiment is very fiddly and hard to control

I BOUGHT A 2016 NX 200T (TURBO) JUST LOVE IT, IT IS VERY FAST, 235 H.P. BUT IT HAS A 2 STAGE TURBO FOR MORE POWER, HANDLES GREAT TAKES CORNERS LIKE A SPORTS CAR, NO HYBRID FOR ME, PAID $41.5 K OUT THE DOOR IN SOUTHERN CA.

Tiff is such a cheese

Why do the Japanese use CVT gear boxes 🤦🏻😂

It has paddle shifters, lets not use them and bitch about the engine sound. Are all car journalist complete idiot's? Probably.

Surely that gearbox is broken?

Would rather have a Skoda Yeti

No reviewers like CVT transmissions, so their comments were predictable. They would obviously be happier
driving a German car.
I've had three CVT cars and haven't had any problems with them. The NX is all wheel drive not 4 wheel drive,
so not designed to go off road. If you buy a BMW or Audi equivalent, be prepared to be spending a lot of time
in your dealers courtesy car.

OH that Evoque again...yall start to sound like all those politicians saying the same narative over and over

I hate 4 cylinder engines, I had a GS450h witht the CVT gearbox and a 3.5L V6, and it was so refied and smooth, I would buy the RX450h but as its number 2 on the most wanted list for car thieves its a risky choise, Lexus dont do another model SUV with a V6 😒

Didn’t mention the MPG 36/7 for a two ton car, with a range of 400 miles on a full tank, or comfort?

In town and countryside that cvt is a peach. To try it on racetrack is like trying to assess how good a Ferrari F40 is driving it trough London 🤔

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