2024
Automatic
44.1 mpg
Tax: £180
Mileage: 347
Hybrid
2023
49.6 mpg
Mileage: 2,831
Mileage: 3,000
Mileage: 3,070
Mileage: 3,946
Tax: £170
Mileage: 4,353
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Mileage: 6,056
Tax: n/a
Mileage: 7,001
Mileage: 7,292
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With this second generation AZ20-era version of its NX mid-sized SUV, launched in 2021, Lexus at last seemed to have sorted out its SUV and drivetrain strategy. Prior to this model, the brand had never had a properly-sized mid-shaped model similar in aspiration and shaping to key premium models like the Audi Q5 and the Mercedes GLC. The company's first generation AZ10-era NX crossover wasn't quite big enough to fill that role, but it was just a little too large and pricey to fill the compact premium SUV niche subsequently taken by the smaller Lexus UX. This second generation NX, in contrast, was a direct Q5 and GLC rival, also taking on cars like the BMW X3 and the Jaguar F-PACE on equal terms. A key change for this MK2 model was the availability of a Plug-in Hybrid option, something no Lexus in history had previously ever provided. Most customers though, stick with the standard NX 350h model's self-charging Hybrid powertrain. In mid-2024, Lexus announced a package of mid-term NX updates, creating the car we look at here.
The NX has been a very significant car for Lexus, the first generation version generating over 170,000 European sales, most of them customers new to Lexus. This second generation model, 95% of which is completely new, is tasked with continuing that the brand's growth across Western markets. So Lexus needs the NX - and needs it to do well. For that to happen, this car has to offer more than the traditional attributes that spring to mind when you think of this brand, things like reliability, quality, refinement, technology and great dealer back up. Of course, the company's proud of the reputation it's built upon these virtues, but it's well aware that for this model to succeed against well-established rivals like those from BMW, Volvo, Mercedes and Audi, worthiness isn't enough. Lexus needs desirability. It needs design flair. It needs excitement. It needs..... an X-factor. Take a close look at this enhanced NX and increasingly, you find yourself agreeing that this is just what's on offer here. That might not necessarily mean you'll want one. It's obviously not intended for the few who regularly want to get their tyres muddy in this segment. Nor will it really suit family-minded driving enthusiasts. And the NX may still be a little too individual to sell in the kind of numbers its maker would like - but then that's all part of its appeal. It's not perfect but it's never boring. And in a market sector that's getting just that little bit stale, it's a breath of fresh air.
Borrow £6,000 with £1,000 deposit over 48 months with a representative APR of 18.1%, monthly payment would be £172.36, with a total cost of credit of £2,273.28 and a total amount payable of £9,273.28.
