Talking Cars 437: Driving the Lexus TX
Plus, should you buy your leased car?
Main theme: In this episode of the Talking Cars podcast, the CR panel gives first impressions of the new and highly advertised 2024 Lexus TX. How does this fresh, three-row SUV stack up to other models that provide as much room and to other luxury-branded models. Will Lexus’ three powertrain approach work to provide consumers with just the right balance of internal-combustion and electrification choices to meet their various needs? And will the automaker’s reliability reputation continue with this completely new model, the first Lexus to be built in Toyota’s plant in Princeton, Indiana?
Read CR’s complete first drive reviews of the Lexus TX and related Toyota Grand Highlander.
Audience Questions
- Do current market trends make buying out an existing lease on a popular car more or less appealing?
- Is the expectation that maintenance and operating costs will be lower for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles as they are anticipated to be for fully electric vehicles?
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As with other “Talking Cars With Consumer Reports” episodes, this one is available free through Apple Podcasts. (Subscribe to the audio or video.) You’ll also find the audio on Spotify (log-in required) and video on YouTube.
- Chevrolet Blazer EV Woes, episode 436
- Highlights, Hype, and AI From CES 2024, episode 435
- The Best and Worst Cars We Tested in 2023, episode 434
- Why EVs and Why Now, bonus episode
- Car Reliability Highlights, episode 433
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