And the infotainment itself is genuinely good – the display is beautiful and the operating system uses bright, attractive colors. If you can see the darn thing, it's a helpful way to keep your hands on the wheel while still manipulating the NX's tech. Rest a finger on one of the steering wheel's two directional pads and its function pops up on the HUD. These small faults overshadow what works well.
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The software understands native language, but it's almost always quicker to dive in and do things yourself. The virtual assistant, meanwhile, is about as helpful as in any other car. Also, the HUD vanishes entirely if you, like me, wear polarized sunglasses.
The NX also feels rather reliant on the optional 10.0-inch head-up display, which doesn't get bright enough to really appear clearly on bright days.
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It also took several days to figure out how to change the digital cluster without diving into the infotainment (hint: you’ll need to use the steering wheel buttons). Unless you program radio presets, swapping stations is a cumbersome multi-step procedure.
On the upside, the NX manages wind quite well – the blustery late-winter breeze rarely made it to my ears during testing.īut it is not perfect. And the new turbocharged 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine is buzzy and coarser in its sound than the 2.0-liters from Audi and BMW. Noise from the optional 20-inch wheels, shod in 235/50 Bridgestone Alenza rubber, is a constant companion too. This crossover handles potholes and imperfections stoically, with little impact on the steering or suspension's composure, but the regular dull thud that accompanied each impact on Detroit's lousy roads was tiring. It's one of barely a dozen physical controls, or about a third of what was on last year's car. There’s a a clearer differentiation between the vertical center stack and horizontal center console here, with the latter playing host to the odd, stubby electric gear selector introduced in the LC grand tourer.
An optional 14.0-inch display dominates, centralizing most of the primary interfaces. The careful, conservative design philosophy goes out the window in the cabin, which is so dramatically and impressively updated that it's easy to forget the mishmash of buttons and knobs and the hateful trackpad of the last NX. The rear bumper and tailgate remain odd partners – the former too high and the latter too small – but overall, the rear of the NX is the most interesting and substantial part of this modest redesign. The most dramatic changes happen in back, where a horizontal LED strip, sitting just above a new and avant gauche “LEXUS” word mark, links the updated taillights. The profile is largely unchanged from the C-pillar forward, and while there's still a strong shoulder line over the rear wheel arch, the taillights don't drip down toward the rear bumper in an odd vertical streak like they used to.
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