After a week of trying to decide between a RX400H and a Touareg 3.0V6 TDI, I decided to order a RX400.....Cadoxton Slate with Grey leather 400 SE with multimedia. Hope I made the right choice.....Touareg engine was really fun to drive, huge amounts of torque that I dont seem to remember from my Rx400 test drive....

Anyway, loking forward to joining all you Lexus owners!

Nice car, i had one for 5 weeks from lexus, didn't really want to give it back

sweet car,wish i had anough money to get 1

It all depends on what you want to use the SUV for?

Personally, the looks of the Touareg aren't for me - nice car and all that - but I'm loathed to pay circa £35k for a 'peoples car' if you know what I mean

Unless you must have 'new' - did you consdier a year old X5? XC90? I know I would have if I had the money

Welcome to the LoC

Hi .

I had a touareg v6 3.0Tdi on loan when my Eos took on water , we had it for 5 weeks , and if i was not picking up the bill for future values i woud have had the VW anyday , but as they will cost £400+ a year to tax in the next year or two no one seams to want them now . Step in the 400h , which in my opinon will make a better investment in the long term (I hope)




Jon .

My order is for a new company car, and I get all my fuel paid too which sounds great until you see what it does to your tax code.... with the Touareg at 35% based on emissions, and the Rx400H at a fantastic 23%, thats actually paying 3200 pounds a year less in personal tax with the lexus. Makes it a bit of a no brainer I guess....

Touareg was nice, but not that nice!!!!

John

hi,welcome to loc and the lexus has a nice prestige badge

If its anyhelp I got my new RX400H 2 weeks ago, I've already done 2000 miles and I am still smiling. Same colour as yours but SR spec with MM, its a great car to drive, cruises well on the motorway with the power if you need it, I'm currently getting 30.5mpg which is not bad and about 85% of the miles I have done so far are motorway miles.

Cant really find anything negative to say about it yet, the ML sound system is good but I think the version that was fitted in my previous IS220D just had the edge on sound quality.

Its a great looking car in Cadoxton Slate, plenty of room and very quiet. All in all I'm sure you will be happy.

Thanks all, looking forward to it now...just dont hope I hear news of the new RX400 too soon else will feel a bit sick!

john

Welcome to LOC, only sat in one before at the local Lexus Dealers, never driven one but seemed like a nice car to me.
Only shame is it is front wheel drive only ? Bit of muddy grass would make me wish I'd bought something else.

The low tax isn't just the domain of the 400h anymore - the spanking new 'Efficieny Dynamic' X5s come close IIRC.

I fully accept however that you would need to spend a LOT of money on the BMW to get comparable spec with the 400h.