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Originally Posted by Spectre_Cdn
The NX shares the same global platform and some powertrains as the RAV4, but I would hardly call it a rebadged Toyota. The interior and exterior are completely different. Chassis tuning and materials etc. The F-sport version has adaptive dampers.
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I may be stretching the use of 'rebadge' but how is what Lexus doing with the NX, ES, GX, LX, and UX much different than what Mitsubishi is doing with the Nissan Rogue/Outlander or what Acura did with the ILX/2G RDX/1G TLX? They're taking a non-premium chassis and dressing it up with lipstick - unlike say VW/Audi with the MQB cars, that platform has enough premium-ness in it to justify the A3.
It's a topic for another day but I can't get over how phony Lexus is as a luxury brand - they built a great rep at the beginning with the LS and GS but most of their cars are half-assed efforts that somehow get gobbled up by customers because of their rep. Not a single car of theirs is class competitive and they get a free pass.