![]() ![]() Honestly, when pushing the NX 350 in its Sport or Sport+ mode, there was that familiar oil-burner clic-a-clic and a surprising deep groan that doesn’t feel like a normal gas engine, much less a Lexus four-cylinder.īut hybrid or not - and F series or not - I love this NX. Yeah, something coming from an era that does no longer exist, thank you, Volkswagen. Nadine Filion: In fact, you can make even more fun of me, Mister Big (Motor) Mouth, since when I realized that I was indeed driving a “regular” NX, I thought this new four-cylinder turbo sounded a little like, well, a diesel. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A little loud, eager to rev and more than a little rambunctious, the NX 350 is the one SUV in Lexus’ lineup that truly qualifies as a “driver’s car.” Quite how She-Who-Is-Always-Right mistook it for a hybrid is beyond me. That may not make the 350 the most potent engine in the NX lineup - the aforementioned 450h+ model claims 304 ponies - but it is the sportiest. That’s because this NX boasts 275 horsepower - and the substantial turbocharger that produces it - from just 2.4-litres of inline four. The instant grunt of an added electric motor, for instance, isn’t there, replaced by just a soupçon of turbo lag. Nor does it, once your right foot is firmly planted to floor, feel even remotely electrified. Actually, in this case, crisp quick paddle-shifting since the NX’s PHEV version - the 450h+ - boasts paddles but it’s managing a slower-to-respond eCVT tranny. ![]() ![]() For one thing, the non-electrified 2022 Lexus NX boasts a new eight-speed automatic transmission, paddle-shifting not normally part of the hybrid repertoire. Only a quick run through the gears did it strike her that her assumption - cue dad jokes about making an “ass of you and me” - might have been presumptuous. ![]()
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