Lexus to add models, features to lineup
The Lexus lineup is about to change drastically. And perhaps even more exciting than the new models it has in the works is talk of a new infotainment system that ditches the oft-maligned trackpad.
A new Lexus three-row crossover, off-road SUV, and EV are on the horizon, according to an Automotive News interview with the brand’s National Dealer Advisory
Council chairman, John Iacono.
“We’ve had SUVS that we’ve been asking for that we have gotten the thumbs up on, and they recently showed us some coming products that I really can’t expand on, but that we are very, very enthusiastic about,” Iacono said.
A “true three-row people-mover” is coming, he said, and it is likely to replace the LX. There will also be a new LS sedan that will step things up a few notches. And in an unexpected move for the luxury brand, an offroad halo model is being developed, and could feature body-on-frame construction.
Lexus is slated to reveal an EV concept in the first quarter of 2021.
“I personally, with other Lexus dealers, have gotten a glimpse of what that might look like when — not if, when — it comes to Lexus,” Iacono said.
Finally, the touchpad infotainment
system is likely going to be replaced with a new state-of-the-art system.
“The telematics that are coming our way are going
to be industry-leading and they’re going to be what we currently do not have,” Iacono said.