http://www.drivelife.co.nz/2018/10/2018-lexus-nx-300-f-sport-car-review-the-luxury-small-suv/

Interesting. My wife picked up a new NX300H a couple of weeks ago. It's a slow, relaxed and luxurious drive. It is returning about 40mpg which we think is decent for what it is. Nice car.

On 04/11/2021 at 11:14, Neil180 said:

Interesting. My wife picked up a new NX300H a couple of weeks ago. It's a slow, relaxed and luxurious drive. It is returning about 40mpg which we think is decent for what it is. Nice car.

Interested to know how you are getting on with the CVT / Electric range on it? I had a stint selling Toyotas in 2017 which are largely the same hybrid system (might even be identical in particular the 2.5L models). If you were super careful with the Rav you could eek out a few miles on EV around town but in reality it was more about electric assist to lower the strain on the engine and returning decent long range fuel figures. The Rav wasn't too bad at suppressing the "moo'ing" of the engine as the revs rose, it became far more intrusive the smaller the engine attached to the point the Yaris was like operating a boat. 

We have done less than 600 miles in the car so far but it has proven interesting. We have never experienced a CVT box before. At first it can be a little alarming - almost like driving a car with a permanently slipping clutch. You ask for some acceleration and the revs soar high while the car catches up. Electric range is as you say pretty much an around town feature and in all fairness it is a fantastic town car but as for how many miles you can get on purely electric , I can't say as I have not yet pressed the EV switch but just let the car do its thing when it wants.. It is less at home when you ask it to maintain motorway speeds - then the consumption plummets. A very nice car though - comfort is superb as is build quality. We will know more in a few weeks. 

On 05/11/2021 at 14:42, Neil180 said:

We have done less than 600 miles in the car so far but it has proven interesting. We have never experienced a CVT box before. At first it can be a little alarming - almost like driving a car with a permanently slipping clutch. You ask for some acceleration and the revs soar high while the car catches up. Electric range is as you say pretty much an around town feature and in all fairness it is a fantastic town car but as for how many miles you can get on purely electric , I can't say as I have not yet pressed the EV switch but just let the car do its thing when it wants.. It is less at home when you ask it to maintain motorway speeds - then the consumption plummets. A very nice car though - comfort is superb as is build quality. We will know more in a few weeks. 

 

I drove a MY22 ES300h in F-Sport guise today, wasn't really sure what to expect but the tech has certainly came along a fair bit between the third and fourth gen. Which I think will be the same running gear underneath including the coasting facility?

 

You are still aware of the revs rising whilst the car catches up but, it is certainly well suppressed. I ran a mixed route of around 15 miles with a decent stint on the M74 jumping between motorway speeds to get a feel of how well it picks up, followed by a run through the east end of Glasgow back to the dealer. Was impressed to get back sitting on 49.8 mpg without trying and with some pretty harsh use of the throttle. One thing I noticed was it held onto the EV running far more willingly than the third gen tech I had previously tried.

 

I actually ended up cancelling my VRS order this evening and buying the demo as it will certainly save us a whack in petrol given about 80% of our driving will be around town now.