Lexus Slashes Price of 2018 RX 450h Hybrid

Lexus Slashes Price of 2018 RX 450h Hybrid
2018 Lexus RX 450h

 Lexus quietly made big price cuts to its 2018 RX hybrid and hybrid F Sport SUV's, while raising the price $50 for the gasoline base model. The price for the 2018 RX 450h hybrid, which is all-wheel-drive-only, has been lowered by $7,340 to start at $46,690 with the $995 destination fee. The price for the F Sport version of the hybrid has been cut $5,440 to start at $52,050. If you just put one of those big red bows on a 2017, this may not make you happy.

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Meanwhile, the gasoline front-wheel-drive 2018 RX 350 starts at $44,265, including $995 destination, and the all-wheel-drive RX 350 starts at $45,665; both are up 50 bucks from 2017. But the RX 350 F Sport models will be slightly cheaper at $49,915 to start for front-wheel drive and $51,315 for all-wheel drive. Both are down $200 from 2017.

Features of the F Sport models of the 350 and 450h include a sportier suspension, 20-inch wheels, and some sportier exterior and interior trim.

The new 2018 RX 350L, a slightly stretched version with a small third row, will start at $48,665 including destination for front-wheel drive; add $1,400 for all-wheel drive. The new model was unveiled in November at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. Lexus said at the unveiling that a hybrid version of the three-row is due this spring, but it has not yet been priced.

The two-row, five-seat versions of the RX are largely unchanged for 2018 and continue to use a 3.5-liter V-6 Used Engine making 295 horsepower in the RX 350 and, with the electric motor, a combine 308 hp in the RX 450h hybrid.

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