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Sacramento, California -- With the goal of trying to please nearly everybody, Lexus offers up the TX model sport-utility vehicle.
How do you like your SUV? Three rows of seating, plenty of interior space, a peppy turbo engine, loads of clever features.
That last item was particularly evident on my tester: a 2025 F Sport Handling grade, available only on the TX 350 AWD.
Exterior touches included dark chrome window trim, black outside mirrors and 22-inch wheels with a matte black finish. Inside, I was happy to see second-row captain's chairs.
Translation: It looks good inside and out. It's comfortable to ride in; it drives with buttery smooth freeway manners.
About that trying-to-please-everybody part: the TX can be had in seven different ways, including hybrid power plants.
You might figure on paying around $90,000 for such a vehicle produced by other manufacturers, but the bottom line on my ride was $69,430 -- a relative bargain in this segment.
Oddly, some critics have found fault with the TX exterior styling ... too vanilla for some, and too much like the recently reviewed Grand Highlander for others. I am not among the critics. It looks like a contemporary three-row SUV and is so loaded with excellently engineered features that I would guess even styling snobs would be happy owning one.
Kudos to Lexus for producing a wide-ranging crowd-pleaser.
