According to Ward’s Auto Lexus is planning to launch a new version of its GX mid-size SUV by the second half of the year. The current GX debuted in the U.S. in 2003 as an ’03 model. Lexus hoped to sell 20,000 GX units in the SUV’s first full year of sale in 2003, but sales in recent years have been declined. Sales in April were as down as 66.1% from like-2008 to 2,210 units.
The source also informs that new model of GX will get a new interior design and features including a next-generation navigation system, reworked sheetmetal and fascias, including a different rear door assembly. The mid-size SUV will retain its body-on-frame construction.
The new Lexus GX receives the 310 horsepower 4.6L V-8 engine from the Toyota Tundra, which replaces the current 4.7L V8 engine rated at 263 horsepower.
