Facebook group “Lexus UX Enthusiasts”

[Ed the Ted]

This was recently posted by Mellissa Jones, a moderator on Facebook group “Lexus UX Enthusiasts”. I thought I’d just share it with one and all. I completely agree with her post. Well said Mellissa ………and I quote :-

I just wanna call out some of the complaints I've seen about this car. 

1. "It's small". Yes it is. It is designed as a subcompact crossover meant for city driving (Urban eXplorer). Based on the size and price we can guess that it was likely designed for a specific target audience. Most likely individuals or couples without children who want a luxury vehicle without the luxury $$$$. Stop complaining about the size, you knew what you were buying. You're gonna make your car self conscious. (Don't worry UXs I love you all. It's not all about size)

2. "Trunk space sucks". Again, this car was designed as a city driver likely for individuals or couples without kids. The trunk space is actually pretty standard for cars like this. My Prius C had the same space. It is unfortunate that the hybrid version had to lose some of its space back there but if you know how to tetris its no big deal.

3. "Sleepy, too quiet, slow". This is something you will face in many newer vehicles. It's one of the reasons the FSport offers the ASC button. Newer cars are quieter even many faster vehicles can be considered sleepy or quiet. They also often drive smoother so you don't feel the acceleration as much. If this bothers you then this isn't really the car for you and most luxury vehicles probably are not right for you either. This is also not a race car. It's a small lifted hatchback classified as a crossover. While I agree the standard UX could use a little more power, the hybrid has a good amount of power and is quite fun if you know how to use it. But again it's not a fast car. Wasn't designed to be. 

4. "This and that feature should be standard." "It didn't come with this or that feature". First of all, you can get so many features on this bad boy I can't even keep track. So if you didn't get something on yours its most likely that you chose not to get the package that has that feature. Do not knock the car because you failed to check the feature list of that specific vehicle. Stop posting reviews complaining about manual seats and lack of this or that when it was your own choice. As for standard features, it's all about $$$$. The more standard features they add the higher the starting msrp will be. If all features were standard the ux would no longer be accessible to the target market as it would be around 50k USD starting. Also note that each year they have been adding standard features that the previous year didn't have. But again the more features the more $$$$. 

This is just my opinion really but I've seen too many complaints about the same stuff. 

[Bill Dawes]

I agree up to a point but I would take issue with boot space for instance, it is smaller than some cars of a similar size, at the risk of upsetting Peter my Kia Niro is actually a slightly smaller car but has a better boot, packaging design is the culprit there.

However I was fully aware of this (and poorer rear seat room) when I ordered my UX Takumi and like many people it is just for the two of us these days and so is not  a problem. If we go on holiday we can drop the rear seats down and have all the space we need. The Kia is an excellent car but I wanted to move upmarket on quality and trim equipment level, the latter at least not being available from Kia.

Looking forward to greeting my Lexus (July ish)

 

Bill D.