Mondial De L'automobile Paris

sos10 · September 25, 2004

Just been to the Paris motor show. Way to many people there!

Anyway, went to visit the Lexus stand...Rx400h waiting... The people there didn't have any news, just "will come around June 2005"

In France only the luxery version, but other countries may have several versions of Rx400h's.

Loved the black rubber strip on the back of the Rx400h...want it for my car too, they didn't know if it would be available.

Went to see the Italian, updated, website.. They talk about the 3,3 liter motor for the Rx300....maybe a mistake as it wasn't mentioned in Paris...

ColinBarber · September 25, 2004

By rubber strip do you mean the bumper protector? see here:

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...howtopic=16454&

sos10 · September 26, 2004

Yep, the famous rubber protectionstrip.

The only visual differences on the 2005 Rx300 are the steeringwheel telephone controls... Couldn't see what had changed on the nav-screen as it wasn't switched on. (and the staff wasn't allowed to switch it on either)

Was impressed by the Michelin Pacs wheel/tyre system... wish they would bring this, or something similar, to Lexus: safer handling in case of puncture (especially at 200 km/h on the german autobahn) space and weight saving...