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Car review: Lexus RX more brutish than before

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The Lexus RX350h is powered by a petrol-electric hybrid system driving all four wheels.

The Lexus RX350h is powered by a petrol-electric hybrid system driving all four wheels.

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SINGAPORE – If you cannot make it better, make it different. That seems to be the tack Lexus has taken for its new fifth-generation RX luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV).

Unlike previous RX models (and indeed most other Lexus cars so far), which were known for their silky, silent and gel-cushioned operation, the latest RX seems to have been engineered by a different company.

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