Customize Mode has been especially adjusted for models equipped with the Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS) system, which enables the driver to freely combine the various modes of the engine, hybrid system, chassis and air-conditioning functions.ĭrive Mode Select features four basic modes: Normal, Eco, Sport S and Sport S+. The new RX offers a high level of driving customization by way of Drive Mode Select that allows the user to select drive modes suitable for certain driving situations or match their preferred driving styles. The result is a comfortable driving experience as the new technology aims to maintain the vehicle occupants’ line of sight and body positions when traveling over uneven road surfaces. Roll Skyhook Control uses a vertical G sensor to detect roll direction, and when it senses the vehicle leaning in a given direction, it activates the stabilizer actuator to suppress movement, keeping the vehicle’s posture upright. This form of active control is the first of its kind in the world. The new Roll Skyhook Control system takes things one step further by subduing body roll when traveling over uneven road surfaces. Reduced body roll typically comes at the cost of ride quality, due to the equipment and tuning necessary to manage the physics of mass in motion, but the Yet Philosophy is put to work by reconciling seemingly at-odds concepts to achieve a previously unrealized solution.
The Active Stabilizer Suspension System in the new RX focuses on suppressing body roll during turning without deteriorating ride comfort. The 2020 RX upholds this commitment thanks largely to the vehicle’s Active Stabilizer Suspension System, which now features Roll Skyhook Control. This new lighting technology, along with the award-winning Lexus Safety System+, defines the mission of the brand, which is to provide safest driving experience possible for not only the driver, but those outside the vehicle, in most every type of road and environmental conditions.Įver since the introduction of the RX in 1998, each successive model’s signature driving trait has always been the silky, smooth ride quality – something Lexus has been committed to maintaining as a defining characteristic of the RX range throughout the years. The system also supports the recognition of roadside pedestrians that happen to be crossing the street further ahead, while enhancing the driver’s field of view.īladeScan activates automatically, thanks to a control unit inside the lamp that checks the surrounding environment via front-facing camera, such as vehicles ahead and ambient brightness, as well as processing vehicle speed and yaw-rate information to enable/disable and adjust the brightness of the LEDs to provide optimum illumination.
The available new high-beam system enhances the driver’s field of view, resulting in excellent visibility in darkened conditions, providing a wider illumination area compared to conventional array-type lighting, with smooth and fine light distribution control.īladeScan works by rotating a mirror (reflector) inside the AHS unit that allows the illumination area to be expanded to cover the maximum field of view with minimal glare for drivers in front. Because many accidents between vehicles and pedestrians occur at night, Lexus has equipped the new RX’s AHS (Adaptive High-beam System) with the world’s first BladeScan technology.