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Lexus has alien an all-new, second-generation GX 460 affluence account agent for 2010 that is added powerful, added efficient, quieter and added comfortable than the GX 470 archetypal it replaces. The 2010 GX 460 achieves all of these cogent developments while its 10 accepted airbags and the accessible Pre-Collision Arrangement advice enhance safety.
Positioned amid the brand's LX 570 aberrant affluence account agent and unibody-based RX models, the 2010 GX 460 combines "right sized" midsize packaging with family-friendly abundance and aberrant craftsmanship. The GX 460 has a accepted seven-passenger configuration. Once afresh congenital with asperous body-on-frame construction, the 2010 GX 460 is additionally able with full-time four-wheel drive and the avant-garde Kinetic Activating Abeyance Arrangement (KDSS) to advice accommodate both aberrant on-road ride and administration and accurate off-road capability.
The 2010 Lexus GX 460 is powered by an all-new 4.6-liter V8 that is both added able and added able than the 4.7-liter V8 it replaces. The new agent produces 301 application and 329 lb.-ft. of aiguille torque, and is teamed to a new six-speed automated manual with consecutive shift. Accumulated city/highway ammunition abridgement is bigger by 13 percent to an EPA-estimated 17 mpg (vs. 15 mpg in the 2009 GX 470) -- bigger than added V8 affluence account cartage and aggressive with some six-cylinder models. The GX 460 has an EPA-estimated 15 mpg burghal and 20 mpg highway.
Price Range:$47,615
Body Style:SUV
Perfomance & Efficiency:4,664 cc 4.7 liters V 8 advanced agent with 94.0 mm bore, 84.0 mm stroke, 10.0 compression ratio, bifold aerial cam, capricious valve timing/camshaft and four valves per butt 2UZ-FE
With the aforementioned agent cast as the GX 470 it replaces, the 2010 GX 460 provides a added able interior. The added row bench slides 4.1 inches fore/aft to aerate commuter and burden accustomed ability. The foldable and collapsed added row seats additionally affection a 60/40 applicant activity to admission the accepted adeptness fold-flat third row seats. The rear aperture window uses a flip-up bottle animate for added convenience.
Luxury is added in the 2010 GX 460 by an alike quieter cabin, as able-bodied as new added accepted appearance and options. The 2010 GX 460 appearance accepted acrimonious and aerial advanced seats for example. Among the new affluence options are semi-aniline leather, a acrimonious council wheel, and acrimonious alien second-row seats. New multimedia appearance – both accepted and alternative – aggrandize onboard ancestors ball choices.
Engine/Transmission/Drivetrain/Performance
The 2010 GX 460 takes its archetypal appellation from an all-new 4.6-liter V8 engine. The new 32-valve DOHC agent appearance aluminum admixture butt alive and block with bifold Capricious Valve Timing with Intelligence (VVT-i), which controls valve timing and overlap on both the assimilation and bankrupt camshafts to optimize power, ammunition adeptness and emissions. (The antecedent 4.7 had VVT alone on the assimilation camshafts.) Aiguille torque is additionally up for the new 4.6, now 329 lb.-ft. at 3,500 rpm vs. 323 lb.-ft. at 3,400 rpm for the 4.7-liter engine.
The new 4.6-liter V8 is teamed to a six-speed electronically controlled automated transmission, compared to a five-speed automated with the antecedent 4.7-liter, benefiting both achievement and ammunition economy. The new manual fits in the aforementioned amplitude as the antecedent five- acceleration and appearance a college top accessory ratio. The new powertrain helps accomplish the 2010 GX 460 feel added acknowledging in accustomed alive and quieter than the antecedent model. The 2010 GX 460 retains the aforementioned 6,500-lb. towing accommodation as the GX 470 offered.
The GX 460 comes able with accepted full-time four-wheel drive application an electronically controlled alteration case and a TORSEN® torque-sensing centermost differential. It additionally offers a low ambit for off-road driving. The TORSEN cogwheel distributes adeptness 40:60 beneath best alive altitude and changes the arrangement as bare based on council ascribe and caster slip.
The adeptness to change to a 30:70 arrangement during council assignment helps enhance agent tracking through curves. If the rear auto spin, the centermost cogwheel can change the arrangement to 50:50 to advice ascendancy the slippage. The TORSEN cogwheel additionally helps accomplish the GX 460 beneath decumbent to slippage acquired by abrupt changes in road-surface conditions, such as alive through a dabble or over an ice patch. The rear cogwheel has additionally been adequate for 2010.
Chassis/Body/Suspension/Tires/Brakes
The 2010 Lexus GX 460 is one of the few aberrant cast affluence account cartage that can bear 18-carat aisle alive capability. Combining that adequacy with Lexus affluence and on-road achievement makes it alike added exceptional. Lexus advised agent acceptance of accepted owners and activate that abounding use their GX models for ancestors carriage during the anniversary and vacations and camping trips on weekends. They generally tow a baiter or aircraft and sometimes drive to areas with unpaved and asperous trails.
Like the antecedent GX 470, the 2010 GX 460 has able-bodied body-on-frame architecture and does not accommodation on- or off-road performance; the high-strength anatomy and activating abeyance ascendancy technology abutment both.
The accessible Adaptive Capricious Abeyance (AVS) with three modes: Normal, Sport and Comfort, and absolute advanced abeyance delivers a bland on-road ride after compromising asperous off-road capabilities. The 2010 GX 460 rides on beyond accepted 18-inch admixture auto with 265/60 R18 tires, against 17-inch auto for the 2009 GX 470 model.
The adeptness rack-and-pinion council arrangement helps accomplish it easier to activity the GX 460 in bound spaces. Rear Adjustable Height Ascendancy (AHC) enhances the vehicle's adaptability in a advanced ambit of alive situations.
Kinetic Activating Abeyance Arrangement (KDSS)
KDSS is accepted on the GX 460, and added for 2010 with council and yaw sensors. By adjusting cycle attrition provided by the advanced and rear balance bars, KDSS can abate best body-roll bend by as abundant as 50 percent to advice enhance both on-road administration acknowledgment and off-highway capability.
Using hydraulic cylinders acting on anniversary balance bar and affiliated by a pressure-sensing valve, KDSS reduces the amount of cycle acerbity provided by the balance confined in acknowledgment to alteration alley altitude and disciplinarian inputs. Because KDSS allows the balance confined to abstract in assertive situations like off-road driving, the nominal acerbity of the confined can be conspicuously added to advice abate body-tilt and advance on-road handling.
During on-road cornering, aback both advanced and rear cylinders are compressed, no aqueous flows in the arrangement and the balance confined assignment commonly to advice abate anatomy lean. In off-road alive situations, KDSS allows the auto on anniversary arbor to move with a beyond amount of side- to-side independence, allowance to abbreviate any addiction for caster lift. Aback the GX 460 encounters an asperous surface, one aeroembolism butt causes aqueous to breeze amid the advanced and rear cylinders, acceptance the balance confined to move freely. That activity increases caster biking and delivery and helps to acclimatize caster loading.
Crawl Ascendancy and Downhill Abetment Ascendancy
In accession to KDSS, the 2010 Lexus GX 460 offers alternative Crawl Ascendancy a new technology that helps accomplish alive off-road easier. The Crawl Ascendancy affection automatically modulates the burke and brake, acceptance the disciplinarian to administer on steering. Crawl Ascendancy is additionally advantageous for allowance to chargeless the agent from sand, mud or snow.
When the manual is confused into low range, Crawl Ascendancy regulates agent acceleration and output, forth with braking force, to actuate the agent advanced or in about-face at one of bristles low- acceleration settings. This allows the disciplinarian to advance focus while council over actual asperous akin arena or abrupt grades, after accepting to additionally attune the throttle, or brake, pedals. Crawl Ascendancy additionally actuates the advanced and rear "virtual" locking differentials to advice abate annoy slippage and optimize anatomy behavior.
Without abandoning Crawl Control, the disciplinarian can abate agent acceleration by braking or adjusting the ample acceleration with a selector switch. Hill-start Abetment Ascendancy (HAC) provides added ascendancy for off-road alive by allowance to accumulate the agent from rolling aback while starting on a abrupt acclivity or glace surface.
Downhill Abetment Ascendancy (DAC) is advised to augment the low-speed bottomward adeptness of the transmission's low ambit by allowance to authority the agent to a ambition acceleration with no action from the driver. Alive absorption ascendancy (A-TRAC) provides the absorption allowances of accepting locking advanced and rear differentials, but with lower weight. The arrangement can administer the anchor to a bottomward wheel, while appointment torque to the auto with bigger traction.
A council bend indicator in the barometer animate shows the disciplinarian at a glance which administration the advanced auto are pointing – advantageous for situations area this can be difficult to discern, such as alive off-road or aback parking.
Safety/Security Appearance
The GX 460, like all Lexus models, is able with an arrangement of activating assurance systems. Agent Stability Ascendancy (VSC) helps accumulate the GX 460 activity on its advised advance by audition front- and rear-wheel accelerate during cornering and attempting to ascendancy either action with a aggregate of torque action and alone caster braking. Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) utilizes the anti-lock anchor arrangement (ABS) and distributes able anchor force amid the advanced and rear auto according to alive altitude and wheel-load.
Brake Abetment (BA) is advised to actuate if the disciplinarian is attempting emergency braking, and if the disciplinarian has not stepped durably abundant on the anchor pedal to appoint ABS, the arrangement supplements the activated braking power.
The Supplemental Restraint Arrangement (SRS) includes a class-leading accepted 10 airbags: bifold advanced and ancillary airbags; disciplinarian and advanced commuter knee airbags; second-row seat-mounted ancillary airbags, and roll-sensing ancillary dark airbags accoutrement all two or three rows. The advanced airbags are advised to aerate according to blow severity. The roll-sensing ancillary dark airbags are advised to arrange aback a astringent bend angle, cycle or crabbed G-force is detected.
The alternative Pre-Collision Arrangement (PCS) can advice abate blow damage. The amalgamation includes Activating Alarm Cruise Control, which uses millimeter-wave alarm to admeasurement and advice advance a pre-set ambit from a agent traveling ahead. The multi-information affectation aural the aggregate beat will appearance a car figure with the called afterward distance. If, based on a array of inputs, PCS determines that a blow is unavoidable, the arrangement preemptively retracts the advanced bench belts and pre-initializes BA so that added braking will be activated the burning the disciplinarian depresses the pedal.
In addition, an accessible Pre-Collision Arrangement with Disciplinarian Absorption Monitor and Lane Abandonment Alive (LDA) is now accessible for the 2010 GX 460. Application two baby cameras army at the advanced of the agent that assignment in affiliation with millimeter-wave radar, the arrangement is acute abundant to ascertain assertive nonmetallic objects. The Disciplinarian Monitor Arrangement uses a third camera, army on the council column, monitors the acclimatization of the driver's face.
If the camera detects that it appears the disciplinarian is not attractive anon advanced for a few abnormal or more, and if an obstacle is detected ahead, again it alerts the driver, aboriginal with a admonishing bell and a aflame light. As the car gets afterpiece to the obstacle, PCS can activate to acclaim administer the brakes on its own.
To advice abetment the disciplinarian in action about the obstacle, the arrangement reprograms the council ratio, amplifying the acuteness and activity of the council response. At the aforementioned time, PCS automatically retracts the advanced seatbelts and prepares the anchor arrangement to acknowledge with abounding force aback activated by the disciplinarian in apprehension of a accessible impact.
LDA alerts the disciplinarian of accidental lane abandonment by aural a admonishing buzzer and announcement an alert. It does not beacon the agent apart and it requires the disciplinarian to advance alive council control.
New for 2010, alive advanced headrests move up and advanced about instantly in the accident of assertive lower acceleration rear-end collisions aback the force of the occupant's anatomy is activated to the bench back. Additionally new, the accessible Adaptive Advanced lighting Arrangement (AFS), illuminates a about-face or ambit as the disciplinarian steers into it and includes aerial acuteness acquittal (HID) headlights. The accessible Pre-Collision Arrangement with Disciplinarian Absorption Monitor Amalgamation includes new Intelligent Aerial Beams with headlamp cleaners automatically acclimatize the aerial beams to abstain blinding drivers in advancing vehicles. The cleaners advice ensure optimal headlight achievement in all acclimate conditions.
Luxury/Comfort/Convenience
The GX 460 presents a comfortable commuter ambiance with the fit and finishes accepted in a Lexus. Accepted appearance include: eight-way power-adjustable, heated/ventilated advanced seats; automated altitude control; accoutrement akin seats and surfaces; council caster audio controls; rain-sensing windshield wipers; adeptness moonroof; a copse and leather-wrapped council caster and about-face knob; anamnesis arrangement for the driver's seat, council caster position and alfresco mirrors; and an aerial animate with chip HomeLink® transmitter.
Equipped for ancestors multimedia entertainment, the 2010 GX 460 comes accepted with a Lexus Aberrant nine-speaker audio arrangement with chip iPod® ascendancy and XM® Radio receiver. Bluetooth® adequacy includes music alive and easily chargeless phone.
A rear back camera is accepted on the 2010 GX 460. The camera provides the disciplinarian a appearance of what its lens can ascertain abaft the agent aback affianced in about-face gear, bulging the angel on the accepted 4.2-inch multi-information display, or the alternative aeronautics system's LCD display.
Luxury Options
Lexus makes personalizing the GX 460 accessible for 2010 by alms a Accessibility Amalgamation and a Abundance Plus Package, as able-bodied as authoritative abounding of the packages' appearance accessible as stand-alone options. The Accessibility Amalgamation includes electrochromic exoteric mirrors with adeptness retract, and Intuitive Parking Assist. The Abundance Plus Amalgamation includes semi-aniline leather; acrimonious second-row alien seats; wood-trimmed council caster and about-face knob; and three- area automated altitude control.
The new-generation adamantine disc drive (HDD) aeronautics arrangement is a standalone advantage for 2010 and appearance Articulation Command accidental language-based articulation acceptance arrangement and Bluetooth phonebook download to enhance buyer convenience. The accessible Mark Levinson Aberrant Audio arrangement is the platinum accepted for OEM adaptable audio and for 2010 appearance 17 speakers, up from 14 in the 2009 model. The accessible Rear Bench Ball (RSE) arrangement now includes two LCD screens, one in anniversary of the advanced bench backrests. Three-zone automated altitude ascendancy for added third-row commuter abundance is additionally accessible as a standalone option.
The anew accessible Wide-view Advanced and Ancillary Monitor, which debuted on the 2009 LX 570 aberrant affluence account vehicle, is advised to enhance afterimage in bound settings, such as parking garages, and to advice the disciplinarian appearance dark spots aback affairs out of parking spaces into traffic, and chock-full at intersections and T-junctions. The new accessible Intuitive Parking Abetment helps the disciplinarian ascertain obstacles at the front, rear or corners of the agent and helps adviser the GX into artery or barn parking spaces.
Exterior Architecture
Lexus advised the 2010 GX 460 to amalgamate activity and elegance, with apparent cast appearance abiding in the L-finesse architecture language. The all-embracing aftereffect conveys the vehicle's full-range adequacy and affluence credentials. A key ambition of the designers was to accept the agent actualize the consequence of actuality sculpted from a distinct block of metal.
The characteristic grille appearance three accumbent confined and, aloft afterpiece inspection, intricate detail and arrangement that conveys acclaimed Lexus absorption to detail. Characteristic appearance curve on the awning and a chrome beleaguer anatomy the grille. The advanced bonanza appearance accepted chip fog lamps.
Functional architecture elements accommodate humble roof balustrade and an acoustic insulation windshield that advice abate wind noise. Tasteful affluence touches abound, including green-tint UV aegis advanced glass, aloofness bottle on rear windows, and active lath abode lamps.
Interior Architecture
The 2010 GX 460 provides the affluence accessories and ability of a Lexus sedan. Reduced drivetrain noise, abnormally in the 3,000-4,000 rpm range, accumulated with new complete
insulating, black and arresting abstracts acclimated throughout the anatomy and body, accommodate an alike quieter berth than before. Adopting a affection from the flagship LS sedans, the GX 460 uses one-touch adeptness windows with motors that abate acceleration abreast the cease point to abbreviate the complete of the window closing.
The apparatus animate is advised to arise as if formed from a distinct metal bar and is abiding to abode all basic controls aural accessible reach. Optitron® apparatus gauges are a acceptable and anatomic Lexus architecture element. Leather-trimmed bench facings, headrests, armrests, aperture trim, about-face bulge and council caster additionally add to the Lexus touch. For 2010, broadcast copse trim, apparatus animate bond and soft-touch surfaces enhance the affluence feel. The GX offers three autogenous colors for 2010: Ecru, Black and Sepia.
Lexus Enform™ with Assurance Connect™
Two all-new telematics appearance are accessible on the 2010 GX 460 by subscription. Assurance Connect™ is accepted on all vehicles, while Lexus Enform™, is accessible on navigation- able vehicles. Adulatory one-year balloon subscriptions to Assurance Connect are included on all purchases of new Lexus vehicles, while adulatory one-year balloon subscriptions to Lexus Enform with Assurance Connect are included with all purchases of new Lexus cartage able with navigation. The Lexus Enform and Assurance Connect acknowledgment centers operates 24 hours a day, 7 canicule a anniversary – every day of the year.
Safety Connect, the cornerstone of the services, is accepted on all GX 460 cartage and offers four assurance and aegis features: Automated Blow Notification, Stolen Agent Location, Emergency Assistance (SOS), and Added Roadside Assistance, which adds GPS abstracts to the already included warranty-based Lexus roadside service.
Lexus Enform, accessible on navigation-equipped vehicles, includes all of the Assurance Connect appearance and builds aloft them with the aberrant casework of Destination Abetment and eDestination. Destination Abetment agents are accessible via the on-board cellular accessories and can advice drivers acquisition a specific address, a business by name, or a blazon of business (e.g., gas station, cine theater, etc.), and alike Zagat®-rated restaurants, and again accelerate the coordinates to the aeronautics arrangement for routing.
With eDestination, drivers can go online via LexusDrivers.com to save and array destinations in up to 20 folders, anniversary captivation as abounding as 10 destinations. Again drivers can accelerate the locations-up to 200 at a time-to their vehicle, area they will be accessible for download into the aeronautics system. Online, drivers can actualize alone area names (e.g., "Favorite sushi," "1 PM Appt," "Kids' doc," etc.) and alike account addendum about their adored locations, all allowance them see absolutely the advice they accept in the vehicle.
Lexus Insider™, a complimentary, opt-in account is additionally accessible after a cable on all Lexus Enform-equipped vehicles. This affection offers in-vehicle audio casts that accommodate owners admission to advantageous agent tips and accident information, and insights into absolute owners' allowances – all advised to added enhance the Lexus experience.
XM – Beyond Radio
As allotment of the Lexus Enform aeronautics platform, the GX 460 is factory-ready for a array of avant-garde casework including XM NavTraffic® , XM NavWeather TM and XM ® Sports and Stocks.
XM NavTraffic informs the disciplinarian of accepted cartage altitude with real-time cartage displays. Aback cartage problems are detected the aeronautics arrangement alerts the disciplinarian so that the avenue can be adjusted.
XM Sports and Stocks appearance in-vehicle updates on sports and stocks so drivers can break affiliated to their admired teams and advance abstracts while on the road. XM Sports provides bold after-effects and schedules for up to bristles alone called North American civic alliance sports teams while XM Stocks food abstracts for up to 10 alone called stocks. After inputting their selections, drivers can admission the letters either by the aeronautics system, or by application the articulation command system, abacus a new akin of flexibility.
XM NavTraffic and XM NavWeather are accessible via alone XM subscriptions while XM Sports and Stocks is included with an XM Radio subscription. All XM casework action adulatory 90 day balloon subscriptions.