Lexus has come a long way with its reinvention. It’s
done a great job at establishing an identity of its own and has succeeded in
stepping out of the enormous shadow of Toyota. The new Lexus NX is a great
example of that, but even this new SUV needs some upgrades.
That’s where Toyota
Racing Development (TRD) comes into the picture. Toyota’s in-house performance
team has a bunch of new accessories for the Lexus NX. It’s not going to take a
lot to add more aggression to the already-menacing look of the NX, but at least
TRD is giving us the option to do so if we wanted.
It’s a pretty comprehensive kit that provides an
impressive visual upgrade to the NX, especially the SUV’s F Sport variant.
That’s not really a tall order considering the aggressive look the NX already
has, but adding some upgrades here and there does help out a bit.
The new NX F Sport TRD kit is available for either
the NX 200t or the NX 300h. Unfortunately, however, it looks like this kit is
offered exclusively in Japan.
We’re holding out hope that Lexus brings the TRD kit
to the US, but only if it costs less than what it’s going for in Japan. US$ 8,000
for a pretty simple TRD kit isn’t a purchase we’re inclined to make anytime
soon.
