Exterior
18-inch Alloy Wheels
These six-spoke, 18-inch alloy wheels [2] are lightweight and durable enough to handle virtually any off-road adventure. Plus, they come in a high-gloss finish on Premium models.
HID Headlamps
Available High-Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps help provide a closer simulation to daylight than conventional halogen lighting. Not only does their brighter, whiter light make it easier to see in the darkest conditions, but the xenon and metal halide bulbs are also mercury-free, use less energy and last significantly longer.
Intelligent High-Beam Headlamps
Helping to provide greater visibility for you without compromising the visibility of others, the available intelligent high-beam headlamps operate in high-beam mode until a camera on the back of the rearview mirror detects the headlamps from an oncoming vehicle or another vehicle traveling closely ahead. The headlamps then automatically switch to low-beam mode until vehicles are no longer detected ahead.
Backup Camera
Backing out of tight spaces is much easier with the GX’s backup camera . When the vehicle is placed in reverse, a tiny camera located above the rear license plate provides a view of what the camera’s lens can see behind you, which is conveniently displayed in full color on the multi-information center-console display or the available Navigation System screen.
Intuitive Parking Assist
This available system uses sensors integrated into the front and rear bumpers to help monitor how close the GX is to surrounding objects. Warning tones and visual cues (through the multi-information console display or available navigation screen) help the driver better understand the vehicle’s proximity to surrounding objects.
Dynamic Radar Cruise Control
For your convenience, as well as your safety, this advanced system on the GX 460 Premium uses radar technology to help maintain a pre-set following distance from the vehicle traveling in front of yours . If you appear to be getting too close, the throttle is automatically reduced and brakes are applied. Once the road clears, your GX will return to its pre-set speed.
Wide-view Front and Side Monitor
Operated at low speeds, a camera incorporated into the front grille of the GX helps you see around corners, such as when exiting a parking garage or when maneuvering around a tight turn. A second camera located underneath the passenger side-mirror provides a view of the ground next to the vehicle, which makes parking alongside a curb easier. Both views can be displayed simultaneously on the navigation screen when this available system is activated.
Interior
HDD Navigation System
The available HDD Navigation System uses a hard disk drive (HDD) to store maps and data, which allows it to operate much faster than previous DVD-based models. Additionally, it can recognize over 100 voice commands; provides a sharper, more colorful display; can map over eight million points of interest and display information in English, French and Spanish.
Voice Command
The GX is available with a voice-recognition system that makes it easy to place compatible Bluetooth® phone calls and access commonly used features like the controls for the climate and audio system. Choose the available Navigation System and experience the convenience of voice-recognition technology with voice command.
Mark Levinson® Audio
This available Mark Levinson Premium Surround Sound System is an audiophile’s dream. Designed exclusively for the GX, it features 7.1 surround sound, a DVD/CD auto-changer, 17 carefully tuned and positioned speakers and 330 watts at less than 0.1% THD; 20-20,000 Hz of maximum power. The result is an audio experience that more resembles a concert hall than an automobile. In fact, when listening to a DVD audio recording, you can actually sense the locations of the various instruments being played.
NavTraffic™, NavWeather™, Sports and Stocks
While SiriusXM Satellite Radio offers diverse and commercial-free music programming, available NavTraffic™ can provide real-time traffic reports on specific highways or routes and reroute you around congestion. Available NavWeather™ can give real-time weather reports for specific cities and even automatically alert you of severe weather.
Dual-screen Rear-Seat Entertainment System
Two independent screens positioned on the backs of the front-seat headrests means one rear passenger can watch a favorite DVD while another plays the latest video game via separate audio/video input connectors. Individual audio/video jacks are provided, as well as two pairs of wireless headphones , a remote control and a two-prong, household-style electrical outlet.
Lexus Enform® with Safety Connect
One button. That’s all it takes to speak to a live response center agent, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You don’t have to memorize any numbers, navigate through seemingly endless screens—or even have your cell phone with you.
Looking for a particular destination? Simply press the available Destination Assist button. Once you’ve decided on a location, your Lexus Enform® agent can send turn-by-turn directions straight to your vehicle’s Navigation System . Planning a trip? You also have the option of using eDestination to pre-select up to 200 destinations online and have them all sent to your vehicle.
But the available Lexus Enform with Safety Connect® isn’t just about finding your way. It’s also about receiving emergency help at a moment’s notice, whether that means assisting the police with locating your stolen vehicle using Stolen Vehicle Location or just sending Enhanced Roadside Assistance to your vehicle’s location through its GPS signal. The Safety Connect service also features Automatic Collision Notification, which sends emergency assistance if the vehicle’s airbags have been deployed or there is a severe rear-end collision.
Lexus Enform with Safety Connect are separate subscription services. A one-year trial subscription is included with new vehicle purchase. Navigation System is needed for the use of Lexus Enform.
Semi-aniline Leather-trimmed Interior
Available semi-aniline leather is a higher quality than conventional leather used by other automotive manufacturers. Rather than using heavy surface dyes, the semi-aniline leather is dyed throughout. This means imperfections can’t be masked, so a higher grade leather must always be used. The lack of surface dye also helps the leather retain its natural feel. Semi-aniline leather trim is available throughout the GX interior.
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats
Whatever the weather, the heated and ventilated front seats will be appreciated. On cold days, the seatbacks and lower-seat cushions can be heated to one of three levels. In warmer weather, you can select from three ventilations settings to have fans inside the seatbacks and cushions circulate air through perforations in the leather trim. And for added comfort for your passengers, heating is also available for the outboard rear seats.
Innovative Seating Configurations
A variety of seat configurations makes the GX incredibly versatile. The second-row seat reclines and has a slide feature as well as available seat heaters for the outboard positions. It also folds forward in a 40/20/40-split seatback configuration to accommodate various kinds of cargo, and the passenger-side seat tilts and slides forward making entering the third row much easier. At the touch of a button, the power third-row seat can automatically fold itself down to be flush with the cargo area floor.
Rear Air Conditioning
Occupy your own perfectly temperate zone, even if other passengers prefer it warmer or cooler. Individual settings allow the driver and front passenger to adjust their preferred temperatures, while available controls in the second row adjust settings for the rear passengers. With 23 vents, the cabin heats and cools quickly, while an air filter helps to remove allergens and dust. The available smog sensor recirculates the interior cabin air when the exterior levels of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons reach a pre-set threshold. Heated and ventilated front-row seats can be heated or cooled with perforations that allow air to circulate. Second-row heated seats are also available.
Advanced Audio Connectivity
The GX features a USB connector that allows you to use the vehicle’s audio system to control compatible music players such as the iPod®. In addition, portable players with Bluetooth audio functionality can connect with the audio system wirelessly. A stereo miniplug input jack is also included.
Performance
4.6-liter V8 Engine
Featuring dual Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i), a cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation system, an electronic throttle and low-friction technologies, the GX doesn’t just offer one of the best combined fuel-economy ratings of any V8 in its class. It also produces an impressive 301 horsepower and 329 lb-ft of torque at low rpm, making it remarkably powerful.
ECO Indicator
When the driver accelerates gently, the ECO indicator illuminates and a graph is displayed, helping you better understand how your driving affects the fuel- efficiency of the GX.
Six-Speed Automatic Transmission
A sixth gear was added to this GX without increasing the size of its previous five-speed transmission. This enables the GX to achieve higher speeds while keeping the engine speed low. The end result: better fuel economy and a quieter ride.
Full-Time 4WD
Having power directed to all four wheels all of the time helps give the GX better traction in on-road and off-road driving situations. The transfer case can run in locked or unlocked modes, in high or low gear.
Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System
Front and rear cylinders, linked hydraulically via a pressure-sensing valve, adjust the GX’s stabilizer bars to current road conditions. Off-road, this Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (KDSS) automatically allows each wheel to move more independently, so the wheel on uneven ground can react while the other wheels are relatively unaffected. This flexibility helps reduce vehicle tilt and improve traction on uneven surfaces. On-road, the front and rear stabilizer bars are automatically fixed in place, helping to minimize body sway while cornering.
Adaptive Variable Suspension
The shock absorbers in this system are electronically adjusted to adapt to the current driving conditions. Drivers can select from three settings: Comfort, Normal and Sport. Because each wheel automatically reacts to unique road surfaces, the system adjusts quickly to changes in driving conditions, maintaining your selected level of driving comfort.
Electronically Modulated Rear Air Suspension
The rear suspension of the GX utilizes an available air-based system rather than traditional coil springs. This allows the vehicle to raise or lower its ride height based on the driver’s preferences and current driving conditions. On the road, the GX suspension remains firm to help provide better steering response, while off-road the suspension adjusts, which helps offer excellent wheel articulation and increased traction.
The driver can select from among three suspension heights: High (for better ground clearance), Normal (for everyday driving) or Low (for easier loading and unloading of passengers and cargo). An auto-leveling function helps to ensure the rear of the vehicle remains at the proper height. And at higher speeds, the GX automatically returns to Normal height to help improve driving comfort and control.
Crawl Control
When climbing steep slopes and rugged terrain, available Crawl Control helps to maintain a slow, steady speed in difficult off-road conditions. By maintaining low speeds, Crawl Control is designed to allow the driver to concentrate on steering, while regulating the engine output and brake application to help control vehicle speed and wheel slippage.
Body-on-frame Design
The GX features body-on-frame, ladder-type construction, giving it strength and frame rigidity. This type of design also isolates the passenger compartment from the frame to reduce noise and vibration. More importantly, optimally distributed frame materials around the cabin are designed to absorb and disperse impact energy, helping to protect you and your passengers in the event of a collision.
Safety & Security
Airbags
The GX features a series of 10 airbags designed to help protect occupants in certain types of severe impacts. In addition to driver’s and front passenger’s knee airbags (SRS), driver’s and front passenger’s airbags feature a dual-stage system that controls airbag inflation based on the position of the driver’s seat on its track and the severity of the impact. Seat-mounted side airbags are integrated into the front seats and second-row outboard seats to help the airbags deploy in locations consistent with respect to their occupants. The forward seat-mounted side airbag on the front passenger’s seat has an occupant sensor to help prevent it from deploying if the system detects the seat is vacant. In addition, all three rows of seats have Roll-Sensing Curtain Airbags (RSCA) that are designed to deploy in the event of a severe tilt degree, roll or lateral G-force.
Safety Connect
Safety Connect® means additional peace of mind—24 hours a day, seven days a week. In the event of a severe rear-end collision or when the vehicle’s airbags [3] deploy, Automatic Collision Notification can send a request for help—even when you can’t. And should you report your vehicle stolen, the Stolen Vehicle Location service can help the police recover it quicker once a stolen vehicle report is filed. Safety Connect also includes Enhanced Roadside Assistance [4], which allows you to get help for things like a flat tire with a simple press of the Emergency Assistance Button (SOS), which can also be used for other emergencies.
Safety Connect is a subscription service. A one-year trial subscription is included with new vehicle purchase.
Pre-Collision System
This available Pre-Collision System is available with a Driver Attention Monitor. An infrared camera helps monitor the direction of the driver’s face while the vehicle is in motion. If an object is sensed ahead while the driver does not appear to be facing the road, the system can warn the driver visually and audibly and, if necessary, briefly apply the brakes to help alert the driver. Once a collision is determined to be unavoidable, the system preps the Brake Assist (for increased braking effectiveness the moment the brakes are applied), retracts the front seatbelts to help reduce collision damage and can even apply the brakes to help reduce impact speed.
Adaptive Front Lighting
For enhanced nighttime visibility, especially on winding roads, the available Adaptive Front Lighting System (AFS) can pivot the left headlamp up to 15 degrees and the right headlamp up to 10 degrees, helping to illuminate more of the road through turns.
Active Front Headrests
The GX comes equipped with active front headrests for the driver and front passenger. In certain low-speed rear-end collisions, the active front headrests use the force of the occupant’s body against the seatback to move the headrest diagonally upward to help decrease the movement of the head, thereby helping to reduce the possibility of a whiplash injury.
Lane Departure Alert
On certain types of well-maintained roads, the available Lane Departure Alert system can help judge the position of the vehicle by using a camera and sensor to detect lane markings. When the system is on and the GX is traveling at approximately 30 mph or more, an audible alert and indicator are activated the moment the vehicle appears to be deviating from its current lane. The alert will not sound when the turn signal is on or if the vehicle is braking.
