Hiki paha i ka 2022 Lexus NX ke lilo i SUV kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma Australia? ʻO nā mea hoʻokūkū kiʻekiʻe o ka BMW X3, Audi Q5 a me Mercedes-Benz GLC e hoʻoluliluli i ke kinoea, hybrid a me ka māhele PHEV.

ʻO ka NX450h+ plug-in hybrid ka poʻokela o ka laina NX.

ʻO ka 2022 Lexus NX hou paha ke kumu hoʻohālike e hoʻonui ai i ke kūʻai aku o ka brand premium Iapana ma Australia.

Ke pāʻani nei ka NX i ka māhele SUV nui waena a me ka ulu nui, a he hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi kona, mai ʻEulopa mai.

I ka wā i hoʻolaha ʻia ai ke kumu kūʻai piha no ka NX lua o ka hanauna hou i ka mahina ʻo Dekemaba, ua hōʻike ʻo Lexus i ke koʻikoʻi no ka lawe ʻana i nā wahi hou aʻe i ka māhele SUV premium.

ʻO kekahi o nā mea kūʻai kiʻekiʻe ma kēia māhele - ʻo Audi Q5, BMW X3 a me Volvo XC60 - ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻike inoa inoa ʻoiai ua lōʻihi lākou ma ka mākeke ma mua o ka NX. A makemake paha kekahi poʻe i ka hōʻailona ʻEulopa ma mua o ka hōʻailona Iapana.

Akā, loaʻa i ka hanauna hou NX nā mea a pau e pono ai e piʻi i luna o ka papa kūʻai kūʻai SUV premium i ka wā e kūʻai aku ai i Pepeluali.

ʻO ka NX hou kekahi o nā laina nui loa o kāna mau mea hoʻokūkū, e hāʻawi ana i ʻeiwa mau koho. Loaʻa iā ia me ʻelua mau pahu ʻaila ʻehā: he ʻenekini 152 lita maoli me 243 kW/2.5 Nm a me kahi ʻenekini turbocharged 205 lita me 430 kW/2.4 Nm.

Hāʻawi pū ʻo Lexus i kahi powertrain hybrid 179kW a, no ka manawa mua no ka brand, he 227kW plug-in hybrid (PHEV) me ka laulā uila āpau o 75km.

ʻEhā mau koho ʻenekini. He liʻiliʻi nā koho powertrain i kēia pō ma mua o ka Q5 a i ʻole X3, akā ʻo ia wale nō ke kumu hoʻohālike me ka petrol, stock hybrid a me nā koho plug-in hybrid.

ʻO nā kumukūʻai hoʻi he mea hoʻokūkū loa ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka hoʻokūkū. Aia ia mai $60,800 ma mua o ke alanui no ka NX250 Luxury me ke kaʻa huila mua (FWD) a piʻi i $89,900 no ka NX450h+ F Sport me nā huila holoʻokoʻa (AWD) - ke koho PHEV wale nō. He $65,600 ke kumukūʻai o ka hybrid hybrid.

ʻO kēia kumukūʻai hoʻomaka ma lalo o nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻokūkū āpau, ʻo ka mea hou ʻo Genesis GV70 (e hoʻomaka ana ma $66,400).

ʻOi aku ka uku o ka plugin ma mua o nā PHEV ʻē aʻe e like me BMW X3 xDrive30e ($104,900), Mercedes-Benz GLC300e ($95,700), a me Volvo XC60 ($8).

Hoʻolako ʻia ke kumu hoʻohālike hou me nā hiʻohiʻona kōkua o ka mea hoʻokele hou, a me ka hoʻonohonoho multimedia Lexus hou loa me nā pale paʻi mai 9.8 a 14.0 iniha.

Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Lexus i 3091 NX i ka makahiki i hala, ma lalo o 12.1% mai 2020. Ua kūʻai ʻia e BMW X3 (4242), Volvo XC60 (3688), Audi Q5 (3604), Mercedes-Benz GLC (3435). a me GLB (3345).

Lexus outsold Porsche Macan (2328), Range Rover Evoque (1143), BMW X4 (981), Land Rover Discovery Sport (843) a me na mea e ae.

Akā i ka manawa e kūʻai aku ai ka NX, e kūʻai ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona no kekahi mau makahiki, a e ʻālohilohi ʻo Lexus e like me ke keiki hou loa ma ka mākeke.

Me ka ulu ʻana o nā kūʻai hybrid ma Australia - piʻi ʻo 20% i 70,466 mau ʻāpana i ka makahiki i hala - ua mākaukau ʻo Lexus e pounce. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka NX ma ka mana like o ka Toyota/Lexus TNGA architecture e like me ka RAV4 kaulana loa a kaʻana like me ia.

I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, 72% o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o RAV4 i electrified, hiki ke alakaʻi i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā kumu hoʻohālike NX hybrid.

ʻO nā mea a pau e hiki mai ana, kokoke e wela ka heihei kūʻai kūʻai SUV premium.