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SERIEN ARCHITEKTUR UND AUTO • ARCHITECTURE AND AUTOMOBILE

155 PS machen den NX 300h zum veritablen Reise-SUV. • 150 hp make the NX 300h a true SUV for travelling. Das Interior: wertig, komfortabel – mit Head-up-Display • High-quality, comfortable – with a head-up display

he Sunday drive with the test vehicle took father and son from Kassel to Zwolle the takumi (master craftsman) principle. Only my reading- and sun glasses, my keys
in the Netherlands. One touch of the power button and immediately the Lexus and the CD cover cannot be suitably stored! Could the designers please think of such
Lexus NXh Sport purrs through the rain. Touchpad, premium navigation, reversing practical things! Conclusion about the Lexus NXh Sport: Large and fine, for the drive
camera, air-conditioning and sound equipment, Bluetooth – everything well-arranged to the construction site and a pleasant trip with minimum luggage. Yet nine litres of
and easy to grasp intuitively. On the head-up display, one cannot only read the speed premium for 100 kilometres at moderate speed is not really a good performance – this
but also the title of the music – great! Electrical adjustment of the seats, blind-spot can no doubt be improved upon nowadays – is it really right and essential that we
and rear-area assistance as well as 150 hp make the NX 300h a comfortable SUV for all drive around like this?
travelling. Having reached Zwolle after a comfortable drive, the atmosphere there is
calm as befits Sundays, wet, cold and tranquil. After a fun tour of the old city, from a
well-frequented bistro one enters the even better frequented Museum de Fundatie –
with a UFO on the roof (after the expansion by Bierman Henket Architecten in 2013),
a fine Caspar David Friedrich and several amazing paintings by the CoBrA group of
artists. Afterwards, there is the chance of having a closer look at the test vehicle. The
Lexus NXh looks aloof, with “knitted eyebrows” and full concentration – it crouches
powerfully ready to leap. The higher-designed sports car is snappy, wants to get
going, to accelerate, to climb. In the city, it turns out to be confident, gliding along
soundlessly – cool! On the drive back, a close look at the interior: The precisely sewn
leather seats provide comfort, the leather-covered steering wheel gives good grip. The
centre console and the dashboard are generously covered with dark-grey, grained
leather – visibly sewn with precise craftsmanship. The matte chrome profiles provide
the frame for the anthracite buttons and switches. A central LED analogue clock
(wow!) and unobtrusive LED lighting complement the interior in a high-quality way.
The individual elements are convincingly coordinated and made. This is ensured by

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