Will the Updated 2020 Lexus GX 460 Look Like This?

Posted by Kevin on May 15th, 2019

After spy shots of the upcoming Lexus GX 460 refresh broke last week, Russian website КОЛЕСА wasted no time imagining what the SUV might look like under the camouflage.

Lexus GX Refresh Render Update Rear

Should these renderings be accurate, there won’t be much separating the GX from its current form — a grille based on the LX flagship design and new lights would be the extent of the changes.

As a comparison, the original images before Photoshop:

Lexus GX 460 Undoctored

(Projecting the debut of the updated GX is pure guesswork, but Lexus has used the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to reveal updated models in the past. Barring that venue or an online debut, the next possibility is the LA Auto Show.)

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Trexus
GX sales have been solid and with the new refresh in 2020 it should give an uptick in sales: roughly an additional 74,500 units estimated

2002 - 2,190
2003 - 31,376
2004 - 35,420
2005 - 34,339
2006 - 25,454
2007 - 23,035
2008 - 15,759
2009 - 6,235
2010 - 16,450
2011 - 11,609
2012 - 11,039
2013 - 12,136
2014 - 22,685
2015 - 25,212
2016 - 25,148
2017 - 27,190
2018 - 26,724
2019 - 7,215 YTD - January thru April, Projected 26,100
2020 - Projected 27,000
2021 - Projected 25,000
2022 - Projected 22,500
Total 359,216 + 74,500 = 433,716
Ian Schmidt
louis55
Can you expand you statement with details? I've heard the grill will resemble the UX pattern
The headlights aren't like any newer Lexus; they generally keep the swoosh DRL offset or otherwise visually distinct from the main headlight. And what in the world is sticking out of the doors near the bottom?
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I honestly think this is just a tester vehicle where they fitted maybe some safety sensors and steering wheel onto an existing vehicle rather than being the full next generation refresh is going to look like. It doesn't make sense how it would have an old generation steering wheel (Newer than it had but still not the newest one being put on LC and beyond), the gauge cluster it had from 10 years ago with an awkwardly fitted newer than it had but still older than current gauge screen, and it's supposed to keep the 5+ year old 8th generation navigation?? This is like the craziest mix of tech I've seen in a Lexus lol - I doubt this is the final one we're looking at
Gecko
GenTenNav
I honestly think this is just a tester vehicle where they fitted maybe some safety sensors and steering wheel onto an existing vehicle rather than being the full next generation refresh is going to look like. It doesn't make sense how it would have an old generation steering wheel (Newer than it had but still not the newest one being put on LC and beyond), the gauge cluster it had from 10 years ago with an awkwardly fitted newer than it had but still older than current gauge screen, and it's supposed to keep the 5+ year old 8th generation navigation?? This is like the craziest mix of tech I've seen in a Lexus lol - I doubt this is the final one we're looking at
There will be a refresh for 2020, before the all-new model in ~2022/2023 :)
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Gecko
There will be a refresh for 2020, before the all-new model in ~2022/2023 :)
Yeah I suppose it could just be a refresh launching for model year 2020/2021 but if it launches with this mismatched set of technology and features sprawled from so many different generations I'd be a little surprised to be honest. I've never seen that kind of thing before on a Lexus, but I guess the GX has always broken the rules on that sort of thing, hah
Gecko
GenTenNav
Yeah I suppose it could just be a refresh launching for model year 2020/2021 but if it launches with this mismatched set of technology and features sprawled from so many different generations I'd be a little surprised to be honest. I've never seen that kind of thing before on a Lexus, but I guess the GX has always broken the rules on that sort of thing, hah
If I've learned anything about Lexus over the last few years, it's to take spy pictures like this at face value and not try to infer what should or could be the case. So... yeah... I think this is our reality.

In full disclosure, I love the GX as a package and I don't think BOF vehicles need to change platforms and tech as often as unibody ones. The only thing the GX really needs is a new powertrain.

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