The Lexus LX 470 ($64,175) is available as one fully loaded model. It's equipped with the 4.7-liter V8, a new 5-speed automatic, and the latest in off-road and accident-avoidance technology. That technology includes a full-time four-wheel-drive system with a locking center differential and four-wheel traction control. It also includes an adaptive suspension with variable-rate damping and adjustable height control and big P275/70HR18 mud-and-snow tires on 18-inch alloy wheels. It also includes four-wheel disc brakes with ABS and vehicle skid control.
LX 470 comes standard with a sumptuous leather interior and a boggling list of luxury and convenience features. Just a few of the many standard features: leather upholstery, automatic climate control front and rear, power moonroof, and power seats, doors, locks and windows. Also standard is a DVD-based navigation system and a premium AM/FM/cassette stereo system with a six-disc DVD/CD auto changer, seven speakers, automatic sound leveling and a separate rear-seat audio system. Put it in Park and watch a movie on the navigation screen. Put it in Drive and the navigation system will respond to voice commands.
Standard safety equipment is impressive: frontal, side-impact and curtain airbags, seat belts with pretensioners and force limiters, and a first aid kit. The curtain airbags are designed to provide head protection for the four outboard passengers in the front and second-row seats in a side impact or rollover. Windshield wipers adjust for rain automatically and the windshield is coated with water repellant. Optional Lexus Link ($1,215) sends the rescue squad if you press an emergency button or if one of the airbags goes off and you don't respond.
Options include a rear-seat DVD entertainment system that plays movies on a 6.5-inch overhead screen and a brilliant Mark Levinson audio system ($1,280). Night View ($2,200) is available, which uses near-infrared technology to illuminate people, deer and other objects at night up to 500 feet away and display them on a section of the windshield in front of the driver. There's also a roof rack with cross bars ($220) and a rear spoiler ($280).