Lexus NX 2024 wait times: hybrid improving fast but PHEV orders still paused

Provide of hybrid variations of Australia’s second most in fashion midsize luxury SUV, the Lexus NX, are bettering swiftly – with one main caveat.

After it launched in February 2022, the Lexus NX350h, which pairs a petrol engine with electrical motors in entrance-wheel drive (FWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD) guises, swiftly grew to alter into the model’s most in fashion powertrain.

Immense query for the effectively-appointed hybrid Lexus crossover – mixed with miserable provide due to the shortages – noticed wait instances balloon to higher than a year in some conditions.

Even supposing Lexus managed to carry 15,192 vehicles in Australia in 2023 – a recent gross sales file, of which 6875 devices had been the NX midsize SUV. Had NX hybrid provide been stronger the numbers might perhaps perhaps accept as true with been increased all over again.

NX350h hybrid wait instances already all of the way in which down to three to 5 months

A turnaround in the provision scenario methodology that the moderate wait time for a Lexus NX350h is now all of the way in which down to three-5 months (as of January 2024) and by mid-2024, contemporary orders are expected to take 2-4 months to be dropped at prospects.

“The [NX350h] sold worship a hotcake,” Lexus Australia chief govt John Pappas shared this week. “It had two year wait instances. Now we’re bringing wait instances down and getting some normality.”

In its build of ready to take provide of a hybrid NX, some consumers accept as true with opted for one among the SUV’s non-electrified petrol engines in NX250 (non-turbo) and NX350 (turbo) guises.

Whereas wait instances for the normal NX hybrid accept as true with dramatically improved, the the same can no longer be stated for the shuffle-in hybrid version, which remans a thorn in Lexus Australia’s facet.

NX450h+ shuffle-in hybrid reached wait time of three years

“We have been inundated on [the NX450h+ PHEV] to the purpose where we had been reaching a three year wait time.” Pappas educated Chasing Vehicles. “We had to forestall taking orders. We true can’t accept as true with folks ready that lengthy.”

Sizzling query and ongoing production disorders with the increased-output Lexus NX450h+ – which might commute about 60km on battery power by myself – methodology contemporary orders remain paused.

Fully a number of NX450h+ shuffle-in hybrid devices reached prospects after the 2022 launch of the second-gen NX and deliveries remain extraordinarily torpid.

“[Supply of the PHEV] dried up for us in actual fact swiftly,” Pappas stated. “The scenario is being reviewed every month [for when the pause can be released].”

Lexus dealers can peaceable take expressions of passion on the NX450h+ however these are no longer a deposit and carry out no longer philosophize a residence in the queue when orders are reopened – consumers want to cease on the ball.

RX shuffle-in hybrid won’t on the field of Australia unless NX450h+ disorders solved

Lexus is struggling to create ample numbers of assorted PHEV devices, too – the continuing terminate on the NX450h+ is furthermore the cause Lexus Australia has no longer added the upper RX450h+ shuffle-in hybrid to its native vary.

“In regards to the RX [plug-in hybrid], we don’t want to make a scenario we know goes to happen.

“We are positively going to [launch it in Australia] – it’s true a topic of time. We are working with Lexus Global on it.”