![]() It’s a simple touchpad with haptic feedback to aid locating buttons on a screen, however I found myself skipping over selections frequently. While I wasn’t ahhhhhhh’ing in the F Sport seats with the cooled fans blowing, I found using Lexus’s infotainment center seemingly intuitive in nature but frustrating in practice. It was like cracking your own back or neck, and then visiting a professional chiropractor. I could feel the cool air blowing out from the perforated leather and onto my back with an abundance I hadn’t felt from our personal 2019 Honda Pilot Elite or from the previous week’s press car, the Volkswagen Atlas. It’s not the buttons that I found special, but enabling the cooled seats at full-chill in the RX 350 was the first time I had experienced what I could only describe as how cooled seats are supposed to feel. If I may go back to the seats again, the button for heating and cooling nicely tucked in front of the gear selector, almost as if Lexus didn’t plan for it and needed somewhere to put the buttons. It’s just a bummer that we’re still looking at an average in the teens in 2021 when my 7 seater 2019 Honda Pilot averages low 20’s with nearly identical powerplant on paper. ![]() That average is spot on to RX 350 F Sport’s advertised 19/22(mixed)/25 MPG rating. I averaged 19 miles per gallon with a good mix of highway driving and around town. The engine and all of it’s sound fed through the cabin stereo, sounded good to my ears. The 3.5 liter V6 produces an ample 295 horsepower and transfers it to the ground through an 8-speed auto trans. Peg the throttle to the floor from a stop and the RX 350 F Sport gallops to 60 MPH in the low’ish 7 second range. And that’s where the sensation of all performance ends and everything you’d expect from a Lexus sport utility vehicle begins. On the road, Lexus turns the pavement to glass but with Sport mode, the suspension firms up, all while somehow retaining that Lexus comfort, but also manages to substantially reduce lean through corners.Īnd holding me firmly in place are these uniquely F Sport seats…by far my favorite feature of the RX 350 F Sport Black Line Special Edition. ![]() Heated steering wheel, but only at 9 and 3. The door handles, buttons, the door panels wrapped in leather. The digital gauge cluster run turns to white in LFA-fashion and the word Sport displays on 10 inch infotainment screen in red.Ĭlosing the door and looking around, craftsmanship looks to live up to Lexus standards. It’s at this point where I always reach for the drive mode dial and twist it to Sport. Pushing the Start button, the 3.5 liter V6 fires to life with a mellow bellow at idle. The infotainment center, and the way the controls all wrapped around the driver set the driver oriented tone immediately. Grabbing the steering wheel, the gear selector, everything felt supple and premium. I found the driver’s seat to be infinitely adjustable and hugged my 180-pound, just-shy-of-6-foot-frame, like something out of proper sports car. It set the expectation that the RX 350 F Sport was going to deliver both performance and comfort. The contrasting white and black seats with blue stitching stand out as soon as I opened the door. Without looking at the RX 350 F Sport Black Line Special Edition on paper, those less familiar may assume similar performance to an X5/6 M. To summarize my feelings of the 2021 RX 350 F Sport Black Line Special Edition up front, I really enjoyed driving it up to the point I needed to interact with the infotainment system, or paused to digest the fuel economy stats. Optionally, a wireless smartphone charging pad is available. New for 2021, the RX comes standard with blind spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alerts, and power folding mirrors. Glacier Blue RX 350 F Sport Black Line Special Edition Oh, and you also get a two-piece set of Zero Halliburton luggage. ![]() The Black Line Special Edition, which is only available as a package for the F Sport model, delivers black exterior accents, black 20 inch wheels, blue stitching on the interior, and lastly only come with two exterior paint colors – Ultra White or Grecian Water. Most special edition vehicles shy of Porsche usually mean purely appearance and cutting straight to the point, the RX 350 F Sport Black Line Special Edition is your standard RX 350 F Sport with a few extras. The Lexus RX 350 has been around for several years now and the F Sport badge is nothing new.
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