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yes, both the new RX and the 400h (redesign in 2008 as 2009 model) will most likely get the platform that the highlander and the camry are using...

however, i hope they dont, cause that means its going to be a hand-me-down from toyota to lexus and not the other way around...

if lexus really wanted to get some prestige, they should make their own platforms.

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yes, both the new RX and the 400h (redesign in 2008 as 2009 model) will most likely get the platform that the highlander and the camry are using...

however, i hope they dont, cause that means its going to be a hand-me-down from toyota to lexus and not the other way around...

if lexus really wanted to get some prestige, they should make their own platforms.

Vehicle "platforms" cost tens-to-hundreds of millions of dollars to develop - I'm not sure if you're aware of that. Every Acura, Infiniti, Lexus, Lincoln, Audi, Cadillac and Chrysler will forever share a platform with lesser vehicles. It allows you and I to have luxury at the prices you see today - if the RX was a standalone it would cost, well, what a Bentley or Maybach costs.

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well, even if you and i know that, lexus bashers dont.

for a long time mercedes benz had their own platforms for their own cars. They are now hand-me-downs to chryslers. but before that, mercedes were mercedes' platforms.

There is the Crossfire using the former SLK platform which is not in use for Mercedes anymore. I don't know if there are other Chrysler using old Mercedes platforms (I doubt). There is defintely no Mercedes car using a Chrysler platform. Why do you think the US car industry are in trouble so much? Because they produce good quality and up to date technology?

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