Production chronology1998–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
popular_cohort_family_projection1 year
← Lexus
Lexus / Model record
LexusRX 300
Production1998 – present
Recorded originJapan
ClassMidsize Station Wagons
The Lexus RX is a luxury crossover SUV sold since 1998 by Lexus, a luxury division of Toyota. Originally released in its home market of Japan in late 1997 as the Toyota Harrier, export sales began in March 1998 as the Lexus RX.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years1999–2003
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years1999–2003
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗5 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2001–2020
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗20 years
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations2000–2022
Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.
Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗23 years