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the Lexus RX invented the compact luxury crossover market let's see how its faring 15 years later as we do a quick look at the 2013 lexus rx350 F Sport and check the tech now given seen in rx in a while the styling has more edges than you may recall and the new family face called the spindle grille our F Sport Edition has an even deeper Messi version of that grille several sporty body cues around the edges and 19's in all four corners instead of 18s but all our X's remain to row 5 passenger vehicles no revolution inside but the Lexus cabin remains handsome and very tech looking 9 speaker audio is based with all the important sources including USB and bluetooth streaming you can bump it up to 12 speaker premium sound or all the way up to 15 speaker Levinson surround audio and 330 watts but annoyingly to get HD radio you also have to get a backup camera I don't mind that but not everybody wants those things tied remote touch is the controller when you get navigation a bass Rx wouldn't have this and no one else has a controller like it navigation as I mentioned is optional whichever package you get it in will also bring you the inform app suite with Bing Pandora OpenTable Yelp and more under the hood the f-sport rx gets the same powertrain as every other rx that is not a hybrid that's a three and a half liter v6 doing 270 horse 248 foot-pounds of torque 0 to 60 and 7.7 seconds very garden-variety rx stuff mpg is a little underwhelming at 1826 but not awful for this profile and weight of a vehicle now where the base rx has a six speed and front-wheel drive an F Sport has an eight speed and requires all-wheel drive mention of the F sport is well sport but not adaptive or anything tricky it's just firmer which can mean harsher I've been underwhelmed by the escort bars I've driven so far I feel they missed the mark of what Alexis is so good at refined hi-tech luxury that is dead reliable these are not AMG or M fighters especially the rxf sport since it has no power train bump as a result I don't feel the package is worth the harsher ride and slightly poser trim that detracts from Lexus luxury let's try the 2013 Lexus RX CNET style I'd go base with an RX 350 naught F Sport at just under 42 delivered get the Navin camera package for about 6700 that will also include the remote touch controller back up camera and forum apps heated and cooled seats HID headlights and more become in just shy of 50 grand