Lexus Just Showed Off the NX's New Interior — and Nobody Expected This
Lexus teased the updated NX interior before its September 1 debut — a new ES-style steering wheel and reworked dashboard steal the show.
Three months ago, the new Lexus NX cabin existed only in spy shots. Today, the automaker itself has practically confirmed the rumors — and it turns out they weren't wrong. Ahead of the September 1 premiere, Lexus revealed the updated crossover's interior: the old steering wheel gives way to a new one styled after the ES, while the center console and climate controls have been reworked almost beyond recognition.
And it's the cabin that's shaping up to be this facelift's biggest story. Back in May, spy photos from testing at the Nürburgring already hinted at a far more upright dashboard architecture for the NX — echoing the new ES. Now the official teaser confirms it: the guesses were right.
The logic is simple enough. The latest ES generation already debuted a fresh interface architecture with a 14-inch display and a fundamentally different approach to controls. Now those winning ideas from one model appear to be spreading across the rest of the Lexus lineup.
Outside, don't expect a revolution. The NX's body proportions and profile are barely changed, though the teasers do show different headlight graphics. Carscoops expects a reworked front end styled after the RX as well — but for now that's interpretation, not confirmed fact.
The second-generation NX launched in June 2021, meaning this refresh lands almost exactly on the model's fifth anniversary. The crossover rides on the TNGA-K architecture and has offered gasoline, hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains from the start. The engines, though, remain the biggest question mark. Lexus hasn't confirmed new hybrid specs, nor the rumored move of the PHEV variant to the fresh RAV4's hardware — a claim some foreign outlets have floated.
It's a rare case: a day before the reveal, the biggest question isn't about looks at all. The NX is changing cautiously on the outside, while the real overhaul, judging by the teasers, is happening exactly where the driver sees it — in the wheel, the dash, and the controls.