The Cadillac XT4 looks set to face increased competition from Japan following the introduction of the next-generation 2022 Lexus NX this week.
The 2022 Lexus NX introduces a number of changes to the nameplate – the most apparent being a re-styled exterior with a larger version of the Lexus ‘spindle grille’, new L-shaped LED headlamps and different full-width taillamps.
A new NX350 model introduces a turbocharged 2.4L four-cylinder engine to the crossover, as well, which produces 275 horsepower and 317 pound-feet of torque. The base NX250 trim, meanwhile, has a naturally aspirated 2.5L four-cylinder producing 203 horsepower and 194 pound-feet. Both of these four-cylinder motors come standard with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
Two updated hybrid powertrains will also be on offer. The NX350h pairs the 2.5L four-cylinder with an electrified power source for a maximum output of 239 horsepower and some small fuel economy-related gains. The range-topping NX 450H+, meanwhile, pairs the same 2.5L motor with a more powerful plug-in hybrid powertrain, giving the crossover the ability to travel an estimated 36 miles on electric power alone. Lexus did not disclose maximum combined power output for the NX 450H+, but it will be the quickest NX model on offer, delivering a zero to 60 mph time of around six seconds.
Inside, the updated Lexus NX comes standard with a 9.8-inch touchscreen display or an optional 14-inch touchscreen. The center display is joined by a seven-inch digital instrument panel and an optional 10-inch head-up display. The crossover also introduces the redesigned Lexus Interface multimedia system, which brings new menu designs, a different screen layout, a virtual assistant feature and a new Google-powered navigation system. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will come standard, while users can rely on an optional wireless charging pad to keep their devices juiced up while on the go.
Lexus’ available F Sport performance trim returns on the 2022 NX, adding Active Variable Suspension, front and rear performance dampers, sport seats, a new sport steering wheel, 20-inch F Sport wheels, darkened exterior trim, and aluminum pedals and sill plates, among other sport-inspired equipment. The F Sport trim is available with the turbo and PHEV powertrains only.
The 2022 Lexus NX will enter production in the third quarter of 2021. The Japanese automaker says pricing will be announced closer to the on-sale date this fall.
The Cadillac XT4 was introduced for the 2019 model year and has not received any updates or revisions since that time. The Lexus NX, by comparison, was introduced for the 2015 model year, with the first-generation model remaining in production through to the 2021 model year. This updated 2022 model represents the second generation of the subcompact crossover nameplate.
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36 miles on electric power is a great benefit; especially for commuters. GM is missing out. The XT4 should have offered a plug-in hybrid as an option to electric only and gas only powertrains. Perhaps we will se the XT4 electric in the very near future.
This is not a competitor to the XT4 Author, this is more on the lines of the XT5. The RX is suited to fend the XT6. The XT4 equivalent is the UX200. Can I have your job
The models don’t line up exactly but the dimensions are the closest between the XT4 & the current NX than the UX. Simple google search would have shown you that.
Maybe spend less time worried about a multi-National corporation displaying the proper amount of masculinity and more on informing yourself.
Size comparison is disregarded with the CT4 and 5. The TWEENER craziness. So size comparison is valid for the XT’s
“Displaying the proper amount of masculinity”????? Wokeness has now invaded car design. People watch out, male toxicity exists in sheet metal!!!
Gm Balls.
The XT4 and NX are only a couple thousand bucks apart at base. The XT5 starts at $43k.
Well, gm has real Balls to keep confounding the conformity police with their TWEENER craziness® and after thought™ Caddys. The Wokexists fragile minds literally explode when segments are not strictly adhered to.
Go ahead and confound conformity but at the very least own and define that approach. GM/Cadillac’s approach gives the perception of cost-cutting and half assed attempts. Nothing aspirational in that.
Cadillac’s failure isn’t segment nonconformity, it’s refusal to invest in designing and building extraordinary Cadillacs. Extraordinary by definition defies conformity.
Welburn and his team worked magic to show the world how great a Cadillac could be if sights were set high. Spectacular designs like Elmiraj would’ve catapulted Cadillac to the top of the heap had they been produced. Those designs would’ve forever redefined the luxury landscape and invented their own “segments”.
There were obviously many within Cadillac who had the passion and a tangible dream to make Cadillac the Standard of the World again. Had they won out, Cadillac would be THE aspirational luxury automobile today. Of course, it was not to be. GM chose instead to invest billions that should’ve gone into a Cadillac product Renaissance in the doomed from the start NYC Cadillac House and they never recovered. The people running (ruining?) Cadillac are as clueless and hopeless as the party presently dismantling our country.
Be grateful for the underdogs at Cadillac who fought hard to bring us the gloriously segment defying CT5-V Blackwing. As Steve Kelly fittingly wrote of the 1970 Chevelle SS454 LS6 in the May, 1970 issue of Hot Rod Magazine: The past is gone. The future may never see a car like this.
You’re spot on. If Cadillac had built just one of those concepts, Ciel, Elmiraj, having that halo vehicle in the showroom would’ve been almost akin to the ’91 NS-X in Acura showrooms, and who knows where Cadillac would be today relative to prestige, design language and aspirations- things that take time to cultivate, but start with a bold product. Even if GM were to wake up tomorrow and shout, “We need to build the Elmiraj!!” , it would not be too late. Aside from the Blackwings, the entire line-up is a tarted-up corporate offering.
Not very attractive, is it?
Lol, the xt4 is not even an after thought in this segment and sells fraction of the NX even in it’s current dated form
Cadillacs has not been relevant in the segment for close to two decades and continues to just die into obscurity.
The last NX any human could pick out of a lineup was the Pulsar NX wonton
Obscurity. Well said.
My question is, when is GM going to start production again at Fairfax Assembly so I can order a new XT4? The plant has been shuttered since the end of February.
Wonton wants to know why you’d even consider such an after thought [sic]
This new NX offers a lot of enhancements that I hope Cadillac can counter soon. If the prices are roughly the same, I may buy the one that has bigger inventory at year end or the start of 2022.
It is much better than before. But, for it’s price, the interior looks too much like a Toyota. And, the road noise and harsh ride from those run flat tires are deal breakers.