Looks nice enough when it’s on the wheels…..
Aaand Toyota continues the plunge into the abyss. The company known for rating everything from toilet tissue to cell phone plans says that if you buy the 2010 Lexus GX 460 you are putting yourself in real danger because it could flip on you. According to the findings:
The magazine said such a situation could happen in “real-world driving” and that it could lead to a rollover accident. The phenomenon, known as “lift-off oversteer” could occur “when a driver enters a highway’s exit ramp or drives through a sweeping turn and encounters an unexpected obstacle or suddenly finds that the turn is too tight for the vehicle’s speed,” Consumer Reports said.
“A natural impulse is to quickly lift off the accelerator pedal. If that were to happen in the GX, the rear could slide around far enough that a wheel could strike a curb or slide off the pavement,” the magazine said.
The last time the magazine issued this warning was for the 2001 Mitsubishi Montero Limited….
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