The Texas Auto Writer's Association (TAWA) selected the 2020 Lexus GX 460 as the top full-size luxury SUV at the Annual Texas Truck Rodeo in Bee Cave, Texas. TAWA, a nationally recognized Texas-based group of automotive journalists, has been around for over 20 years sponsoring the Annual Texas Truck Rodeo and the Texas Auto Roundup. This year's event assembled over 50 journalists testing 46 vehicles across multiple categories. The 2020 Lexus GX 460 was selected based on its superior performance, value, and design.

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Steve Saito, Lexus Product Marketing Manager, was proud of the award noting the Lexus GX 460 is "[d]esigned with safety, style, and capability in mind...[and] luxuriously crafted to take you farther than ever before."

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What's their secret formula? It all starts with Lexus' world class craftsmanship that routinely places them atop the J.D. Power rankings having the best reliability and quality in the Luxury SUV market. Combined with a top rated dealership experience and it's easy to see why Lexus owners are a very contented lot coming back year after year for their next car.

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Starting under the hood, the 2020 Lexus GX 460 has a naturally aspirated 4.6 liter all-aluminum DOHC V-8 with sequential multi-port fuel injection. A 6-speed sequential-shift automatic electronically controlled transmission shuttles that power through a full-time four-wheel drive transfer case with an electronically locking Torsen rear differential and 3.91 gears putting the power to the ground.

The suspension is comprised of double wishbones, coil springs, and a sway bar up-front and a 4-link set-up, hydraulic sway bars, and a pneumatic cylinder assembly out back on the Luxury trim. Steering is a variable assisted rack and pinion unit with 3 turns from lock to lock. In the braking department, the GX has mammoth 13.3 inch front vented discs and 12.3 inch rear vented parts with Multi-Terrain ABS, Brake Assist, and Electronic Brake-Force Distribution. On the corners, she has 18 x 7.5 inch aluminum alloy rims shod with 265/60R18 Mud and Snow sneakers.

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And on the inside and outside, the GX 460 is awash in luxury features. With a new spindle grille out front, triple beam LED headlamps, distinctive yet subtle exterior styling all around she is sure to turn heads on the road and off. And inside she has supple hides, fine woods, a heated steering wheel, an intuitive color infotainment system, suite of safety features, 2 rear USB ports, and a selection of colored headliners.

It's pretty easy to see how the 2020 Lexus GX 460 won the prestigious Texas Truck Rodeo Award. If you're interested in checking them out for yourself, I'd head on over to your local Lexus dealer today as they're starting to roll onto the lots. Yee haw and buckle up!

(via Lexus)

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