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The Lexus GX550 looks fantastic and offers a lot of capability, excellent outward visibility, and an accommodating interior that gets better and better the more you study it. Our one major gripe: The instruments are somewhat dim in bright daylight.

The Lexus GX550 shares its wheelbase, tread width, twin-turbo 3.4-liter V-6 engine, and 10-speed automatic with the upmarket LX600, but it's a tidier size that can be had for a tidier sum.

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Visibility is excellent because the hood has a distinct trough, the fender lines help you see the margins, and side windows are cut low.

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Even though the GX550 shares the LX600's 112.2-inch wheelbase, it's 3.5 inches shorter and therefore has better approach and departure angles.

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Remember the hideous grille on the GX460? We thought we'd never forget, and then the GX550 came along with a welcome bit of rhinoplasty. There's hope for BMW yet.

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The twin-turbo 3.4-liter makes 349 horsepower in the GX550 instead of the 409 horses it makes in the LX600, but that still represents a 48-hp increase over the outgoing GX460's V-8.

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Both the LX600 and the new GX550 make 479 pound-feet of torque at just 2000 rpm, which is a huge 150-lb-ft boost over the GX460's weak-sauce 329 pound-feet at 3500 rpm.

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The Overtrail is a new trim level that leans into the GX's gradually earned reputation among the overlanding set, as it rides on 33-inch tires mounted on 18-inch wheels and has a lockable rear differential, and the E-KDSS system of independently disconnectable anti-roll bars.

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Overtrail buyers also get a roof rack, multi-terrain select, multi-terrain monitor system, crawl control, downhill assist control, and other off-road tidbits.

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The Premium and Luxury trims are three-row machines that can be configured to seat six or seven, but the Overtrail is strictly a two-row five-seater because deleting the third seat entirely lowers the load floor and expands cargo space.

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