NX chief on re-engineering the RAV4 for luxury

July 06, 2014 05:00 AM

Lexus NX Chief Engineer Takeaki Kato has spent 28 years in vehicle development at Toyota, starting in advanced safety engineering and later overseeing development of the second-generation Lexus IS sedan and the current RX crossover.

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