Lexus NX Two "Bonnet Catcher" Equipment makes it better to run

Number of next -generation Lexus equipment "NX"

The full model "NX" that is a central SUV of Lexus.

What I actually touched was that there were many suggestions that allow you to feel the "next step" as a Lexus, from how to create a cockpit interface, the setting of an electric powertrain, and the door handle that unlocks it by electric.It's a model.

Lexus only explains that "the first model that symbolizes the opening of the next -generation Lexus," says that "many technologies have been adopted according to the new NX."

Behind this is the change in the position that "the first NX, which was a start from zero, was accepted by more customers than expected, and the new model has grown into a highly expected model as a Lexus."is.

When I touched such a new NX, I was surprised when I opened the bonnet to shoot the engine room.

There are no bonnet catchers (parts that accept the hood claws at the tip of the engine room) in the center, and there are two on the left and right.

The type is unusual not only for Japanese cars but also for imported cars, and I have never seen it in Lexus.

Manufacturers who prefer bonnet catchers and make them double come to think of BMW.

Nissan GT-R is also double in domestic cars.

In the first place, why did the new NX dare to double the bonnet catcher?

What changes with two "rock"?

The advantage is that the locks are stronger, and the fine shaking of the bonnet food in the ultra -high -speed range is eliminated.

However, this is just a super -high -speed range, not a problem in the speed of the Japanese highway.

Japanese drivers who have experienced "Bonnet Foods shake finely and can't help but worry ..." are surely not except those who are riding a very old car or special car. right.

What is the main reason for hiding in Lexus NX?

This is to improve the running.

Improving body rigidity is effective for handling.

Why just increase the bonnet lock is better running ...?You may think.

However, there is a reason for being supported.

First, the bonnet hood is strongly combined with the body.Then, the bracket to lock the bonnet food side is two left and right, and the two metal fittings need to be tied with a strong bone to increase the rigidity (the bone itself is not visible because it is inside the bonnet food).

On top of that, the bonnet catcher on the body side is attached to the left and right on the frame installed in the shape of a "mouth" shape.

The rigidity of the bonnet food with increased rigidity is combined with two left and right support, so the frame that was "the character of the mouth" becomes a "day character" in which a stick in the frame is added to the frame.Is increasing.

It is used as a reinforced material up to bonnet food.

This is the theory that the torsion rigidity of the front of the body is greatly increased, and as a result, the stability of the pilot is enhanced.

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