虽然雷克萨斯UX还没有上市，但是关于其F高性能版本的传言已经在坊间传开了。UX总工程师和雷克萨斯执行副总裁加古慈(ChikaKako)近日在接受媒体采访时透露了该车一些细节。虽然他表示，目前车厂并没有考虑推出这款车，但并不意味着以后也不会。先前有报道称，雷克萨斯的F系列车型将采用混动系统，而加古慈暗示——这个高性能混动系统——很可能会配备在F版本的UX上。目前UX已经有混动系统了。这款小型SUV搭载一台2.0升四缸引擎搭配双电机，总计输出功率130千瓦/175马力，扭矩204牛米。但高性能的F版本将提供更强动力。如果传言中的UXF最终获批，也不会在2020年之前发布。目前车厂正在对LC轿跑车的F版本进行测试，该车将于明年发布。而RC F也将在明年晚些时候发布。

 

Lexus UX F Could Happen, But Only As A Hot Hybrid

The Lexus UX hasn't even hit dealers; we just got done testing the tiny SUV on the streets of Stockholm. But rumors are already hinting at a hardcore F model. In an interview with the publication WhichCar?, UX Chief Engineer and Lexus Executive Vice President, Chika Kako, spilled some details on the rumored hot-UV – but it's not so cut and dry.

 

When asked directly about a UX F, Kako said: "Currently we haven't considered it." But that doesn't mean that the company is shuttering the idea entirely. Previous reports suggest that Lexus' F range could move to hybrid power, and Kako hinted that – with a hardcore hybrid powertrain – the UX "has potential" to become an F model. Already the Lexus UX has a hybrid option; the small SUV comes powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine paired with two electric motors that bring the total output to 175 horsepower (130 kilowatts) and 151 pound-feet (204 Newton-meters) of torque. But a warmed-up F model would require more power.

 

If the rumored UX F does get the green light, don't expect it before 2020. The company is currently testing a hardcore F variant of its LC coupe, destined to arrive sometime in 2019, with an updated RC F expected to show up sometime later in the year.