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The Cayenne offers active sway bars, which help keep it flat and controlled during cornering, but disconnect at lower speeds to smooth the ride and offer greater off-road suspension articulation. This helps keep the tires glued to the road on-road and off. The RX doesn’t offer an active sway bar system.
The Cayenne offers an available adjustable active suspension system, which counteracts cornering forces actively, limiting body roll and improving handling and stability. Lexus doesn’t offer an active suspension on the RX.
The Cayenne has a standard automatic front and rear load leveling suspension to keep ride height level with a heavy load or when towing. The Cayenne’s height leveling suspension allows the driver to raise ride height for better off-road clearance and then lower it again for easier entering and exiting and better on-road handling. The RX doesn’t offer a load leveling suspension.
For a smoother ride and more stable handling, the Cayenne’s wheelbase is 4.2 inches longer than on the RX (114 inches vs. 109.8 inches).
For better handling and stability, the average track (width between the wheels) on the Cayenne is 1.9 inches wider in the front and 1.8 inches wider in the rear than the track on the RX.
The Cayenne handles at .96 G’s, while the RX 350 F Sport AWD pulls only .82 G’s of cornering force in a Car and Driver skidpad test.
The Cayenne Turbo executes Motor Trend’s “Figure Eight” maneuver 3.6 seconds quicker than the RX 450h (23.9 seconds @ .83 average G’s vs. 27.5 seconds @ .65 average G’s).
For better maneuverability, the Cayenne w/Rear Wheel Steering’s turning circle is 3.7 feet tighter than the RX’s (35.1 feet vs. 38.8 feet).
For greater off-road capability the Cayenne Air Suspension has a 1.4 inches greater minimum ground clearance than the RX (9.6 vs. 8.2 inches), allowing the Cayenne to travel over rougher terrain without being stopped or damaged.