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Newswheel staff :: 13 April 2006 :: Filed under Hybrid, Saloon, Lexus, Lexus LS, Europe & UK, US
It’s due out around spring 2007. It’s the world’s first petrol-electic hybrid vehicle with a V8 powerplant. It cranks out a combined peak power output of over 430bhp. And Toyota claims it’s nothing less than the most technically advanced car in the world. We give you the new Lexus LS600h luxury saloon. But here’s the catch: Lexus has so far declined to divulge precise fuel consumption figures. Suspicious? Perhaps, given the fact that the suits from Toyota will only hint at a number around the 25mpg mark…
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Newswheel staff :: 12 April 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Hybrid, Toyota, Toyota Prius, Europe & UK, US
With a combined fuel economy rating of 65.7mpg, the current Toyota Prius is only just fuel efficient enough to justify its lofty £17k-and-upwards sticker price. Not that that prevents Generation X’ers from kidding themselves that their petrol-electric pride and joy isn’t torching the planet like any other car. But what if Toyota smashed the 100mpg barrier with the next version of the Prius?
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Newswheel staff :: 22 March 2006 :: Filed under Hybrid, SUV, Lexus, Lexus RX, US
Not Americans, according to a report by Stateside daily USA Today. While compact petrol-electric hybrids such as Toyota’s Prius and the Honda Civic continue to fly off forecourts in the US, registrations of bigger beasts including Ford’s Escape hybrid and the RX 400h from Lexus are stodgy enough to have the marketing men prepping sales incentives.
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Newswheel staff :: 07 February 2006 :: Filed under Crossover, Hybrid, SUV, Renault, Toyota, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US
The more premature the, er, pre-Geneva PR launch, the more we suspect the manufacturer in question is fearful a given car / concept would struggle to be heard above the cacophony of new kit at the show proper. Does that sentence make any sense? We have no idea. So, simply know this: Toyota and Renault have jumped the gun with a trio of Geneva-bound concepts.
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Newswheel staff :: 21 November 2005 :: Filed under Hatchback, Hybrid, Toyota, Europe & UK, US
Japanese giant Toyota is so far ahead of the Euro and US competition when it comes to hybrid technology it’s frankly embarrassing. It already has several models on the market with more to follow soon. But one thing Toyota’s hybrids ain’t is cheap. Not for too long, however. 2008 will see the roll out of a new generation of cheaper Toyota hybrids.
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Newswheel staff :: 19 October 2005 :: Filed under Hybrid, Saloon, Lexus, Lexus LF-Sh, Lexus LS, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US
A new LS is the only piece missing from Lexus’ “L-Finesse” model range puzzle. But this LF-Sh concept, unveiled at the Tokyo show today, is surely the new LS by another name.
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Newswheel staff :: 21 September 2005 :: Filed under Hybrid, Saloon, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Benz S-Class, Europe & UK, US
If last year’s Frankfurt motorshow was a power punch-up, 2005 was a hybrid hoedown. Mercedes was just one of several Euro brands to announce their petrol-electric plans. Problem is, the Japanese are way ahead of them.
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