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The all-new RX
450h will make its European
debut as the centrepiece of the
Lexus stand at the Geneva motor
show on 3 March.
Significant
revisions to the Lexus Hybrid
Drive powertrain will deliver
substantially lower carbon
dioxide emissions when the
luxury crossover goes on sale in
the UK this summer, setting a
new benchmark in its class, well
below the figures achieved by
the current best-performing
diesels. At the same time it
will also be more fuel efficient
and more powerful than its
predecessor, the RX 400h, the
model which first introduced
hybrid power to the premium
market.
The new RX 450h
addresses the principal concerns
of today’s motorists in a market
segment where sales have been
affected by cost-of-ownership
issues and growing environmental
concerns, and does so without
compromising Lexus’s hallmark
standards of luxury, quality and
refinement.
Marking the third
generation of the RX, the new RX
450h displays exterior and
interior styling that is the
latest expression of Lexus’s
L-finesse design philosophy. In
the cabin the new dual-zone
Crossover Cockpit showcases
numerous technical innovations
for improved safety, comfort and
driving pleasure.
The new Lexus IS
250C will also be presented at
Geneva, ahead of going on sale
in the summer. With an
all-aluminium folding roof that
can be lowered in just 20
seconds, the IS 250C combines
top-down driving pleasure with
hard-top dynamic performance.
These new models
will be joined on the Lexus
stand by the IS-F high
performance saloon, GS 450h
hybrid sports saloon and Lexus’s
hybrid flagship, the LS 600h
limousine. |
