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Lexus readies hybrid LS with V12 grunt, V6 economy

Aug 31 2006

Lexus readies hybrid LS with V12 grunt, V6 economy

Written by Kacey Green
Thursday, 31 August 2006
Car Online reports : (8/30) Lexus claims its new LS600h hybrid will return 29.7mpg – despite having 444bhp on tap. The company has announced new details of its flagship hybrid, which gets a European premiere at September's Paris motor show. Lexus claims that the petrol/electric hybrid drivetrain offers the performance of a V12, but with V6 fuel economy and emissions. Combined output of the 5.0-litre V8 and electric motors is 444bhp – just 1bhp less than BMW's V12-powered 760i musters. Yet the Lexus over-compensates with a claimed 29.7mpg and CO2 emissions of just 220g/km, compared with 21.2mpg and 325g/km for the BMW... I'm curious to see how the market responds to this latest performance hybrid. I'm also looking forward to Toyota's next economy hybrid. Maybe the Sienna? Share it! Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Show/Hide comment form Name Email Website Title Comment Write the displayed characters
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