Lexus CT News
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Whether it's the hatchback body style or the modest stats, the 2011 Lexus CT 200h hasn't yet created much buzz in the headlines. A new video, however, showing the car moving through its different phases of production at Lexus’ plant in Kyushu, Japan, may help alleviate that problem. Unlike its rivals, the CT 200h is built to Lexus’ highest standards for quality, an attribute the automaker prides itself on and one that has seen Lexus consistently recognized for having the highest quality of any automaker over the past several years. Some of the measures Lexus takes to ensure its...
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GreenCarReports Best Car To Buy 2011 Nominee: Lexus CT 200h
It's the nominee we know the least about, and in some ways the one we're most curious about. The 2011 Lexus CT 200h is a non-traditional car for Lexus, which has never before offered a compact hatchback. And after the underwhelming HS 250h sedan, it's one we didn't have high hopes for. That was...
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Lexus CT 200h Defines New Market Demographic For Hybrids
Lexus has been one of those companies that the automotive industry has been watching grow by leaps and bounds since the late ‘80s. The company’s biggest gamer changer back in the early days is arguably the Lexus LS400, a car that started out being a fringe competitor with the Mercedes...
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DRIVEN: Lexus CT 200h—The Newest Hybrid Family Member
The Lexus CT 200h has been turning a lot of heads around the automotive industry lately as pre-production vehicles start to make the review rounds. AllSmallCars.com recently participated in one of these ride and drive reviews in the once devastated, but now blossoming city of New Orleans. What...
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GreenCarReports to Name "Best Car To Buy 2011"
You're probably wondering by now, "Oh, no, another 'car of the year' award?" Yep. And here's why. We write a lot about future vehicles at Green Car Reports, but we also know that many of our readers seek practical information about which cars both save gasoline and lessen their impact on our...
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Lexus Surprises With New Lexus CT 200h
Lexus didn’t get as good of a response from debut of the Lexus HS 250h last year as they would have liked, but that seems to have spurred them to make something even better. Let us introduce the all-new Lexus CT 200h. At first glance you might mistake the CT 200h for a Mazdaspeed3, but this...
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The all-new 2011 Lexus CT 200h is scheduled to hit showrooms early next year complete with a 134 horsepower hybrid drivetrain and a very reasonable--for a luxury car--EPA combined fuel economy rating of 42 mpg. However, this is just the initial setup that Lexus engineers have planned for the CT 200h, according to a new report. Speaking on the sidelines of the recent 2010 Paris Auto Show, where the CT 200h made its official European debut, Lexus insiders revealed to Autocar that more powerful versions of the car are being considered. How much more powerful? One option for Lexus is using an...
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2011 Lexus CT 200h Gets 42 MPG EPA-Rated Combined Fuel Economy
Whether it's the rather bland styling or the underwhelming stats, the 2011 Lexus CT 200h hasn't achieved much in creating buzz in the headlines. In fairness, hybrid power, low emissions and claims of high fuel efficiency don’t mean much without the all important EPA-rated fuel economy figures...
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2011 Lexus CT 200h: How Many Modes Does It Take To Drive A Hybrid?
When I think of power modes, I really think of the ‘80s and ‘90s. I can remember the 300ZX having multiple suspension modes and the introduction of the new Maxima having Power, Comfort and a combination setting (basically changed the shift points and timing). The selectable...
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2011 Lexus CT 200h Shows Hybrids Can Be Sporty Too
The 2011 Honda CR-Z was meant to be the car that showed hybrids could be sporty as well as green, but sadly, its lowly 122 horsepower and dismal 0-60 times meant it was never going to be taken seriously in performance circles. Fortunately, there’s another hybrid vehicle on the horizon that may...
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2011 Lexus CT 200h Hybrid Hatch 'Darker Side' Video Launches
You may recall that last month, we raised our eyebrows and scratched our head over the latest Lexus ad campaign, "The Darker Side of Green." The tagline, first unveiled at the 2010 New York Auto Show, turned out to be a teaser for the upcoming and unusual latest Lexus model, the 2011 CT 200h hybrid...
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Green Car Roundup: Best & Worst of the 2010 New York Auto Show
Well, it's done. The public are streaming in, and the two media preview days of the 2010 New York Auto Show are over. It wasn't a hugely significant show, but clearly the apocalyptic meltdown that automakers were experiencing last year has lifted. Sales are starting to come back, slowly, and while...
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Hmmmmmm. First Sarah Silverman, now "The Darker Side of Green." What exactly is going on with Lexus these days? The ominous message is the tagline for an interactive web video called, logically enough, Lexus Dark Ride. It'll be released May 13. "Young, energetic, tech-savvy" It's meant to attract some new and different buyers--members of Gen X (born 1964-1979) and Gen Y (born 1980-1995)--to a new and different model: the 2011 Lexus CT 200h, its first compact five-door hybrid hatchback. A perky note from Lime PR Promotions defines the target for this latest Lexus as the "young, progressive...
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Lexus CT 200h Compact Hybrid Hatch: U.S. Sales In Early 2011
A week before the New York Auto Show begins its media previews, Lexus has released more details on its CT 200h premium compact hybrid, which it says will go on sale in the U.S. in early 2011. Widespread reports (which we joined, unfortunately) had previously quoted a spokesman as saying Lexus had...
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2011 Lexus CT 200h Makes U.S. Debut at New York Auto Show
Well, when we get it wrong, we really get it wrong. Just yesterday, when we reviewed the new green production cars from the Geneva Motor Show, we said the new 2011 Lexus CT 200h compact hatchback hybrid would be restricted to Europe. Not so. This morning, Lexus dropped a press release saying the...
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2011 Lexus CT 200h Compact Hybrid To Debut In Geneva
Lexus Creates Another Hybrid That Looks More Like a Standard Car
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