Luxury Cars
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Well, here's a surprise. It's no news that Lexus has found it slow going breaking into the luxury market in Europe, which is dominated by Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Jaguar. By contrast, Lexus has become the highest-selling US luxury brand since its 1989 launch, largely on the strength of its midsize RX luxury crossover. Now the company has decided that in the United Kingdom, for all but one of its models, it will sell only hybrids--no standard engines at all. For its large 2010 Lexus LS luxury sedan, the range will be restricted to the LS600h model, which uses the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive...
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Poetry In Motion? It's the 2010 Tesla Model S Electric SedanBack in April, GreenCarReports.com was lucky enough to get a ride in the world's only running version of the 2012 Tesla Model S electric sedan. It happened at the car's New York City preview, the first time since its unveiling in an LA rocket factory that it was seen in public. Now, a prototype of...
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2010 Lexus HS250h Pricing Starts at Exactly $35,000The 2010 Lexus HS250h is an interesting beast. We've covered it quite a lot because, among other interesting traits, it pioneers a new market segment: the dedicated luxury hybrid sedan. We did an initial Drive Report and then, more recently, a full review, and now Lexus has completed the last piece...
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2010 Lexus HS250h Pricing Slots Neatly Above 2010 Toyota PriusFrom our first Drive Report to our recent full review, we've covered the 2010 Lexus HS250h quite a lot here at AllAboutPrius.com. Now the other shoe has dropped: Lexus has released the pricing. And, surprise, surprise, the 2010 HS250h slots very neatly just above the highest-spec model of the 2010...
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Toyota Takes 1,500 Pre-orders For Lexus HS Hybrid In JapanThe people of Japan love their hybrids and the Lexus HS 250h is no exception. The Nikkei reports that Toyota has already taken 1,500 pre-orders in Japan for its upcoming luxury hybrid. This exceeds the automaker's expectations three times over. Not to be outdone, the overwhelmingly popular third...
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Fisker Stays On Schedule; Plug-In Hybrid Deliveries Start Next MayWhen you think of startup companies planning to build luxury sedans with advanced electric powertrains, one name springs instantly to mind: Tesla Motors. Among the executive battles, government loans, and launch hoopla around the electric 2012 Tesla Model S sports sedan, the company gets rafts of...
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As we've said before, we cover the 2010 Lexus HS250h hybrid sedan more than any other car on this site--except, of course, the new 2010 Toyota Prius. We've now put up our review of the Lexus HS over on GreenCarReports.com, but we wanted to bring together for our AllAboutPrius.com users everything we've written on High Gear Media about the new dedicated hybrid from Toyota's luxury brand. Here's the full list, with the most recent articles first: Review: 2010 Lexus HS250h (GreenCarReports.com - July 6, 2009) Hybrid of Another Caliber: 2010 Lexus HS250 (AllSmallCars.com - July 6, 2009) Drive...
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Review: 2010 Lexus HS250hWhen we first drove the 2010 Lexus HS250h, we were puzzled by it. Neither fish nor fowl, it seemed an uneasy marriage of Lexus lines and luxury with a Toyota Prius-like dedicated hybrid shape and powertrain. We've just spent a four-day weekend with a glossy black 2010 HS250h, the Premium model with...
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June's Most Popular Green Car Posts: All About Electric CarsBy now it's a tradition: We celebrate the last day of the month by running down the most popular posts on GreenCarReports.com. For June, only a single Top Five post from May survived--and last month's # 1 Ferrari hybrid piece didn't show up at all. This month, it's all about electric cars: # 1...
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The Greenest Aston Martin Will Be...A Toyota ?!?!?Clearly carbon constraints, higher gas-mileage mandates, and concern over oil supplies are putting pressure on carmakers to change their lineups. And the loss of one-third of global car sales has slammed the industry like never before. But still, we really thought we were hallucinating when we...
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Fisker Dealership Coming to South FloridaIf you live in South Florida, your Fisker dealership is on its way. Car selling veteran, Warren Henry Zinn, plans to open a Fisker Chic showroom in North Dade County by the fourth quarter of 2009. The new facility will showcase Fisker's $87,900 plug-in hybrid Karma sports sedan. Zinn's current...
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2011 Porsche Cayenne Hybrid At Dealers Late Next YearHell is freezing over pretty frequently these days, it seems. Porsche, once the pinnacle of piston-engined power, will launch its first hybrid late next year. The 2011 Porsche Cayenne Hybrid sport-utility will get gas mileage of at least 26 miles per gallon (less than 9 litres per 100 km)...
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Jaguar has been undergoing a transformation. They've changed parent companies, they've produced new, attractive designs targeted to younger buyers, and they've improved vehicle quality. And like most other carmakers, they're positioning themselves to go green (or at least improve their corporate average fuel economy). In that vein, Motor Trend is reporting that the luxury auto company is developing an extended range hybrid powertrain similar to what's in the upcoming Chevy Volt, for their future two-seat XE roadster. An electric motor will share duties with a three cylinder gas engine...
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2011 Jaguar XJ To Be Latest Luxury Hybrid?A gas-electric version of Jaguar's big sedan is in the works--and owes something to the Chevrolet Volt.
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Driving the 2010 Lexus HS250h--The Fancier Sibling of the 2010 Toyota PriusIt's fancier, heavier, quicker, and a bit less fuel-efficient, but the 2010 Lexus HS250h shares a lot under the skin with the 2010 Toyota Prius
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First Drive: 2010 Lexus HS250hThe first dedicated hybrid from Lexus is a very different mix of mileage and luxury than the Prius it's related to. And, boy, is it heavy.
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Almost Here: 2010 Lincoln MKS With EcoBoost For High Performance, Higher MileageFord will fit its powerful, fuel-efficient EcoBoost engine to the top model of the 2010 Lincoln MKS
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Bentley's Bogus Biofuel BomberThe 2010 Bentley Continental GT Supersports can run on biofuels, but it probably won't; we call that 'greenwashing'
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