Lexus teases premium compact concept for Frankfurt
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Citizen_Cake
You're either trolling or have been living under a rock for the past 25 years.
The sketch looks awesome but unrealistic.
August 17, 2009 8:43 am
nederina
toyota auris with more chrome, walnut wood trimmings, premium leather wraparound dashboard for a 'premium feel' and a set of paddleshifters to give a 'sporty-feel'. oh and a hybrid powertrain. think of it as a lexus hs250 hatchback - which is in fact a prius, and a prius is in fact a corolla. the auris is in fact a corolla. i wonder whether the europeans would actually buy or drive this car compared to a more spirited vw golf or the bmw 1d
August 17, 2009 9:40 am
CndSalesPro
nederina I do hope that you realize Hybrids and Series Electric Hybrids are the way of the future if you like it or not. As far as your "a Lexus hs250 hatchback - which is in fact a Prius, and a Prius is in fact a corolla." comment is concerned I also hope you realize the Lexus HS 250h has nothing other than the Hybrid synergy drive in common with a Prius and also that the Prius has NOTHING at all in common with the Corolla. Big car companies of course do a lot of platform sharing/cost cutting but frankly you?re just reaching.......
August 18, 2009 9:58 pm
Bristol411S3
But that naming convention would suggest that this "compact" would be running up to 3.0 V6 engines in a hybrid. That seems unlikely, doesn't it?
August 17, 2009 8:43 am
BENZian
...no...remember what Lexus did with the hybrid LS...they named it LS600h to indicate it would compete against the German V12s...it probably indicates a 4cylinder+hybrid power to compete with normal V6s
August 17, 2009 12:27 pm
N20_Purge
That is actually a pretty cool sketch. Hope the production model looks something like it...
August 17, 2009 8:56 am
DeleteThisAccount
This sketch is so vague you can hardly call it a concept.
It's more an intent to produce a compact car, and that, I like.
August 17, 2009 10:12 am
aston
if only they would produce something that looks like this sketch. the only production lexus i remember thinking was a fantastic looking car was the is200! still looks very modern today. the rest of the lexus range up till date has been a tad dissapointing in the looks department.
August 17, 2009 10:15 am
Renegade
This look really good, but I want to see the car, not a teaser drawing.
August 17, 2009 11:00 am
kattanh3
the IS concept sketch comes to mind... we all know how that went lol
August 17, 2009 4:08 pm
fusion01
Better be good to pull me away from the 135's and WRX's of this world
August 17, 2009 5:10 pm
N20_Purge
Does it matter? This is going to be a daily driver, why do you need rwd in a hatchback?
August 17, 2009 6:14 pm
wcf76
Japs rarely deliver production models that are close to concept models. Wish they're take a risk from time to tome. bloody ad really, Lexus has good build and reliability, hopefully one day they deliver on design.
August 17, 2009 9:57 pm
politz
Don't you worry, Lexus will end up turning that exciting sketch into some dull small car no decent driver will ever care to sample. That's what Lexus does: it 'boring-fies' cars to perfection.
August 18, 2009 4:38 am
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Filed Under: Concept Car, Frankfurt Motor Show, Japanese, Lexus, Teasers
Filed Under: Concept Car, Frankfurt Motor Show, Japanese, Lexus, Teasers
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