Is this the Lexus HS 250h?
Volkswagen website VWVortex isn’t the first place you’d expect to find information on the upcoming Lexus dedicated hybrid, but the Internet’s a strange place. Regardless, a member of their forum came across this page out of Japanese magazine Mag-X, featuring a rendition of the now-named Lexus HS 250h (click for a closeup):
Other information gleaned from the Japanese article is the HS 250h will be powered by the 2.4L hybrid engine from the Camry hybrid and will have the 2010 RX i-Drive competitor and the common LED lights found in all the new Lexus hybrids.
I have doubts that this is the actual exterior styling, which basically looks like a Prius/ES mashup. We do know that this new Lexus hybrid will be introduced at the Detroit auto show, plus there’s also an on/off rumor that another hybrid will also be announced. Luckily, it’s only a couple months away…
[Souce: VWVortex via Motor Authority]
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November 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
This could be a very good competitor to Honda’s Civic Hybrid, etc, assumingly not in the same class, but an entry level luxury hybrid really could grab sales.
November 11th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
When I first saw this post on this website, I didn’t know what to say, but now I do. The rendering disappointingly fits many previous rumors…nearly too perfectly!!!
November 11th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
This should be called the HS280h.
Now, pardon my logic:
Given that it uses the Camry drivetrain, the Camry hybrid is rated with 18% more power than the standard Camry. Assuming a fixed covariance between power and displacement the 2.4l engine + 18% electrical power yields a 2.8l engine -> 280h.
November 11th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
http://www.blogsmonroe.com/exp.....ment-22034
The HS in the wild?
November 11th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
That spyshot looks better than the magazine speculative rendering. Although I’m wondering if it is really a Lexus or a competing vehicle.
February 15th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Ok…I saw the official picture of the HS 250h on the Lexus website…all it is, is a tarted up Corolla…it’s so evident in all but the front and rear ends. Lord, what will they try to pass off as a Lexus next?
February 17th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Don’t really look all that similar to me:
http://thepassionatepursuit.co.....a-corolla/