New Lexus Hybrid: CT 200h (42 MPG) Updated with F-sport Debut
10-15-10, 08:08 AM
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Many fun hatches in Europe are low on power. For an example they LOVE the Fiat Panda, all with 100hp. The chassis makes it fun and the light weight. THe F-sport helps the looks and I would slap the F-sport 19s on there from the IS or even the 18s.
Wish I could PS
10-15-10, 12:05 PM
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It might be the blue color but the F sport looks 10x better. The dark graphite wheels also help a lot. Wonder how much better it handles with the F sport suspension parts since it supposedly handles nimble already in the standard trim?
10-15-10, 12:08 PM
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it is new spoilers all around too, and light blue opens it up... i think in real life you will notice a lot of details everywhere that we dont in these pics
10-16-10, 07:15 PM
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Lexus CT 200h features world's first use of bio-PET; a breakthrough ecological plastic
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/10/16...t-a-breakthro/
If you glance at the luggage compartment of the Lexus CT 200h, nothing looks out of the ordinary. Truth is, Toyota hopes that even a drawn-out stare reveals only a familiar sight. Despite this, there's something inside that sets the Lexus' luggage compartment apart from any other vehicle in the world, and its called bio-PET. Toyota has developed a plant-based, low-carbon bioplastic derived from sugar cane. The company calls the stuff bio-PET Ecological Plastic and it lines the CT 200h's luggage compartment. The material is claimed to be more heat-, shrink- and wear-resistant than corn- or petroleum-based products and more durable as well.
Toyota plans to introduce a model in which its Ecological Plastic covers 80 percent of the interior surfaces by 2011. Bio-PET can be fashioned into just about anything, including upholstery, carpet, headliners, door panels and more. The low-carbon plastic is similar to conventional polyethelyne terephthalate (PET), but while regular PET is made with up to 30 percent monoethylene glycol, bio-PET uses none. Instead, it relies on the closely guarded sugar cane-derived compound.
Toyota plans to introduce a model in which its Ecological Plastic covers 80 percent of the interior surfaces by 2011. Bio-PET can be fashioned into just about anything, including upholstery, carpet, headliners, door panels and more. The low-carbon plastic is similar to conventional polyethelyne terephthalate (PET), but while regular PET is made with up to 30 percent monoethylene glycol, bio-PET uses none. Instead, it relies on the closely guarded sugar cane-derived compound.
10-16-10, 08:47 PM
#810
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