2013 Lexus GS 450h Hybrid was first introduced this week at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. This car is the next generation of Lexus GS 450 Hybrid that will debut for 2013 model year. According to information obtained from this automotive company, this new hybrid GS model will be more efficient where the EPA rating into 30 miles per gallon range.
2013 Lexus GS 450h Hybrid: More Efficient GS 450 Hybrid
2013 Lexus GS 450h originally introduced in 2007, The Lexus 450 GS Hybrid brings more choices to its line of fuel efficient big luxury sedan Lexus, a net increase in combined fuel economy of nearly 20 percent over the same V8-powered. But Lexus leaving one parent-key enterprises of fuel-efficient hybrids Toyota’s strategy on the table, and the efficiency of gas-only GS has increased over the last few years, the hybrid variant remained frozen at 23-mpg advantage of the jump is reduced to gas-electric.
Almost Toyota and Prius too, have a powertrain configuration featuring an Atkinson cycle engine and two electric motors, which reduces energy loss by improve thermal efficiency and delaying the compression. Lexus said the switch to the Atkinson cycle will contribute to fuel savings of 12 to 14 percent for 2013 GS 450h Hybrid. Further efficiency improvements will come from an update to the second generation system of Lexus Hybrid Drive, a decrease friction motor, and various increases regenerative breaking. Brought a similar renewal in 2010 for the Lexus RX 450h hybrid crossover SUV, which runs on the V6 Atkinson cycle.
The Lexus GS 450h Hybrid has combined output of up to 338 hp and can accelerate from 0-60 in 5.6 seconds, which is almost as impressive as the V8-powered GS 460 is 342 horsepower and 5.4-second 0-60 time. The prices for the newhybrids have not been announced, but previous models sold for nearly $ 60,000, while the 2011 GS 460 starts at about $ 5,000 less.
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