2010 Lexus HS 250h – Overview

Nowadays hybrid mileage hybrids will not said as joyless, grim, or Sparta. The 2010 Lexus HS 250h luxurious hybrid is the most economical and smallest vehicle by Lexus Company. Lexus company has note that over than sixty percent of luxury car consumers would consider a hybrid vehicle if one were available. And now, those consumers have a new option.

The 2010 Lexus HS 250h quality as a SULEV or Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle. Lexus HS 250h can get mileage 34 mpg on the highway and 35 in the city – official EPA mileage. This vehicle will available in August 2009.

Just as Toyota Prius is the Toyota brand’s first dedicated hybrid, the 2010 Lexus 250h is the parent brand for Lexus. Previous Lexus hybrid cars were adaptations from existing vehicles, like the popular RX 400h crossover replaced for the RX 450h – the GS 450h sports sedan, and the LS 600h full size luxury barge. But the Lexus HS with no gasoline – only version will be sold just as a hybrid.

2010 Lexus HS 250h and 2010 Prius share the same basic platform – so the comparison with 2010 is apt. Both cars ride on a 106.3-inch wheelbase, though the Lexus HS 250h is half an inch higher, 2 inches wider, and a full 9 inches longer than its hatchback relative. The 2010 Lexus HS 250h also has a larger 2.4-liter engine—similar to the Toyota Camry Hybrid—against the 1.8-liter engine used by the 2010 Toyota Prius. The 2010 Lexus HS 250h is more powerful than Prius about 40 percent, 187 horsepower compared to 134.

So while the two vehicles have different engine sizes, different bodies, and certainly different personas, you can view the 2010 Lexus HS 250h as a new Prius with a trunk, a raft of luxury accoutrements, and a different tradeoff between features and fuel economy.

The 2010 Lexus HS 250h is marginally less aerodynamic than its sibling, with a drag coefficient of 0.27 rather than the Prius’s 0.25. Lexus HS is a relatively short five seat sedan – Lexus never offered a hatchback.

The consumers expect reliability, performance, features, and luxury, and the 2010 Lexus HS 250h is the answer. Lexus HS 250h offers optional gadgetry such as Bluetooth connectivity, a front-view monitor with a 190-degree angle of view, a heads-up instrument display, and adaptive cruise control. Lexus is permit the owner to customize the levels of haptic feedback in the mouse like controller mounted on the console. Its also navigation system incorporates weather and real-time traffic, and casual-speech voice recognition. It even lets the owner customize the levels of haptic feedback in the mouse-like controller mounted on the console.

The 2010 Lexus HS 250h also includes a moon roof, leather trim, thicker materials to reduce the noise, swathes of insulation, vibration and harshness. Adding to the refinement is a exhaust flow optimized to cut noise, sound-deadening inner layer in the windshield, and even slower, softer-closing power window switches from the uber-luxurious LS sedan.

In the end, for Lexus the HS is a new kind of car. But like Toyota has dominated automotive market over its 20 years, it’s that it can pioneer new ideas and make them a sales success.

Beside 2010 Lexus HS 250h, there are other articles by Johan Young you may interest in reading: Plug-In Hybrids, Fuel Cell Cars, and E85 Ethanol Cars.