The production version of the Lexus LF-Ch concept car will be called the CT 200h, and be unveiled at the Geneva motor show next month it has been confirmed.
Lexus says the Audi A3 and the BMW 1-series rival offers "new levels of refinement and attention to detail, without compromising style or driving pleasure".
See the Lexus Lf-Ch concept and CT 200h teaser pictures
Other details are minimal, beyond the company saying the Lexus CT 200h will be equipped with second-generation Lexus Hybrid Drive technology and that it will have an all-electric mode.
The car is due to go on sale in the UK next year.
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Re: Lexus CT 200h for Geneva
This car could be the best car in the class but it still won't sell in the numbers Lexus will be expecting. If it doesn't have a German badge on it then a prestige hatch won't be on anyone's shopping list.
Re: Lexus CT 200h for Geneva
I see Scirroco,Renault Megane even Mazda DNA in this concept,it's nothing radical, brings nothing new too the party, and it might be a success if it managed too look exactly like the concept,which it won't of course!
Re: Lexus CT 200h for Geneva
Of course, German cars do have their problems, but they are by no means bad. Let us take Mercedes, since we were discussing the S-Class. Yes, their reliability went downhill in the late 90s (they admit themselves), but now they're back in top form.
The new C-Class was tested over 15 million miles, and the new E-Class over 20 million miles, and it shows; they're doing giant leaps in reliability surveys and customer satisfaction surveys: they are now in the top 5 of all surveys I've seen. Plus, it's not uncommon to find Mercs having over one million miles on them...if that's not durable, then I don't know what is.
As for the other car makers (Audi, BMW, VW, Porsche, Opel and to some extent Ford), they're not what I'd call champions of reliability, but there are much worse car makers - especially considering the complexity found in German cars due to all sorts of technologies...I would rather buy cars from them than from a car maker who sells hybrids having a software problem, causing temporary brake loss, that it knew about for several months and still did nothing about it, until the press made a field day with it (alongside another even worse problem)...