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Lexus HS 250h: A Prius For The Country Club

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Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
01/11/09

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Meh. I think it looks a bit "Subaruish." If you REALLY want to buy a hybrid and you REALLY want leather, I say that this is fine. But buying a hybrid is a bad decicion in the first place, so it's a moot point.

And it'll sell. If they can sell ugly-as-sin next gen Rx, they can sell this little re-badged Prius.
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Novaload
01/11/09

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Looks really cheap/low end.
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bzr
01/11/09

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Great, something else to tailgate me on the Masspike.
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Mitchell Phelps
01/11/09

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okokok this is completely stupid!!!!! i rele dont see the point of getting a luxurious hybrid, except for the fact to make rich ppl feel better about what they are driving. Honestly if they care that much to go out and spend their money to go buy a lexus hybrid then they are being extremely hypocritical. lets say lexus sells this from 35K give or take a few thousand dollars....and then you look at a honda lot with their insight hybrid for 18K hmmmm lets do some math over here.. almost 17k difference...how much gas could you buy with that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $17,000 of gas! even the prius is cheaper at 22k, and now ford is coming out with their hybrids and diesels can get 42+ mpg for alot cheaper price then what this lexus will probably cost..
how many years will u have to drive to break even the 17,000 dollars??? like seriously??? ppl would be rele stupid to get this car..theres seriously no point.. if ur looking to save money
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Novaload
01/11/09

@Mitchell Phelps: they nt l00kng 2 save $$$
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b612markt
01/11/09

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I will point and laugh at every one of these I see on the streets of Chicago. The first Lexus/Toyota rebadging (ES250) was laughable and this HS 250h is just as absurd. A gussied-up Prius? What a joke!
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
01/11/09

@b612markt: But, but, the ES250 wasn't just a rebadged Camry; it was a rebadged Camry with frameless door glass!
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
01/11/09

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How many sales will this steal from the 500h?
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Peter Gibbons
01/11/09

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What are the 14% and 45% from? What do your numbers mean? Do they take in to account relative market size?

The environmental impact of the engine depends on how much you drive it, no? It can't always be the case that the carbon footprint of the leather itself outweighs the engine's reduced emissions.
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Jake Wright
01/11/09

@Jake Wright: And I'm saying this as an environmentalist, not as some fanatical gearhead. The best thing you can do for the environment is cut beef and pork from your diet.
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Novaload
01/11/09

@Jake Wright: "not as some fanatical gearhead..."
You say that like it's a bad thing.
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Jake Wright
01/11/09

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A hybrid with leather seats.

They do realize that while 14% of man-made carbon emissions comes from transportation, 45% comes from cattle farming, right?

Putting leather on those seats is a more environmentally damaging choice than putting a V-6 under the hood. It's staggering to think that people would spend a fair fortune to "help the environment," while unwittingly damaging the environment significantly more than any economy car driver.
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sos10
01/11/09

@Jake Wright: You are sort of correct.

Right that cattle farming is extremely damaging... wrong that is because of the leather.. it is because of the meat.

Although the amounts of leather in a car is much lower than most think (most "full leather" interiors are not full leather at all, just the steering wheel, the shift knob and parts of the seating, the rest is a leather look/feel alike)
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sos10
01/11/09

@sos10: oops... to continue.. I would rather see newer materials as used by that Honda hydrogen car.
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sos10
01/11/09

@sos10: and again oops... (why am I hitting the "submit key all the time?" Anyway.. if you would rad the press release, you see that this car uses many ecofriendly materials... not all, but way more than your average car.
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sos10
01/11/09

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I had high hopes for this model... personally I was hoping for a Lexus badges hybrid wagon... smaller than my RX, but bigger and a bit more refined than the Prius... but this just looks horrible. ugh.
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MushyHeirloom
01/11/09

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I have to admit that it looks surprisingly tasteful. Awkward, but tasteful.

Now, it probably rides and handles like a snow tube, and the radio presets are stuck on NPR... but at least it won't blind me every time I pass one on the highway. (Or one passes me, then cuts me off without signaling.)

That being said, it's apparently impossible for anyone, especially Lexus, to have their own design language these days.
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UDMan
01/11/09

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Toyota, as well as Honda, have learned their lesson well. If you are going to make a Hybrid Electric, it has to be different from the mainstream models to be successful. The Lexus Hybrids have been somewhat lackluster in sales, and the Camry Hybrid doesn't even approach the Prius sales numbers. So, introducing a Lexus Smugmobile. It should sell like proverbial hotcakes.
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mikedrawcar
01/11/09

@UDMan: I don't know- this doesn't really look like a 'different' car, like the Insight, Prius, Volt. Looks like another Lexus, which I'm sure is important for brand image, but I don't know if it'll work as a hybrid.
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sos10
01/11/09

@UDMan: really? the Rx400H sells rather well...
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Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
01/11/09

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A car for people who don't want to give up snobby when they go smug.
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MushyHeirloom
01/11/09

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Rick Astley
01/11/09

@FuzzyPlushroom: Sight Gag of The Day (SGOTD)!
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MushyHeirloom
01/11/09

@Rick Astley: Man, that's the first anything-of-the-day nomination I've gotten. Appreciated.

I'd been waiting for an excuse to make that joke...
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RoninianHoon
01/12/09

@FuzzyPlushroom: +1
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