Lexus RX 400h Hybrid Review
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Lexus RX 400h |
| From Japan's Toyota Motor Company comes the second ever massed-produced fuel-efficient sport utility vehicle, following rival Ford Motor Company's Ford Escape Hybrid. Lexus RX 400h Hybrid is the hybrid version of Lexus 350 crossover. For its own prominence and record, the vehicle is also tagged as the world's first luxury hybrid. In terms of recognition, Lexus RX 400h Hybrid can never be left behind. It was among the four SUVs to ever attain recognition from the industry group J.D. Power and Associates through being a part of the Automotive Environmental Index in 2006. The index recognizes 30 of the most environmentally friendly and greenest vehicles around. The same body also recognized the fuel-efficient crossover as a top entry luxury utility in the Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout Study in 2005. The vehicle also brought Lexus the Manufacturer of the Year 2005 title in the United Kingdom's Green Fleet Awards. Moreover, the luxury transport was the SUV of the year in the same year at the Texas Truck Rodeo Awards. To complete it all, automotive journal CNET chose Lexus RX 400h Hybrid as the editor's top pick vehicle the same year. The hybrid luxury crossover was initially rolled out into the market in January 2004 during the North American International Auto Show. The vehicle was introduced months after the Ford Escape Hybrid was unveiled. Thus, Lexus RX 400h Hybrid instantly became a direct and head on competitor to the Ford hybrid flagship. And because Lexus RX 400h Hybrid is from Lexus, the high-end vehicle making unit of Toyota, it just logical and expected that the crossover is appealing and is really exquisite. For a simple description, handsome can be a great adjective to refer to the Lexus RX 400h Hybrid. The luxury hybrid vehicle provides expense taste designed for successful executives with inevitably green aspirations. That is something no other hybrid vehicle line is offering currently. Lexus RX 400h Hybrid is distinctively a middle-sized luxury hybrid SUV. Just like all other sophisticated SUVs, the Lexus RX 400h Hybrid comes out in a 2008 model that is receiving minor updates. Such upgrades include chrome door handles, new front grills, a rear spoiler and newly finished 18-inch wheels. In terms of mechanical characteristics, the 2008 version of the vehicle is as good and sassy as the earlier and pioneering Lexus RX 400h Hybrid releases. As for car buyers who look in comparison, the Lexus RX 400h Hybrid is designed and developed to be a direct competitor to several other hybrids. Such specific fuel-efficient SUVs and vehicles include the Hummer H3, the BMW X3, the Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Volvo XC90, Mercedes-Benz ML-Class, Acura RDX, Land Rover LR3 and Infiniti FX35/FX45. It is safe to assert that Lexus RX 400h Hybrid is a truly world-class and one of its kind fuel-efficient SUV with its own unique and luring features. |
Lexus RX 400h24 / 26 MPG |
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| BODY TYPE | Luxury SUV |
| MSRP | $42680 |
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