Lexus To Launch Updated CT 200h Next Year, Eventually Offer More Variants: Report
11-26-13, 04:44 PM
#136
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i guess they were at the tokyo show too recently perhaps? 
11-26-13, 06:42 PM
#137
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As for the 2014 CT 200h at the LA Auto show it was great to see it in person. Still no cup holders in the rear seats. Not sure if I like the fixed navigation on the dashboard. I like how my navigation folds away. As for the spindle grill I'm ok with it. Also like the upgraded navigation and power seats on the front passenger side.
Last edited by Trexus; 11-27-13 at 01:10 PM.
11-27-13, 09:36 AM
#138
Lexus Fanatic
With the 1 series variants and A series variants at BMW and Benz Lexus better make this new CT something really special. The Germans are dropping new products at a rate that we all know Lexus will never keep up with. I wonder what gives?? Why the explosion of new smaller cars from the German camps
11-27-13, 10:31 AM
#139
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by Trexus
I was very disappointed with the Lexus booth at the LA Auto show because they didn't have the RC or the LF-NX displayed there.
, and the L.A region, TEN TIMES as many new cars as Detroit...truly L.A. is the country's car-culture center. Yet, the Detroit show continues, every year (senselessly, IMO), to be the biggest show, draw the most auto-press, and have the most introductions. Though that might (?) have made sense at one time, back when Detroit was a REAL city, had a huge local car industry with little foreign competition, and actually SOLD cars in vast numbers, it simply doesn't make sense any more. The people (and companies) that put on the Detroit show, even with the recent resurrection of Ford, GM, and Chrysler, are simply living in the past.
11-27-13, 11:04 AM
#140
The RC 300h is at Tokyo so I would assume the RC 350 would be in LA but I think it's in China. The LF-NX turbo is in Tokyo so I would have assumed the LF-NX hybrid would have been in LA but then again I think it's in China. The only concept at the LA Auto show was the LF-LC which is awesome but Lexus would have knocked it out of the park if the RC and LF-NX were at the LA Auto show.
As for the 2014 CT 200h at the LA Auto show it was great to see it in person. Still no cup holders in the rear seats. Not sure if I like the fixed navigation on the dashboard. I like how my navigations folds away. As for the spindle grill I'm ok with it. Also like the upgraded navigation and power seats on the front passenger side.
As for the 2014 CT 200h at the LA Auto show it was great to see it in person. Still no cup holders in the rear seats. Not sure if I like the fixed navigation on the dashboard. I like how my navigations folds away. As for the spindle grill I'm ok with it. Also like the upgraded navigation and power seats on the front passenger side.
CT200h is nice... i like that they fixed the LEDs and all the other little touches.
11-27-13, 02:21 PM
#141
Moderator
The D.C. and L.A./SoCal areas both FAR exceed the auto-market of the Detroit region....and those two regions, of course, have the worst traffic in the country (they have played musical-chairs, back and forth, as to which one is actually worse which year). The D.C. area, for example, sells six times the number of new cars the Detroit Metro region does (one reason there are so many dealerships here where I can do reviews) , and the L.A region, TEN TIMES as many new cars as Detroit...truly L.A. is the country's car-culture center. Yet, the Detroit show continues, every year (senselessly, IMO), to be the biggest show, draw the most auto-press, and have the most introductions. Though that might (?) have made sense at one time, back when Detroit was a REAL city, had a huge local car industry with little foreign competition, and actually SOLD cars in vast numbers, it simply doesn't make sense any more. The people (and companies) that put on the Detroit show, even with the recent resurrection of Ford, GM, and Chrysler, are simply living in the past.
, and the L.A region, TEN TIMES as many new cars as Detroit...truly L.A. is the country's car-culture center. Yet, the Detroit show continues, every year (senselessly, IMO), to be the biggest show, draw the most auto-press, and have the most introductions. Though that might (?) have made sense at one time, back when Detroit was a REAL city, had a huge local car industry with little foreign competition, and actually SOLD cars in vast numbers, it simply doesn't make sense any more. The people (and companies) that put on the Detroit show, even with the recent resurrection of Ford, GM, and Chrysler, are simply living in the past.Mike, when the 2014 CT 200h comes to the D.C. Auto show I'd like to get your take on it. I know it's just a mid-cycle refresh and this is the first generation CT. I'm sure the second generation will have much more improvements and hopefully some variants.
Last edited by Trexus; 11-29-13 at 11:06 AM.
02-25-14, 09:24 AM
#142
Euro Debut for Facelifted Lexus CT 200h in Geneva [60 Photos & Video]
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The restyled Lexus CT 200h has been on sale in the U.S. since late January, but in Europe, the model will arrive this spring, which explains why the Japanese carmaker will display it at the Geneva Motor Show.
The Europe-spec version of the hybrid hatch looks identical to the U.S. model, sporting the same wide spindle grille, updated front bumper, revised headlights with projector LED lamps, new 10-spoke 16- and 17-inch wheels, restyled rear bumper and taillights, as well as a shark fin-style roof antenna. It also gets the optional F Sport package that sharpens up the CT 200h’s look.
On the inside, the facelifted Lexus CT 200h gets a new steering wheel from the IS sedan, a thinner, fixed design for the central TFT multimedia display screen and an optional 4.2-inch TFT gauge cluster, among other things. The Lexus Media Display and Lexus Premium Navigation systems feature added functions, improved operability, and enhanced hands-free and voice recognition control.
Additional equipment upgrades include the availability of rear view and back guide monitors for the LDA system, as well as Intuitive parking Assist, a Tyre Pressure Warning system and a Traction Control ‘Off’ switch.
The CT 200h combines a 99 PS (98hp) 1.8-liter Atkinson Cycle petrol engine with a 60kW (81hp) electric motor for a total output of 134 hp (136PS). The hybrid sprints from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 10.3 seconds and reaches a top speed of 180 km/h (112 mph).
Combined fuel consumption is rated at 3.6 l/100 km (65.3 mpg US), while CO2 emissions are as low as 82 g/km. Furthermore, Lexus says its hybrid powertrain generates significantly less NOx and particulate emissions that an equivalent diesel engined vehicle.
Lexus has sold 42,000 CT 200h models in Europe since the nameplate launched in January 2011, with Europe making up around 25 percent of total global sales for this model.
The Europe-spec version of the hybrid hatch looks identical to the U.S. model, sporting the same wide spindle grille, updated front bumper, revised headlights with projector LED lamps, new 10-spoke 16- and 17-inch wheels, restyled rear bumper and taillights, as well as a shark fin-style roof antenna. It also gets the optional F Sport package that sharpens up the CT 200h’s look.
On the inside, the facelifted Lexus CT 200h gets a new steering wheel from the IS sedan, a thinner, fixed design for the central TFT multimedia display screen and an optional 4.2-inch TFT gauge cluster, among other things. The Lexus Media Display and Lexus Premium Navigation systems feature added functions, improved operability, and enhanced hands-free and voice recognition control.
Additional equipment upgrades include the availability of rear view and back guide monitors for the LDA system, as well as Intuitive parking Assist, a Tyre Pressure Warning system and a Traction Control ‘Off’ switch.
The CT 200h combines a 99 PS (98hp) 1.8-liter Atkinson Cycle petrol engine with a 60kW (81hp) electric motor for a total output of 134 hp (136PS). The hybrid sprints from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 10.3 seconds and reaches a top speed of 180 km/h (112 mph).
Combined fuel consumption is rated at 3.6 l/100 km (65.3 mpg US), while CO2 emissions are as low as 82 g/km. Furthermore, Lexus says its hybrid powertrain generates significantly less NOx and particulate emissions that an equivalent diesel engined vehicle.
Lexus has sold 42,000 CT 200h models in Europe since the nameplate launched in January 2011, with Europe making up around 25 percent of total global sales for this model.
02-25-14, 10:49 AM
#143
It looks great ! They haven't exactly been flying off my stores lot, but we're still in tax season so that affects us a lot. I'd love to see the CT300h with the ES300h motor. 200hp and would probably get better gas mileage thanks to a bigger engine which isn't strained as much as the 1.8
02-25-14, 08:51 PM
#144
Lexus Test Driver
It looks great ! They haven't exactly been flying off my stores lot, but we're still in tax season so that affects us a lot. I'd love to see the CT300h with the ES300h motor. 200hp and would probably get better gas mileage thanks to a bigger engine which isn't strained as much as the 1.8
02-26-14, 04:26 AM
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02-26-14, 04:28 AM
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02-26-14, 02:26 PM
#150
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Good point, I don't recall any either… Again notice how quiet it is that the CT is succeeding where others have failed for years. Selling a luxury hatch in America was unthinkable. Audi gave up, the new A3 is sedan only here.