ndk83

So there has been rumors about a entry level Lexus hybrid, some say it will be based on a prius, BUT i feel i stumbled on what the car will be. This is pure speculation and not based on any facts on inside words.

In japan toyota has a car based on the Yaris but bigger and better. Its the Toyota Blade. With luxurious trimming, good looks and a decent power train , the top of line model the toyota blade master even has the same 2gr-fe engine found in the ES300 delivering aprox. 275 hp. The interior of the car has wads of L-finesse design elements with power to match. This car can be easily re-bagged a Lexus as well as dropping a hybrid being dropped in it. Its a fast luxurious hatch back that Lexus could easily sell in Europe and Asia, even the US now that gas prices have made car buyers moving away from large trucks.

This is a hatch id def look into buying if it was available. Just my 2 cents

heres a few pics

ndk83

rear shots of the balde

ndk83

This shot is what made me assume it could easily be badged a Lexus.
The interior just shouts out lexus

ndk83

One more rear shot. love them rear lights

darkdream

how much smaller could this be that a IS in interior room 0.o?

ndk83

TOMS, you know this car aint gonna be cheap

ndk83

haha think the size of a yaris

pisaykotik

Reminds me of the Nissan Versa.

xioix

I think it is based of a Corolla, so it is not smaller at all

MR_F1

Not even. The blade is a version of the Toyota Auris. It is way bigger than a Yaris and probably has more rear space than an IS.

ndk83

really? for some reason i thought the auris is smaller than the yaris, and ur right it is based on the auris

ISF_GG

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I don't know if Lexus would choose the Blade as it's platform, but I do agree that Lexus should be considering making a small hybrid luxury car. The time to start planning one is now, not when gas is $7/gallon in the US.

ndk83

More TOMS Blade

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more TOMS , moving shot

ndk83

Yea it definatly makes business sense for Lexus. My reasoning why they should go wtih the Blade? To compete with the likes of the r32, s3, and the 135 in Europe where lexus doesn't do very well. In Europe, lexus has very small market share. This could be a high volume selling car .They need to be able to compete and if priced competively this car would def give them the edge.