LB23

Impressive, amazing fuel economy for such a heavy car with almost 340 horses that gets to 60 in less than 6 seconds.

I like the spec sheet, now looking forward to real world numbers + full tests

LexFather

:thumbup



Its bloody brilliant so far.

MPLexus301

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As a standard for comparison, the details on the new E400 Hybrid came out today:

302 hp V6 + 27hp electric motor = 329 total system horsepower and 24 city / 31 highway / 27 combined

Compare this to 338hp, 29 city / 34 highway / 31 combined and the GS is better by 5MPG city, 3MPG highway and 4 MPG combined. Pretty nice numbers!

Active Hybrid 5 pricing was also just announced at $61,845, but there are still no MPG estimates.

ydooby

Sure makes the GS Hybrid look good, but does the E400 Hybrid store its Li-ion battery in the engine bay like the S400 Hybrid? If so, that's one advantage to the E400 Hybrid.

nantang

Sounds like heat would be a serious problem there. Tesla by comparison puts their battery in the Model S on the floorboard--wide, flat, and low, helping in the handling of the car. Since they do all-electric, however, there's no engine heat to worry about. Lexus hides the battery somewhere; our RX400h is virtually indistinguishable from the RX350 with the same body style, except for some cosmetic tweaks and a dashboard difference.

nantang

Now that I've had my GS450h for just under a week and about 2/3 of a tank of gas, I'm averaging 33 mpg. I'm doing a good bit of highway driving in Eco mode with cruise control, but part of that stretch has a speed limit of 75 mph.

nantang

I'm beating the predictions, with a preliminary mileage so far of about 35-36 mpg. That's good for an economy car, but absolutely spectacular for a beast with this kind of power.

Splashman

I have a Liquid Platinum GS 450h with Luxury package, remote starter, black interior. I drove from Saratoga Springs NY back home to Pittsburgh almost 540 today. Averaged 38.1 miles per gallon. Used cruise control set at 72 mph for most of the trip. I have had the car since June 6th. It's incredible. I would post pics but I don't know how to post using my iPad.

LexFather

THat is incredible Thanks for posting. No way to upload to here from iPad

Splashman

Photobucket has an app!! These are cellphone pics so I apologize for poor quality.

Splashman

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