With the official images now in our grasp, it appears that the rendered images of the Lexus HS250h we bought you in November were rather close to the mark.

The official unveiling of the HS250h marks two firsts for Lexus, it’s the marques first dedicated hybrid and the first Lexus to use a four-cylinder LPG engine.

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Lexus has confirmed that the HS250h sedan will make an appearance at the Detroit Motor Show in January, but, aside from that information, there’s little news about the actual car. The team over at CarScoop however, reckon they’ve got the low down from some undisclosed sources on a few juicy tidbits that Lexus may have [...]

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For a long time now Toyota has enjoyed a virtual monopoly over the hybrid market. Sure, there was the first-generation Honda Insight and the current Civic Hybrid, but those models never really posed much of a threat to the dominant force of Toyota and its Prius and Lexus hybrids.

However, that’s all set to change. Automakers [...]

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The stylish Lexus LF-Xh, first revealed late last year in Tokyo and slated to replace the still-sexy but ageing RX, was also previewed last month in Paris. It’s now made the trip down-under for the Sydney Motor Show before going into production in 2009.

The concept will carry its Lexus Hybrid Drive engine through to production, [...]

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We’ve talked about the Lexus Prius rumours before, but it looks like it’s now good to go. Word this weekend is that Lexus has green-lit a Prius-based hybrid, though it’s expected to be built around the next-gen Prius rather than the ageing current model.

There will be an emphasis on performance – as one would expect [...]

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Lexus has announced the addition of a permanent all-wheel-drive drivetrain to its LS460 large luxury sedan, and will debut the all-paw model at the Moscow International Motor Show at the end of this month. Sales are slated to begin in November.

Developed from the LS 600h’s AWD system, the LS 460’s all-paw mechanism utilises a Torsen [...]

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Dedicated Lexus blog The Passionate Pursuit have gotten their hands on a pair of scanned pages from a Japanese auto rag, showing what are presumably commissioned illustrations of what the alleged Lexus hybrid—purportedly based on the aging but still futuristic Prius—may look like.  Considering the news that Toyota are working towards an expanded Hybrid range, [...]

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Lexus released the flagship of their range, the hybrid LS600h in Australia on the 19th of November and if you were in any doubt as to the saleability of this ultimate V8-electric hybrid then don’t be. Reports from across the globe have the LS600h being in big demand.

Lexus have stated that they were expecting [...]

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Lexus has launched its flagship LS 600hL hybrid sedan in Australia and it will be available in dealerships from today. The new LS 600hL long-wheelbase sedan features the world’s most sophisticated all-wheel-drive hybrid system and provides Lexus’ most opulent driving environment.

According to Lexus the LS 600hL achieves many world and segment firsts, including the [...]

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Lexus Australia have announced today that they have achieved a new milestone with the sale of their 1000th hybrid vehicle in Australia. Lexus offer two hybrids in Australia, the GS 450h and the RX 400h SUV.

The RX 400h was the star performer, notching up two-thirds of the combined sales, no doubt partly due to high [...]

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