When "googling" to know the figure of purchasers of environmentally friendly vehicles Toyota Prius Hybrid, which emerged is the name of celebrities, businessmen and government figures.
Apple boss Steve Wozniak, the boss of Google's Sergey Brin, environmentally-conscious actress Natalie Portman to Bill Maher recorded a Prius.
Prius is worth 26 thousand dollars U.S. economy can not be called a vehicle, let alone buyers in the U.S. have an average income 83 thousand dollars per year, meaning that upper-middle class.
They select the Prius not because of price but because of environmentally friendly: 50 miles per gallon of fuel.
Based on that fact, the New York Times automotive journalist Lawrence Ulrich writes about the reasons for Toyota's Lexus birth CT200h (hybrid).
Luxury hybrid hatchback, according to Ulrich was better than the Prius. The price is also $ 8,000 more expensive. CT 200h still less than the Prius in terms of mileage, but 44 miles per gallon is "tolerable".
Those advantages, CT is more luxurious, quieter and feels more solid. The design is typical of the interior and exterior.
Vehicles that can attract two kinds of customers: those who are bored with his Prius and the people who crave high mileage but did not want to ride the economic bercitra Prius and "boxes."
Lexus has a pair of "lateral-performance silencer," Yamaha design technology and the first ever mass produced.
CT200h luxurious appearance by Ulrich easily align the hatchback (saloon stump) was with his rival the BMW 1 Series or Audi A3.
A little criticism of Ulrich, battery nickel-metal-hydride (1.4 kilowatt hours) is under the cargo deck and narrow the space for the goods.
The CT 200h to adopt the kitchen runway Prius: 1.8-liter 98-horsepower 4-cylinder with electric motor which increases the total output of 134 horsepower. Acceleration equivalent to the Prius, with a 0-to 100 km / h reached in 9.8 seconds but Lexus has benefits: no sebising noise and vibration is not as bad as the Prius.
Silver-colored button on the dashboard is available for Eco driving modes, Normal and Sport. There are also buttons E.V. if the driver wants to use only electric power with the distance of about one mile.
E.V. operation only works below 25 miles per hour and after that the gasoline engine automatically to support the battery life. Mode E.V. suitable for use during traffic jams.
Ulrich cites U.S. government statistics which said that Lexus fuel cost 1374 dollars, while the A3 hatchback diesel more powerful $ 400 and $ 700 more than the Mini Cooper.
