Remember the Lexus HS 250h? The car was introduced in 2009 as an entry-level hybrid, slotting in between the IS and ES, but earlier this year, Lexus discontinued it in the US due to declining sales. It fared better in its home market, however – in its first month, 3,000 pre-orders were recorded, 10,000 units were sold, and the waiting list was six months long.
At the time, the HS 250h‘s exterior did kind of give away its UK-market Toyota Avensis origins, but Japanese blog Minkara Carview has posted some pictures of an updated car that’s reputedly expected to launch in Japan by the end of this month.
As you can see, the JDM car gets the Lexus face, complete with spindle grille. The rest of the exterior appears unchanged, however. The interior seems to have been poshed up with the addition of some wood trim here and there, but otherwise looks the same. The blog states a price range of ¥4.1 to 5.52 million (RM153k-206k) for four variants.
It is not known if there are any changes to the powertrain, but the discontinued HS 250h had a 2.4 litre 2AZ-FXE Atkinson cycle four-cylinder collaborating with an electric motor to result in a combined 187 hp – essentially a Camry Hybrid setup.
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Ah Lexus , showing us toyota can make a decent looking and quite exciting car but sells it at a premium so they can sell us cheaper but boring looking and spec cars
Toyota cars unfortunately have appeal to the uncles only. Most of whom are too old to want to spend money. That is why Toyota resale value is dropping fast because the younger generation prefer more modern designs. Hyundai and Kia know what the younger generations want ie the fluid designs. Koreans have in a mere 10 years come up so much in Malaysia that Toyota is running scared. Toyota took over 50 years to establish marketshare what Hyundai and Kia took only 10 years to do. In 10 years time, every other car would be either a Proton or a Hyundai/Kia on our roads.
Now you even said Toyota has low RV..then no cars in Malaysia have RV liao lor
Sam loo , the Toyota crusader now finally betrayes his king and is rampent spreading rumors and shxx about Toyota, to pave way for the ascending of king gangnam .
Seriously, is any body that comments on paultan actually moderate thinking and dose’t furiously support or cursed either Gangnam mobiles or Fuji cars
The front grill reminds me of the alien from the movie predator
http://cdn.maxim.com/15501-16000/15550_alienGenitalia_predator_l1.jpg
And that is awesome!!!!
Spindle grille is the new trend with Lexus, they are progressively doing this treatment on all their lines. It’s growing on me.
Spindle grille is the trend that Lexus is going forwards with all their lines, and it’s growing on me.
When you are looking for a Semi-detached house, 14 point is big. But when you are looking for a detached bungalow, 20 point is just small, alang-alang.
Put the same 1.8 litre engine in the CT200H in this car and sell it as the Lexus HS200h in Malaysia. With the hybrid exemptions in place, this car will sell like a hotcake in Malaysia
what hot cake? if really happen, at least RM230k here!!
yeah, called CT200h. and underneath it is actually Prius 1.8 albeit with slightly smaller cabin.
ES still looks more subtle than this… HS looks so unpolished… The back looks like the prev-gen GS form factor with the current taillights slapped in…
Not many people know what is lexus.
that can be neither bad nor good.
first, ppl get attracted to the cars without knowing it is actually made by the same Toyota company.
2nd, ppl who know it is just as like a Toyota may relate its reliability to Toyota cars as well.
Agree. They think Lexus and Toyota are the same. Actually Lexus is more than a Toyota. Most of toyota’s interior like a Van.
Lexus is the luxury brand of Toyota. How Daihatsu is their budget label (in Malaysia, it’s called Perodua). But all of these belongs to Toyota. Meaning the technology and parts are all the same. The same goes to Infiniti and Nissan, Acura and Honda, Lincoln and Ford.
mpv-styled dashboard?
Only the idiotic and retarded dude does not know what is Lexus, that includes someone who is a moron.
…….u should explain “what is LEXUS” to Mr Ali…..instead of putting very harsh words like that…..
Good looking car….but must be overpriced in this bolehland…
Toyota makes long lasting cars. Apart from engine, its design is also more “time proof” and long lasting. If you observe correctly, toyota doesnt go for extreme design, extreme design will look far uglier when it goes out of time compared to moderate design.
Hybrid or not, this is one good looking car. Hopefully the performance and handling are as good as the look because this new Lexus design looks properly brilliant.