{"id":389155,"date":"2010-03-04T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T19:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=39373"},"modified":"2010-03-04T14:35:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T19:35:57","slug":"geneva-motor-show-update-lexus-ct-200h-now-u-s-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/389155","title":{"rendered":"Geneva Motor Show Update: Lexus CT 200h Now U.S. Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/geneva-motor-show-update-lexus-ct-200h-now-u-s-bound\/2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307171_m\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307171_m-500x275.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Lexus CT 200h\" title=\"2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307171_m\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d held back reporting on the Lexus 200h hybrid&#8217;s introduction at Geneva, since we were told that it wouldn\u2019t be coming to the U.S. market.  Lexus has apparently changed their minds and will introduce the four door hatch at the upcoming New York Auto Show.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-39373\"><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/geneva-motor-show-update-lexus-ct-200h-now-u-s-bound\/2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307169_m\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307169_m-500x297.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Lexus CT 200h\" title=\"2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307169_m\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what is the 200h?  It\u2019s a global premium compact car, designed to compete with Audi\u2019s A3 and (in Europe, at least) the BMW 1 Series.  Powered by a 1.8 liter motor good for 187 horsepower, the hybrid also utilizes batteries and an electric motor to boost fuel economy.  Lexus has yet to make any claims on the projected mileage ratings, and the 200h is aimed more at the luxury market than the green market.  I wouldn\u2019t expect Prius type numbers, but I can guarantee it will out run and out content a Prius.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/geneva-motor-show-update-lexus-ct-200h-now-u-s-bound\/2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307174_m\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307174_m-500x377.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Lexus CT 200h\" title=\"2011-lexus-ct-200h_100307174_m\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No word yet on U.S. availability, but expect prices to start in the very high $20k range.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6sc2FRNXyo0pP7Ftsq8Z-LsNQ7o\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6sc2FRNXyo0pP7Ftsq8Z-LsNQ7o\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6sc2FRNXyo0pP7Ftsq8Z-LsNQ7o\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6sc2FRNXyo0pP7Ftsq8Z-LsNQ7o\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019d held back reporting on the Lexus 200h hybrid&#8217;s introduction at Geneva, since we were told that it wouldn\u2019t be coming to the U.S. market. Lexus has apparently changed their minds and will introduce the four door hatch at the upcoming New York Auto Show. So what is the 200h? It\u2019s a global premium compact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}