2011 Lexus CT200h images

2011 Lexus CT200h

2011 Lexus CT200h

2011 Lexus CT200h

The Lexus CT 200h will have its North Amer­i­can debut at next week’s NY Auto Show, and to pro­mote the fact, Lexus issued a press release that high­lights some inter­est­ing information:

* The CT 200h will go on sale in the U.S. in early 2011.
* As part of an inte­grated launch in the U.S., Lexus will release a break­through inter­ac­tive short film that offers a new take on the test drive by pro­vid­ing the viewer a fully immer­sive way to expe­ri­ence the new Lexus CT 200h.
* The CT 200h will incor­po­rate a stan­dard eight airbag Sup­ple­men­tal Restraint Sys­tem (SRS) with dual-stage airbags and knee airbags for dri­ver and front pas­sen­ger, side cur­tain airbags, and front seat-mounted side airbags to help pro­tect pas­sen­gers in cer­tain types of severe frontal or side collisions.
* The hood and rear hatch door are made of alu­minum to min­i­mize weight.
* The cabin is trimmed with metal and a new syn­thetic mate­r­ial called NuLux­eTM that is soft to the touch like leather. Leather-trimmed seat­ing will be avail­able as an option.
* The grille and head­lamps with stan­dard LED day­time run­ning lamps illus­trate air­flow with their three-dimensional arrowhead-shaped design cues…

The press release also gives a more com­plete pic­ture of the four dif­fer­ent dri­ving modes will be avail­able in the CT 200h:

* Nor­mal mode has an essen­tially lin­ear throt­tle response that gives nat­u­rally pro­gres­sive power while the Power Con­trol Unit (PCU) lim­its drive volt­age to a max­i­mum of 500 volts.
* The Eco mode adjusts air con­di­tion­ing set­tings and the throt­tle for the best pos­si­ble fuel economy.
* For an enhanced fun-to-drive expe­ri­ence, Sport mode, a first for the Lexus hybrid line-up, can be selected. Sport mode pro­vides more direct Elec­tric Power Steer­ing (EPS) set­tings and throt­tle while the PCU boosts drive volt­age to a max­i­mum out­put of 650 volts. Vehi­cle Sta­bil­ity Con­trol (VSC) and Trac­tion Con­trol (TRAC) are less intru­sive when Sport mode is selected, allow­ing for more lively driving.
* In EV mode, under cer­tain cir­cum­stances, the vehi­cle can be dri­ven up to one mile using only the elec­tric motors.

2011 Lexus CT200h

2011 Lexus CT200h