Lexus - You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It
So, you have climbed the ladder of success in your career and are now looking for a car in the luxury segment to befit your new high profile status. But you have, in the back of your mind, a conscious that is screaming out to your’ think of the future’. You naturally start to dismiss the giant gas-guzzlers, after all, you have to set an example, but struggle to find a compromise. Well help is at hand thanks to those lovely Lexus people who have produced a luxury sports saloon with all the creature comforts on board, mated to the worlds first rear wheel drive fully hybrid power meaning it is very envoirmentally friendly. The GS 450h SE-L.
Lets start with the attributes. It is very rare to find a car that looks good from all three angles, front, profile and rear. But the GS 450h SE-L ticks all three boxes. New for the 2008 model at the front, is the chrome surround for the front grille, beautiful high-density discharge light clusters that cascade into the colour coded re-styled bumper with integrated fog lights. To profile and the luscious sculpted lines of this Lexus jump out at you while the 18 inch alloy wheels add presence along with the new look door handles and door mirrors with integrated indicators. The tapered rear end oozes style while the rear lip spoiler giving a hint to her sporty side.
Inside, the smell of leather wafts up your nostrils from the 8-way electrically adjustable, with memory function, front heated or cooled seats. Wood trim around the doors, centre console, electrically adjustable steering wheel and gear knob clarifies its craftsmanship while the electric tilt and glide sunroof floods the cabin with more light giving a bright spacious feel. The creature comforts on this car are fantastic from the electric dual zone climate control with clean air filter, electric windows, electrically adjustable, auto-dimming, heated and folding door mirrors, cruise control, plus parking sensors. Then there is the superb 14-speaker Mark Levinson 5.1 surround system with 6-disc interchanger that will sooth away any stress of the day as you play your favourite music. So you don’t make a wrong turn while singing away, use the ‘even I could fathom out how to operate’ Lexus Navigator satellite navigation system with colour touch screen display. With the Lexus parking Assist Monitor that shows on the screen what is behind you along with Bluetooth connectivity what else do you want from a car?
being a hybrid the GS 450h is effectively like a normal car with the addition of an electric motor that reduces fuel consumption and slashes CO2 emissions. You start off using the electric motor then when you need power, the petrol engine takes over.
Well performance I guess and despite the hybrid system, this GS 450h SE-L has performance on par with a conventional V8 petrol engine but without having to stop at the petrol station every two minutes with fuel consumption at 35.8 mpg on a combined cycle. Nor will you get penalised by old Livingstone’ s outlandish fines with low CO2 emissions at 185g/km and currently exempt from the London congestion charge. But more to the point, this car races from 0-62 in a blistering 5.9 seconds with a top speed of 155 mph. What a drive she delivered. So utterly smooth as she raced through the Electronically - controlled Continuously Variable six speed automatic transmission with the Electric Power Steering featuring Variable Gear Ratio Steering that alters the steering gear ratio according to vehicle speed meaning you literally point and she goes. She is more responsive than my dog when he sees his lead being taken off the peg and far more obedient with Vehicle Dynamics Integrated management that co-ordinates braking, stability and traction control with Adaptive Variable Suspension maintaining stability. Select Normal for comfort, or Sport for more fun. I feel I am bombarding you with techy stuff, but this car has so much technology on board to give such a wild performance and keep you safe, it has to be mentioned.
Talking of which, the GS 450h SE-L is completely safe car to be in. Right here we go. ABS with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution and Brake Assist, for starters. Then we have Electronically Controlled Braking, Vehicle Stability Control, Traction Control and the only option for the SE-L variant, Adaptive Cruise Control and Pre-Crash Safety which primes the front seatbelts and emergency braking when an unavoidable frontal collision is detected, such as my dog as he escapes from the house - again. But if he very naughtily runs into the road and you have to take evasive action - well he is a pedigree you know, the GS 450h SE-L comes with the standard eight airbags including both driver and passenger knee airbags, with additional rear side airbags, Whiplash Injury Lessening on the front seats, plus seatbelt pretensioners with force limiters. Securing her is an anti-theft system and immobiliser, double door locks and automatic door locking when the car gets moving thus she falls into insurance group 18E. It’s determined by the power, not the deterrents.
Now being a hybrid the GS 450h is effectively like a normal car with the addition of an electric motor that reduces fuel consumption and slashes CO2 emissions. You start off using the electric motor then when you need power, the petrol engine takes over. This very clever computer works out when to use electric, and when to use petrol thus giving the best in efficiency. When you start to slow down, the braking force re-charges the electric motor. But the beauty of this car is the number of ways you can drive her through various modes thanks to the hybrid system. Select Normal for best balance, power for more active response, or Snow for better traction. .
The other advantage of the hybrid system is it is maintenance free as are the fuel filters and the oil in the transmission does not need changing. The air filter is designed to last 40,000 miles before changing; the engine coolant replacement intervals are 100,000 miles and spark plugs at 60,000. So service intervals are every two years or 20,000 miles. Whilst you may pay at the beginning as this model stands in at £45,085, you will save on fuel consumption and at the garage.
The price tag should not put you off as here is a car, that not only looks the business, has the driving dynamics to die for – well not literally thanks to all the safety equipment on board, has unprecedented technology again to keep you safe and the car out of the repair shop, with all the creature comforts you deserve and most importantly, it is envoirmentally friendly.
So the proof is in the pudding. You can have your cake and eat it.
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Lexus - You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It
So, you have climbed the ladder of success in your career and are now looking for a car in the luxury segment to befit your new high profile status. But you have, in the back of your mind, a conscious that is screaming out to your’ think of the future’. You naturally start to dismiss the giant gas-guzzlers, after all, you have to set an example, but struggle to find a compromise. Well help is at hand thanks to those lovely Lexus people who have produced a luxury sports saloon with all the creature comforts on board, mated to the worlds first rear wheel drive fully hybrid power meaning it is very envoirmentally friendly. The GS 450h SE-L.
Lets start with the attributes. It is very rare to find a car that looks good from all three angles, front, profile and rear. But the GS 450h SE-L ticks all three boxes. New for the 2008 model at the front, is the chrome surround for the front grille, beautiful high-density discharge light clusters that cascade into the colour coded re-styled bumper with integrated fog lights. To profile and the luscious sculpted lines of this Lexus jump out at you while the 18 inch alloy wheels add presence along with the new look door handles and door mirrors with integrated indicators. The tapered rear end oozes style while the rear lip spoiler giving a hint to her sporty side.
Inside, the smell of leather wafts up your nostrils from the 8-way electrically adjustable, with memory function, front heated or cooled seats. Wood trim around the doors, centre console, electrically adjustable steering wheel and gear knob clarifies its craftsmanship while the electric tilt and glide sunroof floods the cabin with more light giving a bright spacious feel. The creature comforts on this car are fantastic from the electric dual zone climate control with clean air filter, electric windows, electrically adjustable, auto-dimming, heated and folding door mirrors, cruise control, plus parking sensors. Then there is the superb 14-speaker Mark Levinson 5.1 surround system with 6-disc interchanger that will sooth away any stress of the day as you play your favourite music. So you don’t make a wrong turn while singing away, use the ‘even I could fathom out how to operate’ Lexus Navigator satellite navigation system with colour touch screen display. With the Lexus parking Assist Monitor that shows on the screen what is behind you along with Bluetooth connectivity what else do you want from a car?
Well performance I guess and despite the hybrid system, this GS 450h SE-L has performance on par with a conventional V8 petrol engine but without having to stop at the petrol station every two minutes with fuel consumption at 35.8 mpg on a combined cycle. Nor will you get penalised by old Livingstone’ s outlandish fines with low CO2 emissions at 185g/km and currently exempt from the London congestion charge. But more to the point, this car races from 0-62 in a blistering 5.9 seconds with a top speed of 155 mph. What a drive she delivered. So utterly smooth as she raced through the Electronically - controlled Continuously Variable six speed automatic transmission with the Electric Power Steering featuring Variable Gear Ratio Steering that alters the steering gear ratio according to vehicle speed meaning you literally point and she goes. She is more responsive than my dog when he sees his lead being taken off the peg and far more obedient with Vehicle Dynamics Integrated management that co-ordinates braking, stability and traction control with Adaptive Variable Suspension maintaining stability. Select Normal for comfort, or Sport for more fun. I feel I am bombarding you with techy stuff, but this car has so much technology on board to give such a wild performance and keep you safe, it has to be mentioned.
Talking of which, the GS 450h SE-L is completely safe car to be in. Right here we go. ABS with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution and Brake Assist, for starters. Then we have Electronically Controlled Braking, Vehicle Stability Control, Traction Control and the only option for the SE-L variant, Adaptive Cruise Control and Pre-Crash Safety which primes the front seatbelts and emergency braking when an unavoidable frontal collision is detected, such as my dog as he escapes from the house - again. But if he very naughtily runs into the road and you have to take evasive action - well he is a pedigree you know, the GS 450h SE-L comes with the standard eight airbags including both driver and passenger knee airbags, with additional rear side airbags, Whiplash Injury Lessening on the front seats, plus seatbelt pretensioners with force limiters. Securing her is an anti-theft system and immobiliser, double door locks and automatic door locking when the car gets moving thus she falls into insurance group 18E. It’s determined by the power, not the deterrents.
Now being a hybrid the GS 450h is effectively like a normal car with the addition of an electric motor that reduces fuel consumption and slashes CO2 emissions. You start off using the electric motor then when you need power, the petrol engine takes over. This very clever computer works out when to use electric, and when to use petrol thus giving the best in efficiency. When you start to slow down, the braking force re-charges the electric motor. But the beauty of this car is the number of ways you can drive her through various modes thanks to the hybrid system. Select Normal for best balance, power for more active response, or Snow for better traction. .