Hybrid-powered vehicles are most commonly associated with owners seeking to reduce their automotive-related impact on Mother Earth while saving a few bucks at the pump; all laudable attributes. Lexus is now extending those virtues to the executive-class purchaser in the form of their technologically extraordinary LS 600h L.
Executive sedan with flair
Although large in size due to its extended wheelbase, Lexus’s hybrid flagship isn’t a stogy-looking affair; rather it projects a sleek image bolstered with smooth lines that convey luxury and elegance but not at the cost of performance.
There is a cost however in trunk space when the Executive Package is opted for. It greatly reduces inner trunk dimensions to facilitate mechanical gear associated with the marvelous first-class seating arrangement.
Despite the cargo-hold shortcoming, the vehicle’s stance is broad and aggressive, supporting the proposition that more than just overblown luxury exists beneath its flawless skin.
Powerful V8-hybrid makes it happen
Serious potency, to the tune of 438 horsepower, is the result of a harmonious marriage between gas and electrically produced power. At the heart of the relationship is a 5.0-litre DOHC V8 gas-fired engine featuring Direct Injection technology and Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i).
Through the application of Lexus’s Vehicle Dynamic Integrated Management system (VDIM), the LS 600h L utilizes either battery supplied power or a blend of engine and battery juice to silently hustle the big sedan.
I have yet to experience a hybrid vehicle as infinitely capable of uniting these two power sources so unobtrusively, and with such refinement. A sophisticated drivetrain directs the propulsion to all four corners of the LS to ensure flawless launches
CVT combined with AWD
A dual-mode electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (ECTV) eliminates traditional gear changes and the limitations imposed by a finite number of cogs. This unit keeps the engine operating at peak efficiency whether lofting along a residential boulevard or at full throttle in the passing lane.
Augmenting vehicle control when things threaten to come unglued is a vehicle stability control program and traction control.
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| The LS 600h L isn’t a car that one drives with the goal of attacking the apex in a mountain switchback. |
Executive sedan with flair
Although large in size due to its extended wheelbase, Lexus’s hybrid flagship isn’t a stogy-looking affair; rather it projects a sleek image bolstered with smooth lines that convey luxury and elegance but not at the cost of performance.
There is a cost however in trunk space when the Executive Package is opted for. It greatly reduces inner trunk dimensions to facilitate mechanical gear associated with the marvelous first-class seating arrangement.
Despite the cargo-hold shortcoming, the vehicle’s stance is broad and aggressive, supporting the proposition that more than just overblown luxury exists beneath its flawless skin.
Powerful V8-hybrid makes it happen
Serious potency, to the tune of 438 horsepower, is the result of a harmonious marriage between gas and electrically produced power. At the heart of the relationship is a 5.0-litre DOHC V8 gas-fired engine featuring Direct Injection technology and Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i).
Through the application of Lexus’s Vehicle Dynamic Integrated Management system (VDIM), the LS 600h L utilizes either battery supplied power or a blend of engine and battery juice to silently hustle the big sedan.
I have yet to experience a hybrid vehicle as infinitely capable of uniting these two power sources so unobtrusively, and with such refinement. A sophisticated drivetrain directs the propulsion to all four corners of the LS to ensure flawless launches
CVT combined with AWD
A dual-mode electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (ECTV) eliminates traditional gear changes and the limitations imposed by a finite number of cogs. This unit keeps the engine operating at peak efficiency whether lofting along a residential boulevard or at full throttle in the passing lane.
Augmenting vehicle control when things threaten to come unglued is a vehicle stability control program and traction control.
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| Serious potency, to the tune of 438 horsepower, is the result of a harmonious marriage between gas and electrically produced power. |