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Fuel consumption and its conservation are of prime concern for the automotive world. It is a well known fact that the available natural fuel won’t last for long. Taking this into consideration almost all car manufacturers are tweaking their metal babies to work on alternate fuel as well bringing the concept of hybrid car to reality. Lexus, one of the luxury car manufacturers, on the same footsteps has introduced the CT200h to compete in the small hatchback cars segment.
The Lexus CT200h is a compact hybrid electric car that runs on the usual liquid fuel and also on electric power when required giving it an edge over competition to scale up to 43 miles per gallon of fuel. It has also been studded with features like stability control for the vehicle and eight air bags to protect the passengers from an injury during an unexpected collision.
Needless to say, it being a product from a luxury car manufacturer will be rejigged with high end accessories like a six speaker audio system, Bluetooth for mobile connectivity and automatic climate control.
Of course, products from luxury vehicle manufacturers are much awaited and sought after. But it also takes some effort from the company’s perspective to make the targeted audience aware of all the features of the newly launched product. International motor shows, press conferences are some instances where the desired publicity for the vehicle can be garnered.
Lexus, albeit has gone a step further to mark the launch of the CT200 in United Kingdom by roping in the Australian pop sensation, Kylie through Kylie drumming Lexus CT car advert. It has also made arrangements to be one of the prestigious sponsors for her world tour in the United Kingdom.
Overall Lexus does offer all the amenities for the price it commands and with a voucher like Kylie it is bound to make it big in the automotive market as well.
The different models that are available under the brand of Toyota are about 70 as per year 2009. These models include coupes, sedans, vans, hybrids, crossovers and trucks. The production of these models is generally in the form of passenger sedans.
They can rangefrom Toyota Yaris that is subcompact to a compact one like Corolla. They can vary fromCamry that is of mid size to a full size model like Avalon. There are many varieties of vans like Sienna, Previa or Estima etc. They have a Scion brand and many small cars like tC and xB come under it.
The crossovers range by Toyota includes compact RAV4 and Matrix, mid size Kluger/ Highlander and Venza. The SUV range by Toyota includes mid size 4Runner and full size Land Cruiser. Besides this there are other SUVs also like FJ Cruiser and Land Cruiser Prado.