Luxury Lexus offers an eco-friendly choice for business high-flyers

Shouldn't that read, "Quite Like Toyota"... The parent company?

or no LUXURY car maker...quite like Lexus.

True.

This is a rather old story. The LS600h already sold. Be kind to submit something interesting story, because this article is waste of time.

"or no LUXURY car maker...quite like Lexus."

I believe the S Hybrid that debuted at Frankfurt actually has better MPG and emissions. Not wanting a flame war, just stating that they now have and seek to improve it.

but the s hybrid had 200 something horsepower etc.

So? The point of a hybrid is fuel efficiency, not performance. S Hybrid buyers don't care about performance... and LS Hybrid models wouldn't either if it was a real hybrid.

I think the LS600h doesn't make sense at all. Here Lexus wants to pretend it's a green company and then they have to offer an overpowered and overweight car that has not lived up to its marketing hype and actually gets poorer gas mileage and performance than the LS460.

The LS600h is a waste of money. Stick to the LS460 and get the same car with better fuel economy.

Emissions? If someone in this class really cared about emissions, they'd be driving Geo Metro hybrid. Fact is, there are few people in this market niche who really care about the environment. And those that are interested in the LS600h strike me as plain and simple poseurs. People who think they're driving green and expect other people to view them in the same light.

Pathetic.

not just that but this thing gets the same epa as an ls460, and ive seen slower to 60 in test, add in the fact it has less trunk space, is way overpriced, and you have the BS car of the year the ls600. they even copied the V12 number from mercedes the s600, what a load of marketing crap. the only one that would buy this is someone that likes to be taken advantage of, performance and epa ratings comparable to V8 cars that doesnt like a V12 alternative, or even a real hybrid, why not just buy the ls460l and a prius if you have to have a hybrid.

BORING OLD NEWS. NEXT!!!!

"Lexus claims a 0-62mph time of 6.3 seconds, although real-world perfor­mance doesn’t feel so sprightly. With the CVT gearbox offering change-free acceleration, the luxury saloon isn’t slow, but it seems no quicker than a diesel-powered Mercedes S-Class.
We also struggled to match the maker’s claimed economy. Driving mostly in town, the Lexus returned little better than 24mpg, according to its trip computer – a long way short of the official 30.4mpg combined fig­ure."
"While the motorway ride is smooth, it struggles to cope with sharp jolts and bumps. Tackling corners at speed leaves the Lexus floundering compared with Audi’s A8."

I have a love/hate relationship with this car. It's beautiful and luxurious, but it's an underperforming, rolling contradiction. The LS460 AWD would make much more sense for us if it ever came to existence.

beautiful in a bland, boring,overchromed would have been nice as an avalon kinda way