You've gotta figure Steven Spielberg can afford to buy any kind of car he pleases. So, it says something that he and many other Hollywood luminaries have rushed out to buy the new Lexus RX 400h, the hybrid version of the best-selling crossover sport-utility vehicle.
Now that I've test-driven one, I can see why. The RX 400h takes a lot of the guilt out of owning an SUV because it drives like the quick, sweet-handling luxury vehicle it is while also getting good gas mileage. You don't feel like you're despoiling the environment every time you run out to the supermarket, as some of us do in a gas-guzzler. Best of all, you can get a $2,000 federal tax credit for buying a Lexus hybrid right now, the company figures.
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