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Toyota’s luxury car division Lexus raised the bar for luxury hybrid vehicles when they unveiled the 2008 Lexus LS600hL in the 2006 New York Auto Show. And now it is heading for production.
Lexus will redesign the LS to form a new breed of gasoline-electric vehicle, the 2008 Lexus LS600hL. The “h” stands for hybrid and “L” for a long wheelbase. The model will be available in 2007. Like all other Lexus vehicles, the LS600hL has a spacious and of course, luxurious interior seats.
The highly anticipated Lexus LS600hL is equipped with high-output electric motor along with the 5.0-liter direct gas injection V8 engine that produces 430 horsepower. Lexus says this all-wheel-drive (AWD) hybrid will provide power and performance equivalent to the 6.0-liter V12 engine and with the fuel efficiency of a full hybrid V8 engine. This could be the fastest hybrid vehicle in the future.
Lexus have no plans yet to announce the base price of the 2008 LS600hL hybrid.