Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
When the original Lexus GS 450h debuted in 2007, it entered the market as the world’s first hybrid luxury sport sedan. Time moves on quickly in the automotive world, and today the Lexus GS 450h has hybrid challengers from Infiniti, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and even upstart Fisker.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 21, 2012
Succeeded by the RX 450h in 2009, it has claimed the largest share of Lexus hybrid sales (51.2%), with 259,000 units sold through to November this year. Lexus’s second hybrid model, the GS 450h, was introduced in 2006 and was the first premium production sedan to be fitted with a rear-wheel drive full hybrid powertrain.
Green Car Congress
MAY 1, 2012
From 2007 up to the end of the first quarter of this year, almost 100,000 hybrid vehicles have been sold in the UK; the market share of hybrids has almost doubled, from 0.7% Sales of hybrid-electric vehicles in the UK have steadily risen over the past five years, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 12, 2016
Following the debut of the RX 400h, the brand gradually expanded its hybrid line-up by launching the first luxury hybrid sedan, the GS 450h in 2006, and in 2007 the most powerful luxury hybrid sedan, LS 600h. —Tokuo Fukuichi, President of Lexus International.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
On May 31, 2007, the global cumulative sales of TMC’s hybrid vehicles had topped 1 million. Lexus remains the only premium brand in Europe to offer three full hybrids as part of its range: the GS 450h, the LS 600h and the newly-launched RX 450h. thousand units, for a total of 2,016.9 thousand units. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2009
One year later in April 2006, the Lexus GS 450h made its debut as the world’s first front-engine, rear-wheel drive, full-hybrid performance sedan. July 2007 saw the arrival of the second-generation 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUV.
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