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Test Drive: 2010 Lexus RX450h All-Wheel Drive Hybrid

All Cars Electric

It replaces the previous RX400h hybrid. The new vehicle uses a second generation hybrid powertrain. Car and Driver had the chance to take the vehicle out for a short 25 mile test drive. The Lexus RX450h is newly redesigned and engineered for the 2010 model year, and is the hybrid version of the popular RX350.

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Toyota hybrid sales top two million

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Hybrid cars are gradually developing from a niche alternative to a mainstream solution and now their impact has been reaffirmed with the news that the Toyota Motor Corporation has cumulatively sold more than two million hybrid vehicles since the 1997 launch of the Coaster Hybrid EV and the Prius. thousand units for a total of 2,016.9

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More information on hybrid sales slump

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per cent year-on-year to 21,735 even though it incorporated a full month’s sales for new vehicles such as the Honda Insight, as well as the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids. Together the two cars sold 2,299 units. Sales of its RX400h Hybrid were down 59.7 Overall, reported sales of hybrids dropped 45.5

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