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http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/02/toyota_announce.html

GS450H Pricing announced at 54,900 US! Wow and my friend predicted it was going to be in the 100,000. Man that sounds like such a a sweet car, to hypermile and when you want to have a little fun... and NO guilt what so ever because its green =)

28 MPG Combined for 54k. It just doesn't float my boat. :-(

Hi Phil:

___We hope to get some time behind one of these monsters in the near future. 0 - 60 in < 6 seconds. 25 - 40 mph pulse, ~ 8 seconds. Glide, 60 seconds. Doing the math yields … Only time will tell ;)

___Eric, Tom, and I talked about this automobiles actual FE capability even though the EPA estimates are supposed to be in the mid to upper 20’s range.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/502/Resize_of_100_0079.jpg

___Good Luck

___Wayne

If people buy them - it's a plus.

Maybe a few of you would peg it as a phony fuel mizer. Granted, it's not a Prius, but thank God it's not a hybrid Escalade. Got a guy at GH that rants every time the Escalade or Dodge Ram is mentioned for the gas-guzzlers they are. Sometime I will probably ask him if he feels good about a hybrid CXT (http://www.navistar.com/site_layout/xtfamily/cxt.asp)? He might actually defend it. :p

The problem with a lot of zealots is that they think hybrid tech should only be for cars that already get 40mpg. It realy does make more sense to put it on the lower mpg cars since percentage wise it will make a bigger difference. You know the guy in the caddy isn't likely to drive around in a civic or prius, so if his car gets 30% better FE its 30% better FE than would otherwise be realized.

You can't force everyone to care about FE, this is especialy true with people of wealth where fuel consumption doesn't hit them in the pocketbook much. The more the technology becomes mainstream the more people will look at cars without it as technologicly inferior.

I support hybrid versions of luxury car like this Lexus and SUVs. It's just the jumbo SUVs, etc that give me a problem. Granted, they are going to drive a trophy vehicle, but I hope the day soon comes that something besides the Escalades and Hummers becomes cool.

Measuring by mpg makes fuel mizers look the best. If we did liters per 100 km, the largest vehicles's fuel savings would become the most apparent.

Well,

You beat me to this one. I got sleepy last night and just let it stay in my computer and did not Post it. Getting Old here I guess.

Here's the article I was reading on this "Super-Hybrid" Link Below:

http://car-reviews.automobile.com/Lexus/review/2007-lexus-gs-450h-preview/1500/1

Anyway, very cool is my take on it. If I was still in sales and making some very serious monies, I would be a Player for sure on this Bad-Bad Boy. ;)

Terry

BTW, I think this is like the Ultimate Hybrid for the Famous & Rich. ;)
....... I'm like jealous.:)

ya only for the rich, only if i win it though, i wouldn't sell it.