On the Block: A Hot Hybrid Goes Cheap in Hollywood.

The night had all the makings of a dream Hollywood fundraiser for environmental nonprofit Oceana: A-list celebrities and Hollywood bigwigs, including agents, filmmakers, managers and network executives, gathered in a 17,000-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion to bid on, among other things, a $58,000 Lexus GS 450h donated by parent company Toyota. Little did Oceana or Lexus know that the well-heeled attendees had bargain shopping, not philanthropic altruism, on their minds.