Sunday, June 27, 2010

SPESIFIKASI Lexus HS250h

SPESIFIKASI Lexus HS250h
Japanese luxury car manufacturer, Lexus was forced to withdraw (recall) of approximately 17 000 units HS250h Lexus car production in 2010 because of suspected having problems with its fuel tank.

Fuel tank HS250h Lexus hybrid car in the inspection of the quality of the annual National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is found to have problems that can result in leaks. This is of course hazardous to safety.

With a total weight of 1.696kg, HS250h Hybrid Lexus engine capable of speeds reaching 100km per hour in about 8.4 seconds, 1.4 seconds quicker than the Prius. But about the economic level, HS250h Lexus Hybrid is still far less with the Prius.

HS250h Lexus Hybrid consumes about one liter of fuel for the mileage of about 14km while the Prius can achieve efficiency levels up to 21km per liter.

Indeed, compared with most hybrid cars, Lexus Hybrid HS250h it does look very luxurious. Some features are not available on hybrid cars such as lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, remote controller touch, wide-view front monitor and surround sound system made clear Mark Levinson is mounted on this car.

Unfortunately matter of convenience are less frequent because of the noise is still audible in the cabin, unlike the Lexus luxury car line.

Indeed HS250h Lexus Hybrid can not be fully known as the perfect merger between efficiency, environmentally friendly luxury Lexus but the work done is more than most consumers expect car. With the efforts initiated by this Lexus, it could be in the near future other automotive manufacturers will soon follow with a better product.

SPECIFICATIONS:
Vehicle Type: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan
Engine Type: DOHC 16-valve inline-4, 147 hp, 138 lb-ft; AC permanent-magnet electric motor-assist, 141 hp, 199 lb-ft; combined power rating, 187 hp
Transmission: continuously variable automatic
Wheelbase: 106.3 in.
Length: 184.8 in.
Width: 70.3 in.
Height: 59.3 in.
Curb weight: 3740 lb
Zero to 60 mph: 8.4 sec
Fuel Economy: 35/34 mpg

Meanwhile, Toyota is the principal Lexus evasive about the matter and said that they had done the same test but did not find problems on this car. Toyota also promised to investigate the instability equal test results between it and the NHTSA.

"Although testing showed HS250h they on Lexus cars still line the federal standard we wil investigate and determine the reason behind the test results are different," said Toyota's chief quality officer for the North American region as detikOto Maddox St Angelo Leftlanenews quoted from Saturday (26 / 6 / 2010).

Lexus HS250h itself had previously been withdrawn or the recall due to suspected to have problems with their brake function.

This means that with the latest withdrawal, HS250h Lexus models have undergone recall two times in this 2010.
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