Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Lexus comes into play premium compacts

At the motor show in Frankfurt is expected to premiere exciting new items - a compact five-door hatchback from Lexus. Information has not been confirmed officially, but according to rumors, the concept car is ready.New car, which claims to the European C-Class, Lexus oppose premium compacts from Audi and BMW - it is about models of Audi A3 and BMW 1-series, respectively. The concept is called C-Premium, but the series title is not reported, presumably, it will index the type designation BS or CS. CD is almost final version of the new model.The new Lexus hybrid will get a power plant, consisting of a 2.4-liter gasoline engine and electric motor a total capacity of 187 hp, aggregated variator and front drive. A similar system is used on a hybrid Lexus HS.The world premiere production version of the premium-compact from the Lexus will take place at the motor show in Geneva in the spring of 2010.