Green, boring? Not according to Lexus 24 | 10 | 2011

WHO EVER SAID going green had to be boring? Tell you what, whoever said it had certainly never laid eyes on the latest sporty hybrid from Lexus.

The Japanese manufacturer has just made its CT 200h hybrid available in F-Sport grade. What does that mean? How about improved handling, new body styling and extra equipment.

Available to order now at any Lexus dealership in Scotland, and priced from £27,850, first deliveries of the new Lexus CT 200h F-Sport are due in January.

On the outside the CT 200h F-Sport gets 17in dark-finish alloys, a larger rear spoiler, flared side skirts, a mesh front grille and new aero-styled bumpers front and rear. In the cabin there is an F-Sport steering wheel with a flat-bottom section and aluminium pedals and scuff plates.

Adding to the specification of the SE-L grade, the F-Sport gains cruise control, F-Sport black leather upholstery, heated front seats, electric driver’s seat adjustment, auto-dimming electrically retractable door mirrors and a rear parking camera that links to a display in the rear-view mirror.

Pricing details for new Lexus CT 200h

Owners can also specify the option of an advanced HDD navigation system combined with Lexus’s Remote Touch control, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror, back guide monitor and 10-speaker audio package. Front and rear parking sensors and a sunroof are also available.

Performance from the new F-Sport matches its CT 200h sister models with a zero-road-tax 94g/km CO2 emissions and 68.9mpg official combined cycle fuel consumption.

And, as the only full hybrid in its class, it can run for up to a mile in slow moving traffic on its electric power alone, reducing fuel use and tailpipe emissions to zero.

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Jim McGill