Not clearly assignable, somehow ending up between two worlds. Its brother, the Toyota Prius, is consistently trimmed on ecology and thus low consumption, for example, by the better drag-coefficient. However, the CT 200h wants also to be sporty, what prevents the gearless hybrid construction a little bit by too much elasticities. Nevertheless, steering and suspension are somewhat more direct.

There are three driving modes, in the sportiest choice the left display changes over to a tachometer. There are more of such interesting gimmicks, e.g. controling by joystick and/or voice. In 2011 unusual features for the compact class. On the pictures and video below you see the facelift version from 2014 with diabolo grille.



Actually, the Lexus CT 200h is a car, which brings attributes of luxury into the C-segment. Unfortunately this is also true for pricing. But the base model of 2016 is 1,300 euros cheaper than the 2011 version. And Toyota promises a 'lifelong' durability for the metal-hydrid battery, proven in millions Prius. However, there is not much range because of the unfavorable ratio of capacity to weight. Purely electric driven only 2 kilometers are possible and at acceleration to more than 45 km/h, the glory is terminated directly. The electric installation here are just to save fuel, can only be charged by the on-board generator or recuperation. 05/16