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2009 Lexus GS 450h Overview

Likes:

  • Responsive hybrid powertrain
  • Sport-sedan handling is retained
  • long list of active and passive safety features
  • High-tech features

Dislikes:

  • Limited headroom front and rear
  • Limited backseat space
  • Real-world mileage is no better than the GS 350's

Bottom Line

By Bengt Halvorson's avatar Bengt Halvorson, Editor

TheCarConnection.com's editors drove the new Lexus 450h in order to give you an expert opinion. Then TheCarConnection.com's auto experts researched available road tests on the new Lexus 450h to produce this conclusive review and to help you find the truth where other ...

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By Bengt Halvorson's avatar Bengt Halvorson, Editor

The 2009 Lexus GS 450h retains the styling cues of the gasoline-powered version. Because it shares so much with the good-looking GS line, this Lexus 2009 model's styling "is sexier than that of many other hybrids," says the reviewer at ForbesAutos. Autoblog points out "visual...

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Trim MSRP / Invoice Fuel Econ
2009 Lexus GS 450h: 4dr Sedan Hybrid $56,550 / $50,894 City: 22
Hwy: 25

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The Mercedes E320 BlueTec might also be considered a competitor by some accounts; it has an attractive, luxurious interior that's roomier than that of the GS, and its torquey turbodiesel engine provides surprisingly good acceleration and conservative EPA highway estimates of 23 mpg city, 32 highway. The Camry Hybrid and Altima Hybrid are the closest competitors, perhaps, but they're both about half the price of the GS 450h and don't provide anything close to the driving experience. Each of them, however, returns mileage in the 30s. Because no competitor hybrid models that emphasize performance exist, the 2009 Lexus GS 450h is in a class of its own.

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