U.S. will get compact Lexus Hybrid – CT200

Lexus CT200 Hybrid

After long insisting that a compact car was not in the Lexus U.S. product plans, Toyota officials announced last week that the CT 200h Hybrid hatchback will be sold in the United States by early next year.

The Tokyo auto show in October a concept version was unveiled, but Toyota Motor Corp. Executives said then that such a vehicle would not come to America any time soon. At the time. Lexus executives in the United States said they were pleading with Japan to bring the vehicle to the United States.

The Hybrid will team a 1.8 liter gasoline engine with the Toyota Hybrid system to deliver "2.0 liter performance with class leading emissions" the company said.

Production of the CT 200h will begin by the end of 2010 for all markets, the company said.

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