Toyota Hybrid 'SAI'

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), the world’s largest automaker launches its luxury sedan gasoline-electric hybrids “Sai” in Japan, which is planned to go on sale in Japan on December with a base price of $37,290.

The Sai is based on a concept derived from the Japanese word sai – which means “talent” and “coloration” – as a hybrid-only sedan “combining advanced talent and multi-color sophistication”.

The Sai features the Toyota Hybrid System (THS) II combining a 2.4-liter Atkinson cycle combustion engine with an electric motor and a reduction gear. By delaying intake valve closure, the engine achieves a high expansion ratio at low pressure, thus raising heat efficiency.

- Possessing dynamic performance with power to spare, vehicle realizes fuel efficiency of 23.0km/l – on par with 660cc minivehicles – under 10-15 test cycle of Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT); under MLIT’s JC08 test cycle, vehicle has fuel efficiency of 19.8km/l

- Vehicle meets new 2015 Japanese fuel efficiency standards set out under Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy, and CO2 emissions are 75% lower than 2005 standards under MLIT approval system for low-emission vehicles, which is currently strictest standard in Japan for emissions; thus, vehicle qualifies for Japanese government tax reductions and subsidies for environmentally friendly vehicles

A Hybrid System Indicator that shows real-time driving status and an Eco Driving Indicator that lights up to signify fuel-efficient vehicle operation provide visual support to the driver.

Lexus debuts LFA 
 

Toyota Lexus LFA - a two-seat supercar

Lexus announces the official launch of the LFA, a two-seat supercar scheduled to go into production at the end of 2010 as the pinnacle of the Lexus “F” premium sports car series. 

Ultra-responsive and extremely stable even when taken to the edge, the LFA creates a sense of reassurance that opens up a new world of driving emotion, exhilarating the senses to move the driver in more ways than one.

The LFA combines high output, superb chassis design and meticulous aerodynamics to achieve instantaneous total-vehicle response characterized by high-rev, seamless acceleration echoed by a self-defining resonance from its 4.8-liter V10.

Only 500 units of the LFA are to be produced and sold worldwide.

A prototype of the LFA is now on display at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show, which is open to the general public from October 24 to November 4 at Makuhari Messe in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture.

Check out these stories also:

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4. Honda to launch Two More Hybrid Sports Car in February 2010
5. Toyota launches redesigned ‘Vitz’

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