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All any half and half needs keeping in mind the end goal to succeed is results. With EPA-evaluated gas mileage of 43/40/42 mpg city/expressway/consolidated, the CT 200h succeeds in case you're contrasting it and non-half breeds. More current era crossovers like the Toyota Prius, Hyundai Ioniq and others have jumped the CT's proficiency, giving more than 50 mpg — however none originate from extravagance brands. The following model in Lexus' half and half line is the ES 300h moderate size car (evaluated 40/39/40 mpg), the beginning cost of which is $10,570 higher than the CT's $32,225 base value (all costs refered to incorporate goal charges).

We tried a CT 200h with the broad F Sport Package, which changes the auto both mechanically and cosmetically, inside and outside.

A key quality of the CT is that there's nothing else like it, yet that additionally muddles aggressive correlations, which we generally give in Cars.com surveys. Since the CT 200h's cross breed nature and results are its most grounded qualities, it's sheltered to accept potential purchasers are drawn principally by the auto's ecological as well as potential cash sparing focal points. Consequently, I'll look at it beneath against three different intends to the proficiency end — a module half and half, a diesel and a battery-electric, all in a similar estimating ballpark.

The CT 200h has the styling of a lively little wagon/hatchback. Alongside mechanical changes, the discretionary F Sport Package brings unmistakable 17-inch wheels, a dark rooftop, six paint decisions (counting two selective hues), metallic front scrape plates, a one of a kind back spoiler, and a work design grille and foglight embeds.

Without question, the CT has some energetic properties, for example, its taking care of. Its little size and ground-embracing profile give it an agile vibe. (As I've noted in different Lexus models outfitted with a F Sport Package, I don't think the firmer suspension has enough effect in the auto's dealing with to legitimize the harder ride.) The cross breed nature giveth, however it additionally taketh away: Having the high-voltage battery pack mounted close to the back equalizations out the disproportionate weight appropriation basic to front-wheel-drive autos, bringing about a more adjusted feel as the back wheels share greater duty regarding holding the street while cornering. Lamentably, the advantages essentially end there.

By Lexus' own estimation, the CT takes 9.8 seconds to achieve 60 mph. For correlation, the 2017 Jaguar XE conservative vehicle furnished with an effective diesel motor hits 60 in 7.4 seconds, and the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV all-electric hatchback does it in under 7 seconds, as indicated by their producers. Maybe more imperative, the diesel and electric engines are a great deal more responsive off the line and endure none of the elastic band impact found in the CT 200h: deferred quickening agent reaction joined by rambling motor sounds.

Verifiably, the most proficient mixtures have sworn off routine stride equip transmissions, similar to that in the Jaguar, for constantly factor approaches like the CT 200h's. Don't imagine it any other way: The CT's transmission (we'll call it a transmission, despite the fact that it contrasts from different sorts) has an extensive influence in the auto's productivity since it joins minimal more than two engine generators, a few riggings and a negligible measure of oil. There are no grasp and none of the rubbing related with general transmissions or the belt-and-pulley sorts of CVTs utilized by a developing number of gas-just autos. It's hard, however, to think about any auto with this sort of quickening as energetic, particularly when contrasted and diesel and every single electric contender.

Lamentably, the CT 200h's braking execution likewise shares the signs of cross breed regenerative braking — the procedure by which the electric drive engines go about as generators to moderate the auto while reviving the battery. The activity isn't exceptionally direct as the auto endeavors to mix recovery with routine braking. The Jaguar's traditional brakes have incredible feel, and the Bolt EV, however it additionally utilizes recovery, has preferable pedal feel and linearity over the CT (however it isn't to the level of good routine brakes, either). Both these options are sportier in general than the CT inside and out, including taking care of.

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2016 Lexus CT 200h