Archive for " November, 2011 "

According to NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), Lotus will be recalling 52 models of their 2011 Lotus Elise. In the recall summary the reason for recall is being reported as the “faulty turn-signal lights”. The recall summary of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says, “The 52 models of the 2011 Lotus Elise that are being recalled have turn-signal modules that is not companionable with the brushed up front headlight contour, which comprises vital front LED turn-signal units”. “The unsuited module under certain circumstances may cause the turn-signal LED lamps to blaze an unpredictable frequency, when you press the hazard warning switch.”   [...]

Preface: Big Foot, Aliens, and Sporty hybrid, what common between these three? You don’t know! It’s fine. Let us help you, the common thing between those three is that they are said to exist, but no one actually have seen them. Now, we won’t be talking much about Aliens and Big Foot, and hence lets come to sporty hybrid, which it’s said to exist in market but no one actually has seen a lot of them. But the 2012 Lexus CT 200h plans to change that, when the least expensive hybrid from Lexus opts for a totally different track than what we normally see in the hybrid segment, one which actually sends the car in a sporty way. Priced at $29,120, the 2012 Lexus CT 200h gets a lot of its components and features from its siblings the Lexus HS 250h and Toyota  [...]

Preface: To the critics, the newly fangled 201 BMW ActievHybrid 7 sedan is just another hybrid car with a price tag that overshadows its paybacks. Up to some extent, the critics do have a point. The ActiveHybrid 7 sedan with starting price tag of $102,000 for the short-wheelbase (there also is a long-wheelbase L model), is about 25% pricey than the normal BMW 750, on which its actually based. And in return you get around 13% extra power, 15 to 17 % better fuel efficiency and certain additional features that sweeten the deal. But what’s different here with the ActiveHybrid 7 sedan is that BMW isn’t claiming it to be a vehicle that’ll save the planet or even aren’t saying that it is a tempting value proposition. So, what exactly the ActiveHybrid 7 sedan is? This is  [...]

Preface: There aren’t many luxury hybrid sedans in the market at present, and whichever are there in market, there aren’t many emphasizing the fuel efficiency. But that’s not the case with the 2012 Lexus HS 250h. The Lexus HS 250h is one of the very few luxury hybrid sedans for which the fuel efficiency comes first. Whilst a lot of the other models from this alcove segment are highly priced and are more about performance than fuel economy, the HS 250h alters the priorities and is a lot more compact and reasonably priced for a luxury hybrid sedan. The naives might think that the Lexus HS 250h is based on Toyota’s Prius, but let us tell you that it’s not. Boasting an exclusive chassis, which is sized between a Toyota Camry and a Toyota Corolla, the  [...]