Wed 15 Nov 2006
2006 Lexus RX400h Reviews
You may not be able to get your hands on one of the 75 limited edition 2007 Lexus hybrids, but the 2006 RX400h is a great choice according to car reviewers.
Automotive.com reviewed it and said “The RX 400h boasts all the advantages of a hybrid gas-electric vehicle: Emissions are extremely low, reducing your impact on the environment to something in the neighborhood of nil. And it burns about as much gas as a compact car, reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil…. But it’s also fast and powerful.”
CNET points out the positives and negatives, the good being that it has “fast acceleration; unencumbered LCD and separate audio display; versatile rear-seat entertainment system” and the bad being that it bears “grainy LCD map display; no factory option for surround sound or satellite radio; notched feeling in electric power steering.”
The MSRP price range is from $44,660.00 - $48,410.00.
September 14th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I bought a brand new Lexus RX 400 last year from Lexus Reading, England. I thought the the hybrid technology was great and also better for the environment, whilst still having high performance, looks and great drive.How ever, this car did not work, it kept breaking down because the engine battery was not being charged, the hybrid battery took priority and my local journeys were never long enough to top up the engine battery. I took it back to Lexus to get it checked out, where upon they told me that my driving pattern didn’t work with this car and to go to Argos and buy a battery charger. I could’t believe it, the latest high performace hybrid doesn’t work because my journey’s were too short, Its a shame the salesman did’t mention it when he sold it to me, guess what I wouldn’t have gone near it. I spoke with customer services to see if this problem could be solved, after looking into it they replied that they were very sorry but unfortunately in my case the battery’s performance has been affected by the low milage.I asked them to take it back, I eventually sold it back to them a market value and lost alot of money, my plan had been to keep the car for about 5 years to get more value out of it, not one year. So be warned this technology has a seriously fundamental flaw and does not do the job it was designed to do. Sally Fell