Autoshows

Auto Express had their turn at the CT 200h Geneva display, and put together a video that shows plenty of interior footage:

The CT 200h’s door grip and handle design remind me a lot of the recently-released GX 460, which makes me wonder if this will be a shared design cue on new models.

Fresh off the news that Lexus will be offering the CT 200h in North America, it was announced today that the hatchback will be making its official US debut at the New York Auto Show, which takes place from March 31st through April 11th.

Read the Lexus Press Release

Here’s something new—Lexus interviewed some of the journalists attending the Geneva Auto Show to get their opinion on the new CT 200h hatchback:

Best response: “The fact that it’s a hybrid will tick so many people’s boxes.”

Even with all the photos of the Lexus CT 200h at the Geneva Auto Show, it’s hard to get a good idea of just how big it really is, so I put together this chart showing the newest Lexus as compared to the IS, HS & ES:

Put into perspective, the CT 200h looks bigger than I imagined, though still much smaller than anything else in the lineup. It’s interesting to put the hatchback beside the existing lineup—there’s certainly a lot of shared details, and it definitely fits into the model range quite well.

Here’s the first live video of the Lexus CT 200h at the Geneva Auto Show:

With only 15 minutes to the CT 200h press conference, I have yet to find a live video feed—I’ll continue to look, and will update this post if I have any luck.

The Lexus CT 200h press conference is now on live at the Geneva Auto Show website on Channel 2.

(Thanks Seal!)

Only moments after I linked to Lexus Europe’s Facebook photo of the CT 200h, Autoblog posted up a massive photo gallery from the preview event—check this car out:

Also mentioned on Autoblog:

Interestingly, though Lexus has yet to confirm what markets the CT will enter, our men on the scene report back, “Lexus executives were adamant about a near-simultaneous global launch a year from now. In their own words, the United States and Japan will receive the CT 200h, even if it was developed as an euro-centric model. First deliveries should begin in Q1 2011.”

Be sure to check out the full gallery, plenty of photos to go through.

[Source: Autoblog] (Thanks World of Luxury!)