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New Next-Generation Lexus CT Rendering is Near Perfect
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Looks more upscale. Definitely like it. Could be the angle, but looks much larger too.
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Like a Japanese interpretation of the Giulietta. Give it the 200t powertrain and I am sold!
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Interview (in Portuguese) with Alain Uyttenhoven, head of Lexus Europe
Google translator:
Source: http://automonitor.pt/2016/10/10/no...mais-caro-e-a-tecnologia-hibrida-mais-barata/
Google translator:
Source: http://automonitor.pt/2016/10/10/no...mais-caro-e-a-tecnologia-hibrida-mais-barata/
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This is a look it needs - upscale for such a small vehicle. I refuse to believe the alternate rumors that it'll just die instead. Does anyone remember a long time ago (maybe a year or so) when that video was released of the design of some Lexus model (can't remember) and the camera scanned over the designer's work? Well, if you remember, there was a hatchback design on one of the sheets - new CT possibly. I am fully convinced the CT will live on. I just wish that separated LED DRL would not.
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I'm with you Krew...just build it!
But most importantly it needs a fun engine option. The 200t would be great.
I was always a fan of the current CT 200h except the powertrain (and some cheap bits on the inside). I always felt if Lexus would have just put a tiny bit more effort in it it would have done so much better in the US. Heck, I would have bought one. In my opinion the CT 200h F Sport is one of the best looking hatchbacks in it's class. And they have great handling.
But most importantly it needs a fun engine option. The 200t would be great.
I was always a fan of the current CT 200h except the powertrain (and some cheap bits on the inside). I always felt if Lexus would have just put a tiny bit more effort in it it would have done so much better in the US. Heck, I would have bought one. In my opinion the CT 200h F Sport is one of the best looking hatchbacks in it's class. And they have great handling.
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Thats a beauty.....
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It make sense. Because for young fresh people to have the UX, for more family oriented or older people to have this beautiful car (as a second car) 
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sorry for the following caps
LEXUS MUST NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE OF THE EUROPEAN AND RUIN THE FLAGSHIP BY MAKING THE LINEUP ALL WITH THE SAME DESIGN
honestly if it will look like this which already have a lot of design cues from LS front rendering and from the LC , it will be catastrophic thing for Lexus
LEXUS MUST NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE OF THE EUROPEAN AND RUIN THE FLAGSHIP BY MAKING THE LINEUP ALL WITH THE SAME DESIGN
honestly if it will look like this which already have a lot of design cues from LS front rendering and from the LC , it will be catastrophic thing for Lexus
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I have to disagree. I think there needs to be a cohesive look. Now Audi, they make their cars look exactly the same just in different sizes(A4, A6, A8). So I understand where you are coming from.
How Lexus designs their vehicles is each car has it's own team, so they are given parameters to meet, but the RX and NX for example is easy to tell the difference even though they both share the same design language. Since this is a rendering, they've taken headlights from an RC and DRL's from an IS. I think it will look great when the designers put their own spin on it.
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A really good effort, in fact the best for sometime - I do agree with comment regarding alternative power train need a petrol motor please. The sales I believe would have been better had an alternate motor been available in the existing CT which I think is also a good looking hatch.
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I wouldn't hold my breathe on the CT sticking around. If it developed a real following, sold 40k a year, then they could do both. But when they release the UC, nobody is gonna buy the CT. Americans like crossovers and don't like hatchbacks. Even if they put some real thunder under the hood, it still wouldn't sell.
I predict 2018 will be the last model year for it.
BD
I predict 2018 will be the last model year for it.
BD
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More good news for us CT fans. I really would Rather replace our CT with a new one rather than the UX.