Monday, May 30, 2011

Lexus hybrid, six hundred, a test-drive LS600h L

Now actually have ideals that look simple, but expensive to live modestly, but with taste, value for money and comfort, Ponte despise and condemn the overconsumption, love, and not just sex, more reading and less partying. If hanging out, then with her. Privacy, secrecy, self-sufficiency - key words coming era. Slightly matured new Russian money want to look like old. In an era of credit available Anybody can buy a Bentley. But who wants to look like "everyone"? Indicator of true success is not consumption, and self-expression and the amount of free time you can personally spend on themselves. Nikolai Uskov, editor in chief of GQ magazine twentieth century ended, "Crazy ninetieth" are gone forever. Together with pochivshimi its criminal elements were replaced by value. Lexus LS600h L - the latest Russian "six hundredth and most advanced premium sedan. Avto@Mail.Ru tests long wheelbase Lexus LS with the letter «h», the first representative hybrid car. When designing a new flagship, the Toyota engineers have tried to do neither more nor less than perfect car. But the perfect vehicle should move in a perfect world with perfect roads, adequate neighbors downstream, with a perfect driver, finally! Unfortunately, the machines have not yet learned to travel on closed roads, as in the sci-fi movie Minority Report, where Tom Cruise went to the concept car Lexus. In our reality - early spring, which exposes road defects, awakens "snowdrops" and brings street racing. Can LS600 improve this reality? Frankly, if you really change the reality, then this should be done in the rear seats. Test the long-wheelbase LS need it as a passenger. An ideal place in the perfect car and one is on the back row on the right. Only you must first move the front seat, pressing the button. After fifteen seconds the front seat rests on the dashboard and bows headrest. From knees to him now, good two feet, with electric you can push the leg and throw: "Get on." Look around. Plastic little, some elements of the interior are decorated with veneer. Everywhere light skin other than manufacturing. Very soft and pleasant to the touch. In chairs, in addition to built-in massage, is ventilation. Summer in handy. If you want to take a nap, can be tilted back at a decent angle, turning the place into a sort of lounge chairs. In arm hidden refrigerator and a small table. Sorry, it is convenient to attach to the laptop it will not work. We should also mention entertainment system Mark Levinson. Here full-fledged DVD-cinema with 19 speakers and an LCD monitor on the ceiling. If the monitor glare from the sun, or in traffic "blikuete" you from the outside world can be fenced off with electric shutters. Now peresyadem forward, because even the president, sometimes you want to get behind the wheel. Although the wait, because we have not yet visited our ideal car. External contrast "the six hundredth" of the LS460 in the headlights. Under the caps appeared six LED light sources. Despite the impressive size, the body of the new LS does not look heavy or too solid. Having undergone several evolutions, the flagship of acquired distinctiveness, but still not impressive design. No doubt, the massive false radiator grille memorability. Body painting - an ordinance which concludes hand polished. We see that the contours of the designers worked with the soul. ... But now Lexus has become the most like the new Camry. Let's look in the trunk open and close button that you want. For several suitcases meant little more than 300 liters of volume. Enough. Now it's time behind the wheel. Perfect driver in the perfect car too deserved comfort. There is also a heated steering wheel, and adjust in multiple directions. All motorized. Need to adjust the strap height? - Please! Close of the passage of the door can be delicately. Enough to pin down the door to one click and the automatic door closer will close it myself. The main interior puncture - the hours they seemed to say: "Hi, here we meet again. Remember your first car? Toyota Right-hand drive? So, do not forget, do not exclude themselves from the wallet. " Outside mirrors narrowish, and their location is unusual. The view through the salon brought at the expense of interior space. Fortunately, the park helps orient color video camera. But again, remember about our imperfect roads. After ten kilometers camera eye is covered with mud, have to go out and clean. Maybe for her, too, was worth to come up with the servo? Upon delivery of the boss from point A to point B comes to the aid built navigation. But even though she speaks in Russian, but can not find the Cyrillic alphabet. Introduce some names is problematic. Generally, a driver Lexus LS gets a little sorry. As a rule, they become hardened carrier, traveled more than a dozen "chlenovozov. In the LS he will have to undergo a short course of computer operator. Usual key in this segment of cars is long gone, the starter button starts. But the Lexus is not just button start, instead of her power, which activates an electric motor that develops 300 Nm cravings. Dispersal or maneuvering at low speed runs totally silently through the reserve in nickel metal hydride batteries. Ignorant might appear that the vehicle rolled downhill in neutral. With vigorous acceleration wakes gasoline engine, as symbolized tachometer and a scheme for the central display. On it we can derive information about the remaining charge, or to illustrate the "charging" battery electric motor. Charging implemented during braking by converting kinetic energy into electrical energy. If idling batteries have developed the capacity, automatically turns on gasoline engine, with little body shudders. Power gasoline engine 394 hp That so many "horse" was the legendary six hundredth "stosoroketa. Is not it a hint? But the engine of Lexus perfection. In addition to the electronically controlled valve lift it applied a double-injection system - direct injection, which is more effective at low revs and distributed. The total capacity of the two motors of 445 hp At traffic lights start LS600 accelerates aggressively, with a small roar. Brakes are adequate, despite the spike, effectively slowing down though and damped for the sake of comfort. The only thing though: a diligent assistant Brake Assist. With a sharp but shallow strike against the pedals, for example in traffic, he hedged making pecking her head. The steering, as you might expect from the "ideal vehicle", with a variable gear ratio. From 2.5 turns steering the parking lot, up to 3,6 on the highway. Advanced System Stability can even take it over, dovorachivaya wheel a few degrees. Despite the active suspension system that preserves the position of the body in turns, the driver is better not to get involved in the maneuver at speed. In comfort mode, the suspension of passengers may ukachat. Good noise reduction and vibroprotection conceals speed. And as damped transverse and longitudinal acceleration of gastric contents passengers had not yet come up with even a Lexus. Electronic systems listed above - is not a complete list of installed equipment. For example, in the United States to LS automatic parking attendant. Assistant that he parks the car. Or additional radars, allowing in the case of potential conflicts automatically slow down. We have a Ministry of Defence has not yet allowed to use these radio frequencies. So worthy of a Lexus LS600h L called not only the most modern cars, but also the most perfect? From the standpoint of engineering, of course. However, there are enough but. For most, this "but" - the price. Tested the car is worth 200 thousand dollars. Much? In fact, compared with its competitors it's inexpensive! In statistics, sales representative sedan Lexus LS keeps hearty. As well as the hybrid GS 450h and RX 400h. Toyota synonymous with quality and reliability, it is considerable. And those who do not need a hybrid, but need a Lexus LS? For them there is a proposal in the form of LS460. It is significantly cheaper, but it's not the six hundredth.

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