Is220d Fuel Economy Fixes?

[tyrrp]

"It promises to set a fresh standard in the hybrid technology to which Lexus is totally committed and we are very excited about it. But before we expand at the top end of the market, we will also be adding to the hybrid offer at the lower end of our range.”

Since IS is the only thing "lower" than the current GS hybrid offering, I guess my hopes aren't absurd.

I thought I read some place on these forums that they were having problems with an IS hybrid because they couldn't find a place for the Battery. The boot is already small so they don't want to reduce it.

However, if they do manage it I think I would be right up there in the queue.

[Gareth]

Well I read that the new Battery technology (lithium ion, as opposed to Nickel metal hydride currently) is likely to be used for the new generation of Lexus hybrids.

If that's the case then the question falls as to whether they'll use smaller batteries for the same capacity, or keep the size the same and have a much larger capacity.

I would imagine they ended up doing a smaller Battery, and keeping the boot relatively large.

I've always found that to be the irony of the RX.