Hello hello!
Not been on for a while since selling my mint IS300 a few months back.
Driving around in a 2005 2.5 legacy estate now, which is a cracking workhorse - but a Lexus, it ain't!
I've fallen in love with the GS450h and want to start doing my homework now ready for the spring, when I will have a quiet word with the banker (sorry, I mean the wife!)
A few questions for those in the know....
Now, I know the hybrid system on this car is mainly for extra grunt (and a bl00dy fair bit of grunt at that!) but is it literally the same system as on the Toyota Prius, as in uses electric motor when battery full, then both elec & engine when booting it and uses regenerative braking and coasting to charge batt back up?
Can you use the 'pulse and glide' method like the Prius?
Also, what difference do the PWR button and SPORT mode on the shifter make when the car is powered by a CVT tranmission? I thought this transmission makes 100% torque available almost instantly?
Help appreciated.....