Lexus LF-Ch Concept First Official Details

Lexus LF-Ch Concept

Lexus has officially unveiled the images and details of the Lexus LF-Ch Concept ahead of its official debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.

The Lexus LF-Ch Concept is the first full hybrid from Lexus and it is Lexus’s first approach to the European premium compact segment. Lexus claims that the LF-Ch will claim the largest share of the European premium car market by next year.

At the exterior, the five-door LF-Ch features Lexus’s L-finesse design philosophy. The car comes with a new Lexus grille design, a deep full width bumper and air dam and also a sharply sculpted aerodynamic front wings.

The steeply raked windscreen, long flowing roofline, blacked-out B-pillars and rear doorhandles integrated in the C-pillar window trim combine to give the appearance of a sporting pillarless coupe. At the rear the trailing edge of the roof overhangs the rear window to create an integrated rear spoiler.

Inside, the LF-Ch features semi-aniline leather, polished aluminum, wood and soft-touch materials in the dashboard, door panels and seating.

Other features include a wide-grip steering wheel with paddle shift controls and an instrument binnacle housing large twin dials.

The use of distracting instrumentation and switchgear has been kept to a minimum by using Lexus Remote Touch controls. The Remote Touch works like a computer mouse, letting the driver access control and customise a range of information, entertainment and vehicle set-up programmes. The Lexus LF-Ch also comes with iPhone docking for rear seat passengers.

The Lexus LF-Ch Concept measures at 4,300 mm long, 1,790 mm wide and 1,400 mm tall with a wheelbase of 2,600 mm. The concept can be driven in a fully electric mode, a power option that is not available in mild hybrid vehicles.

The car stands on 20 inches wheels wrapped with 225/35R20 tires.

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