Driving a 2011 RX450h around Morgantown, WV home of WVU. Test post for Google map links and Hybrid display screen shots. Google Maps public description. Lexus RX450h Test Loop 1 "Mega Millions Run. 4 stops plus long stoplights made this a 35 minute drive time route. 27 mpg Ave. for 10.7 miles. Temp 41f. Heat Auto 72f." Google Map link insert http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=e...3219,-79.98285&spn=0.060418,0.145569&t=h&z=13 Hybrid Display Screen Shots Attached Picture 2 is the start. Picture 1 overlaps halfway to the end. Guess where the stops lights are in the time line! Long up and down hills on this route.
In early November the RX450h AWD was purchased to replace the 2003 LX470 (The Tank). The 470's fuel economy was only 8 to 13 mpg and often only had two passengers for short around town trips. Add the increasingly expensive and necessary maintainance and repair it needed and it was clear it was time for a change. Enter the 2011 Lexus RX450h AWD! Purchased from Rohrich Lexus in Pittsburgh, PA. The only available trim off the lot is/was Package A. This package does not include DRCC, PCS, PKA, HUD, or the designer sound /rear entertainment system. You do get the 19 inch wheels. RX450h AWD Details Base MSRP $45,525 Package A: Navigation System Package with Additional Options $7,793 Delivery, Processing & Handling Fee $875 Total MSRP $54,193 Stargazer Black Black Leather Trim with Brown Walnut Accent PACKAGE A: NAVIGATION SYSTEM PACKAGE WITH ADDITIONAL OPTIONS HDD Navigation System [1] Remote Touch device Voice command LCD display Integrated backup camera [2] Enhanced Bluetooth® technology [3] XM NavTraffic® [1] [4] XM NavWeather™ [1] [4] XM® Sports and Stocks [1] [4] Lexus Enform® [5] [6] Lexus nine-speaker Premium Sound System Leather-trimmed interior Lexus Memory System Power moonroof USB audio input Audio and video inputs Rear-armrest storage compartment with cover Power rear door Electrochromic (auto-dimming) outside mirrors Heated and ventilated front seats Rain-sensing intermittent windshield wipers with mist cycle Transmission cooler Heavy-duty alternator Heavy-duty radiator High-Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps with Adaptive Front Lighting System [7] and dynamic auto leveling Wood- and leather-trimmed steering wheel and shift knob 19-inch seven-spoke aluminum alloy wheels [8]
Good morning. I have a 3Gen Prius, but curiosity came crossing my eyes when looking at a brochure of the "gear" lever of the RX450h. There is a mode + and -, and it is equal of what we can find in a GS450h, which actually does not share the same engine (V6 Atkinson on the RXh s V6 Otto DI). Does RXh have simulated ratios on its E-CVT or this feature is only to provide extra flexibility and thus allow towing, or for other reason? Thank you in advance
Even our older 400h is great (and rated) for towing. More perplexing than the + & - to me is that both 400h & 450h have an honest to god neutral position of the shifter, that you can use without the vehicle being started up. Hey toyota ... builder of the Prius ... what's up w/ that?!?
The RX450h reminds me of an SUV Prius, i dont know why, even stylistically it bares a slight resemblance to a gen 3, it's a very nice car
