Goodbye to the Lexus CT 200h. The Japanese compact will definitely leave production after 11 years on the market. It will be next fall when the model of access to the range of products of the Japanese luxury brand says goodbye with the special edition of the Lexus CT Cherished Touring.
Eleven years ago Lexus stormed the compact segment with a model, the Lexus CT, championing a very special bet that had the clear objective of carving out a significant niche for itself in the market, and especially among the dominators of the category, the German Premiums. In this long period it has only been updated a couple of times, every three years since the commercial launch.
The first in 2014 and the next, and last, in 2017, adapting the aesthetics to the stylistic values of the firm, and increasing the equipment. Sold in 65 countries around the world, in these eleven years it has achieved total sales of 380,000 units. But the compact hybrid, one of the distinctive features compared to its rivals and despite the fact that the manufacturer only decided to market it with a version -the 200h-has ended up falling before the unstoppable advance of the SUV.
Lexus CT Cherished Touring
In his own house he has also had an important opponent that is very difficult to overcome, the Lexus UX, for which the brand has already been forced to set a date for the production output: next October will be the last that the Japanese factory you will see the last units of the special edition of the Lexus CT Cherished Touring.
On sale until autumn, it presents a very distinctive image compared to the rest of the finishes, standing out for the silver finish of the radiator grillethe same finish that also dresses the frames of the fog lights and the roof, in contrast to up to six body colors, and for which black and a quartz gray are also offered.
The interior has black and red leather upholstery with contrasting or black stitching, adding special equipment that includes heated front seats with memory position in the driver’s seat, heated steering wheel, electrically folding rear-view mirrors with function defrost and photochromic interior, as well as rain sensors. the engine is the same as the 200h, with a maximum power of 136 hpthanks to the combined action of the 99 hp 1.8-liter inline four-cylinder engine and an 82 hp electric motor, so it has the DGT ECO label