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Paris Motor Show: Japan shines through subdued mood
In today's depressed European economic climate, it would have been easy for the manufacturers to pay little more than lip service to the Paris Motor Show. It turned out that the opposite was true. Certainly, the tone of the show was muted, but the launches and reveals were plentiful.
Lexus displayed its new mid-sized coupe concept, the LF-CC. This rear-wheel-drive sports car and its strong styling hint at future Lexus models - it certainly has the loudest interpretation of the company's "spindle" grille yet. The grille is flanked by swoosh-shaped daytime running lights and LED projector headlights. At the back, the taillight lenses adopt a three-dimensional design, which gives it a very distinctive look. It is different - give the designers credit for making it look like a Lexus without creating a clone. It is also - as is rapidly becoming the Lexus norm - a hybrid. In this case, it features an all-new 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine, a water-cooled electric motor, battery and all the gadgetry needed to get the power to the pavement. Inside, the dashboard is a gee-whiz kind of thing that features graphic instrumentation and more display screens than a fleet of ES 350s. The main "Operational Zone" and its iPad-like screen controls the infotainment and sundry other functions.
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