Vehicle
Lexus HS
A dedicated hybrid saloon sold as the Toyota Sai in Japan, and the only Lexus of its era to use the 2.4 2AZ-FXE — an Atkinson-cycle four with Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive transaxle, the same architecture as the Camry Hybrid rather than anything else in the Lexus range. Two things bear on it in service: the fuel-tank bladder used to keep evaporative emissions down, which shrinks with age and causes fill and evaporative-system faults nothing else explains, and the hybrid battery's cooling intake behind the rear seat, which blocks with dust.
Generations
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ANF10 2009–2012
North America 2010-2012, Japan to 2018 as the Toyota Sai. Front-wheel drive only.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Toyota New MC
- Engines
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- 2.4 hybrid — 2AZ-FXE · hybrid · 139 kW (187 hp) combined
- Transmissions
- Electric continuously variable
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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