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The twentieth century ended, the crazy nineties left forever. Together with their criminal elements, values \u200b\u200bwere replaced. Lexus LS 600H L the latest Russian six hundredth and most modern premium class sedan. [email protected] is testing a long-standing lexus ls with Litera H, the first representative Hibride car.
Designing a new flagship, Toyota engineers sought to make neither more nor less, an ideal car. But the perfect car should move in an ideal world, with perfect roads, adequate neighbors in stream, with an ideal driver, finally! Unfortunately, cars have not yet been taught to move along closed roads, as in the fantastic film Minority Report, where Tom Cruise traveled to the Lexus concept frame. In our reality, early spring, which exposes road defects, awakens snowdrops and excites street raises. Is LS 600 able to improve this reality?
Frankly, if you change reality, then this must be done in the rear seats. It is necessary to test LS with a long base as a passenger. The perfect place in an ideal car is one and is located on the back of the right. Only first you need to push the front chair, pressing the button. After the seconds of fifteen, the front chair rests on the torpedo and worships the headrest. From the knees to it now a good half meter, using an electric drive you can put forward a foot stand and throw it: touch.
We look around. A little plastic, some interior elements are decorated with veneer. Everywhere light skin is excellent dressing. Very soft and pleasant to the touch. In addition to built -in massage, the chair has ventilation. In the summer it will come in handy. If you want to take a nap, the back can be tilted to a decent angle, turning a place into a semblance of a deck chair. A refrigerator and a small table are hidden in the armrest. It is a pity that it will not work conveniently attach to it. Separately, it is worth noting the Mark Levinson multimedia system. There is a full-fledged DVD cinema with 19 speakers and a LCD monitor on the ceiling. If in the monitor glare from the sun, or in the traffic stream, you glitter, from the outside world you can fence off with electric drive curtains.
Now we’ll move forward, because even the presidents sometimes want to get behind the wheel. Although wait, we have not yet examined our perfect car.
The external difference between LS 600 and LS 460 in headlights. Six LED sources appeared under the caps. Despite the impressive size, the body of the new LS does not look heavy or too solid. Having undergone several evolutions, the flagship acquired identity, but still not impressive by design. There is no dispute, the massive false radiator grille is memorable. The painting of the body is the whole sacrament, which ends with manual polishing. It can be seen that designers worked with the soul on the contours. But now Lexus has become most like a new Camry.
Let's look into the trunk, open and close which you need to button. For several suitcases, a little more than 300 liters of volume are intended. Little.
It's time to drive. An ideal driver in an ideal car also deserved comfort. There is both the heating of the steering wheel, and adjustments in many directions. Everything is motorized. Need to adjust the belt in height? Please! You can close the door behind the passenger delicately. It is enough to crush one click and the automatic closer will close the door himself.
The main interior puncture is a clock, they seem to say: hello, so we met again. Do you remember your first foreign car? Toyota with the right wheel? So, do not forget, they do not rush from Sumy.
External mirrors are narrow, and their location is unusual. The overview through the salon was brought to the detriment of the interior. Fortunately, a color video camera helps to navigate in parking. But again, remember our imperfect roads. After a dozen kilometers, the eye of the camera is covered with dirt, you have to go out and wipe. Maybe for her it was also worth it to come up with a servo drive?
When delivering a boss from point A to point B, built -in navigation comes to the rescue. Although she speaks Russian, she does not perceive Cyrillic. Entering some names is problematic. In general, the Lexus LS driver is a little sorry. As a rule, they become a seasoned drove, who traveled more than a dozen memberships. In LS he will have to go through a short course of the computer operator.
Modern cars have long been dispensed with a familiar key, the machine turns on the button. Lexus is not just a Start button, Power instead of it, starting an electric motor that develops a traction of 300 nm. Acceleration or maneuvering at low speed is performed completely silently, due to the reserve in nickelmetalgidride batteries. When touched from a place, an ignorant may seem that the car simply rolled under a slope on neutral, so quietly everything happens. With intensive acceleration, the gasoline engine wakes up, which symbolizes the tachometer and the scheme on the central display. The monitor on the Torpedo touch and if desired, it is possible to display information about the remaining charge or a visual demonstration of recharging accumulators of the electric motor. Their charging is implemented during braking, due to the converting of kinetic energy into electrical. If the batteries have developed the potential at idle, the gasoline engine will automatically turn on, while the body shudders a little.
The power of gasoline V8 - 394 hp It was the number of horses that had the legendary six hundred hundredth stoosa. What is not a hint? But the engine of Lexus is more perfect. In addition to electronic adjustment of valves lifting, a double injection system is used in it direct injection, which is more effective at low speeds and distributed.
At a traffic light, LS 600 accelerates assertively, with a small roar. The brakes are adequate, despite Shipovka, the slowdown is effective, although it is dregs for the sake of comfort. The only thing: diligent assistant Brake Assist. With a sharp but shallow blow to the pedal, for example in a traffic jam, he insures, forcing him to bite his head. The steering, as one would expect from an ideal car, with a variable gear ratio. From 2.5 rpm of the steering wheel in the parking lot, up to 3.6 on the highway. An advanced course of course stability can even take control of itself by arguing wheels by several degrees.
Despite the active suspension that retains the position of the body in the bends, the driver is better not to get carried away with maneuvering at speed. In a comfortable mode of suspension, passengers may rock. Good soundproofing and vibration protection conceals the speed. And how to persuade the transverse and longitudinal accelerations of the contents of the stomach of passengers, they have not yet come up with even in Lexus.
Electronic systems listed above are far from a complete list of installed equipment. For example, in the states of LS you can supplement the electronic assistant, automatically parking cars. Or additional radars that allow in case of a potential collision automatically slow down. Our Ministry of Defense has not yet allowed the use of the required radio frequencies.
So is the Lexus LS 600h L what is worthy of not only the most modern car, but also the most perfect? From the point of view of engineering, of course. However, there is a sufficient number of but. And the main but, for the majority there will be a price. The tested car costs almost 200 thousand dollars. A lot of? In fact, in comparison with competitors, this is inexpensive! Not without reason, according to the statistics of sales of representative sedans, in Russia, Lexus LS is kept by a shift. As well as hybrid GS 450H and RX 400H. Toyota is associated with quality and reliability, it costs a significant one.
And those who do not need a hybrid, but need Lexus LS? For them there is a proposal in the form of LS460. It is much cheaper, but it is no longer six hundredth.
 
Yaroslav Marshalkin
 
 
 

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