Talk:Lexus RX 400h
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Does the 400 designation mean anything, or is Toyota just estimating that it would deliver the performance of a 4.00 litre engine? -- stewacide
Not sure if you'll see this, as you asked the question a few weeks ago, but yes, the 400 does imply that the RX 400h delivers the performance of a 4.0 liter engine. It's very common for manufacturers to name their vehicles this way, and very common for the name to not exactly reflect the size of the engine. Check out the available engines for the BMW 3 series for some more examples of this from another manufacturer. The cars' names roughly correlate to the engine displacement, but there are some cases where BMW offers two engines with the same displacement but different levels of performance and names them differently. For example, next year they'll offer the 3 series with a turbocharged 3.0L engine and call it the 335i, selling it alongside their naturally aspirated 3.0L 330i. TomTheHand 18:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fuel consumption
In Britain fuel consumption is officially stated in metric units, consisting of litres per 100 km. Unofficially and informally it is widely stated in miles per Imperial gallon. In mainland European countries it is stated in litres per 100 km and in the US it is stated in miles per US gallon. (The US gallon is about 20% smaller than its British equivalent.) In this article fuel consumption is stated in kilometres per litre. I've never seen this before. Is it a mistake, or do the Japanese actually measure it that way? Blaise 14:12, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
- Thx for pointing this out, I am not familiar with Japanese fuel consumption standards, but I did find the relevant reference for the Harrier Hybrid fuel consumption: http://toyota.jp/harrierhybrid/spec/spec/index.html (states "17.8 km/L")....the Prius consumption stated: http://toyota.jp/prius/spec/spec/index.html ("33.0 km/L"). The translation may require some reading...I think the Toyota Prius article may have removed the 10.15 type reference. Enigma3542002 08:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article Title Change
I propose we change the article title from "Lexus RX 400h" to "Lexus RX Hybrid." Just as the gas RX was changed from the RX 300 to the RX 330 (and later RX 350) when it switched platforms, the next RX hybrid's engine will likely be larger and more powerful, necessitating a change to a new nomenclature such as RX 450h or what have you. I think we should identify the current model as RX 400h, but Lexus' website separates the cars into RX and RX Hybrid instead of RX 350 and RX 400h. It seems logical for Wikipedia to do the same. Opinions? Bflorsheim (talk) 04:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
- Sounds logical to me, the road vehicle timeline also uses RX hybrid as the term. SynergyStar (talk) 05:58, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
