The brand new Lexus LX is at the moment supplied both as a turbocharged petrol LX 600 or a turbodiesel LX 500d, however due to trademark filings in Canada now we all know Lexus is getting ready so as to add a 3rd hybrid variant referred to as the LX 700h. Beforehand this hybrid variant was rumoured to be referred to as the LX 750h.
The query is which hybrid system will it get? Toyota has just a few other ways of constructing a hybrid system round its bigger engines. A method is a fairly difficult Multi Stage Hybrid system discovered within the LS 500h, which entails each a CVT and a four-speed auto gearbox. Different less complicated Toyota hybrid methods additionally contain two electrical motors referred to as MG1 and MG2 with an influence cut up machine integrating all of it collectively.
Nevertheless not too long ago Toyota additionally launched a distinct kind of hybrid system constructed for the calls for of a full sized truck, which is most probably what will likely be used within the LX 700h. The system is known as the i-FORCE MAX and made its debut within the Toyota Tundra pickup truck.
The i-FORCE MAX is a extra conventional hybrid system within the sense that it places a motor right into a 10-speed transmission’s bell housing. Within the Tundra its paired to a 3.5 litre twin-turbo V6 petrol engine, which is similiar to the engine that the LX 600 makes use of, so on this case LX 600 + i-FORCE MAX system = LX 700h.
Within the Tundra, the i-FORCE MAX engine + motor system produces 437 horsepower and 790 Nm of torque, in comparison with the non-hybrid model’s 389 hp and 649 Nm. There isn’t any plug-in characteristic on the Tundra, so if the massive Lexus shares the identical system, it’s seemingly the LX 700h gained’t have a plug-in characteristic both.
