Article: GREEN LIGHT FOR RED HOT STYLE; mini test.(Column)

Byline: RAY MASSEY

Lexus GS 450h SE-L Price on the road: [pounds sterling]46,808

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THIS is the super-green, petrol-electric 'hybrid' executive saloon that says to Conservatives everywhere: 'Take me to your leader.' For in the week of the Tory conference, it is the car that party leader David Cameron has chosen as his environmentally-friendly chariot.

*IT MAY be 'green', with refined manners, but it's red-hot on the road, sprinting from rest to 62mph in just 5.9 seconds and on to a top speed of 155mph. It is called the 450 hybrid because the power from the 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine - linked to a highoutput electric motor - is comparable to that of a ...

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