Plug In CT200h In The Works for 2012

[audi4t]

Uh oh... my husband may want that one instead. He entertained the Nissan Leaf of a bit. We have to request our $99 deposit back. ;-)

Happy New Year - stranger !!!!!!

[mtnbkr1984]

I look forward to seeing a performance version of the CT more than a plug-in. The way I see it, if you wait for the next best thing, you will never get the great thing that is available now. I am so pleased with the CT that I am driving now that I dont lust after the next great CT. I think having a plug-in and a performance version is required for Lexus and it will be successful.

[Joe166]

It's not a Lotus Elise. It uses the same technology for the chassis (extruded aluminium sections bonded and riveted together), but the dimensions are different. Especially the rear section, behind the passenger compartment, is longer to accommodate the battery pack. The body is completely different. Tesla did not buy bodies from Lotus - Lotus built complete gliders for Tesla, which were then fitted with drive unit and battery pack by Tesla. Only six percent of parts are shared between Lotus Elise and Tesla Roadster.

See also Wikipedia.

Oh Please! The body is NOT completely different! If it were, so many people wouldn't be saying they look just alike. And as for citing Wikipedia, wait a while and when I get some spare time I will fix that article or write a different one saying whatever I want it to say.

Whether 6% or 10 % or whatever common parts exist, they asked Lotus to make them a "glider" which looks remarkably like a Lotus (wonder why?) and they did. When they finish up using those bodies or gliders or whatever you want to call them, I bet it will look different and probably not so many people will say they look like a Lotus.

[Termin8r]

Oh Please! The body is NOT completely different! If it were, so many people wouldn't be saying they look just alike.

I see. So because so many people say they look alike, they are the same? I suggest you try to hang some Elise body panels on a Tesla Roadster. I can guarantee you none of them will fit. So much for 'NOT completely different'.

And as for citing Wikipedia, wait a while and when I get some spare time I will fix that article or write a different one saying whatever I want it to say.

Go ahead. But be prepared for Wikipedians to change it back to facts, not opinions.

[Joe166]

I see. So because so many people say they look alike, they are the same? I suggest you try to hang some Elise body panels on a Tesla Roadster. I can guarantee you none of them will fit. So much for 'NOT completely different'.


Go ahead. But be prepared for Wikipedians to change it back to facts, not opinions.

You are right, of course and Wikipedia is the ultimate source of irrefutable "facts" on the internet. Have a nice day!