World's First Luxury Hybrid Makes a Red Carpet Premiere

World's First Luxury Hybrid Makes a Red Carpet Premiere

Lexus RX 400h SUV Hits the Road for the First Time to Transport Environmentally-Conscious Celebrities to the 2005 Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Making an appropriately glamorous on-road debut, the 2006 Lexus RX 400h will deliver some of the world's most famous faces to the 2005 Academy Awards on February 27th as part of Global Green USA's annual "Red Carpet -- Green Stars" campaign. Demonstrating that environmental consciousness doesn't have to mean compromise, some of Hollywood's top celebrities will forego gas-guzzling limos for the equally luxurious and Super Ultra Low Emission Lexus.

Each year, Global Green, a national environmental organization, arranges fuel-efficient transportation to the Oscars for celebrities wishing to demonstrate their concern for the environment. Past participants in the effort have included Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart, Cameron Diaz, Will Ferrell, Marcia Gay Harden, Sting and Jack Black.

The Lexus RX 400h has a combined system output of approximately 268 horsepower and delivers rapid acceleration with unexpected fuel efficiency. The RX 400h's estimated EPA city fuel economy rating of 30 mpg exceeds many V8 and V6-equipped luxury SUVs by over 100 percent.

Global Green USA, the U.S. affiliate of Green Cross International led by Mikhail S. Gorbachev, works in cooperation with individuals, industry, and governments to create a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure future. For more information, or to join Leonardo DiCaprio and others in signing Global Green's "Pledge of Allegiance to American Energy Independence," please visit www.globalgreen.org.


Source: Lexus

CONTACT: Daphne Adair of Team One, +1-310-615-2109,
daphne.adair@teamone-usa.com; or Lisa Bernfeld of Phyllis Klein & Associates,
+1-323-655-4200, lbernfeld@pkapr.com; both for Lexus

Web site: http://www.globalgreen.org/


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