SELF-CHARGING HYBRID JOB NO: 423907 CLIENT: Lexus CAMPAIGN: Brochure PROOF NO: 01 PUBLICATION: Lexus CT Brochure - 2.5mm Gutter PP INSERTION DATE: 00-00-20 CONTENTS View Offers View 01. BRAVE DESIGN 02. IMAGINATIVE 03. EXHILARATING 04. TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE CRAFTSMANSHIP The Look: Bold design for tomorrow's Learn more about innovative CT Explore Italy's fashion capital in the CT. Experience Japanese 'Omotenashi' cities. technologies like Lexus Safety hospitality. SELF-CHARGING HYBRID System + and Lexus Premium Navigation. There is restricted availability of CT. For the availability of grades, packs, options, colours and trims please check with your Lexus Centre. Pages 04-09 Pages 10 - 15 Pages 16 - 17 Pages 18 - 23 Build Your CT Build Your “Welcome to the best CT we’ve ever created. Powered by Lexus Hybrid Drive, it offers a blend of bold design, exceptional environmental 05. SELF-CHARGING HYBRID 06. GRADES 07. FEATURES, TECHNOLOGY 08. F SPORT performance and some of the most advanced automotive technologies AND ACCESSORIES Discover how the Lexus Hybrid Three grades are available; CT, For a more dynamic driving available today, including Lexus Safety System +.” intelligently combines the power of a F SPORT and Takumi with a range of Find out about the amazing level of experience, discover the F SPORT. CT HYBRID CHIEF ENGINEER petrol engine with the economy of a optional packs. features and technology available CHIKA KAKO self-charging electric battery. for your CT. Pages 24 - 27 Pages 28 - 29 Pages 30 - 39 Pages 40 - 41 Find a Centre 09. COLOURS AND INTERIOR 10. EQUIPMENT AND 11. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS 12. THE LEXUS EXPERIENCE TRIMS TECHNICAL DATA Select your favourite exterior colour Study all of the key equipment, options Discover more about 3 years' free Learn how we aim to treat every and specify a 'Takumi'-crafted interior and performance data before ordering Lexus Roadside Assitance and learn customer as if they were a guest in that will welcome you every time you your CT. more about our Hybrid Health Check. our own home. drive your new CT. Pages 42 - 45 Pages 46 - 51 Pages 52-53 Pages 54 - 55 Book a Test Drive Book a Test 02 CT CT 03 View Offers View Build Your CT Build Your Find a Centre Book a Test Drive Book a Test CT | Takumi Grade | Takumi CT BRAVE DESIGN BRAVE DESIGN THE LOOK: CREATING BOLD DESIGN FOR TOMORROW’S CITIES View Offers View For the CT, our design team was given an ambitious brief: to create a dynamic five-door luxury compact car for the world’s fastest growing cities. A car with eye-catching lines that boldly stands out – even in places that pulse with energy and brave ideas. Leading the team was CT Chief Engineer Chika Kako. “At Lexus we’re never content – we never settle for what already exists,” she says. “Our customers are looking for originality and to achieve this we take a radical approach to innovation.” But what does that mean in design terms? How do you make a car that’s instantly at home in places where the future is being created? The answer can be found at the Lexus Design Centre in Aichi Build Your CT Build Your Prefecture, Japan. Here the sophisticated urban look of the CT was fashioned using pioneering virtual reality (VR) techniques. 02 A car designed by machines is a car without soul. All this lies behind the unmistakable look of the For instance, the ‘Real Scale Theatre’ facility enabled Superb craftsmanship defines the CT, as it does Lexus CT. So when you’re driving it in your city us to simulate the car’s appearance in cityscapes every Lexus. You wouldn’t expect anything less and you notice people taking in its ‘spindle grille’, around the world. Using digital urban backdrops from a design tradition that has been strongly its sleek profile and sculpted tailgate, you’ll know from places like Tokyo, London or Milan, our design influenced by thousands of years of Japanese it’s because we’ve harnessed the best of human team was able to evaluate the visual impact of the ‘Takumi’ craftsmanship. “We don’t just want to creativity and advanced technology guided by a car’s exterior in the very environments in which it transport people, we also want to transport their mindset that doesn’t rest until we’ve created a car will ultimately be driven. senses,” says Tetsuo Miki. of great depth and sophistication. VR was also used to create the CT’s cockpit. So, whilst the CT creative idea was conceived in Seated within a mock-up of the car’s interior, the brains of our designers and nursed in their Lexus ergonomists and interior designers wore sketchpads, it then progressed to advanced 3D headsets to simulate the location and operation computers where the car’s lines were elaborated of features like Remote Touch and the new Lexus and refined. But then, at a certain point, high Premium Navigation with 10.3" central display. technology was put aside. It was replaced by Find a Centre the earthy smell of damp clay as our designers “Each Lexus is human-orientated – this is at the worked with ‘Takumi’ craftspeople who hand-carved heart of our design philosophy,” says CT Chief the contours of the CT. The intricate sculptural Designer Tetsuo Miki. “These futuristic tools allow qualities of the surfaces on the new ‘spindle grille’ us to visualise how controls, instruments and design or aerodynamic fins on the door pillars and rear details surround the driver, so we can perfect lights owe much to this process. interiors down to the smallest detail.” “My job is to take the sketch and interpret it into a 3D form. The designer has the inspiration, the modeller has the hands,” explains one of the ‘Takumi’ craftspeople in the modelling studio. “Sometimes the designer may hold up a bamboo leaf, twist it and say ‘This is what I want', and then I recreate the curve in clay.” 01 01 Bold ‘spindle grille’ and LED headlights available on selected grades and packs. Book a Test Drive Book a Test 02 Dynamic stance with rear LED lights 06 CT CT 07 BRAVE DESIGN BRAVE DESIGN MILAN: One of the world’s greatest BREAKFAST: After an hour on your cities of style, culture and history. feet, use the CT’s intuitive Lexus Explore its elegant boulevards Premium Navigation* system to locate in complete comfort and safety the nearest café for a espresso. Or in the Lexus CT Hybrid, taking in reward yourself with a homemade the amazing architecture and brioche in one of the city’s upmarket landmarks while cruising quietly and pasticcerias. Easy to use on the move, emissions-free when the advanced the new 10.3" screen* is operated by View Offers View self-charging hybrid technology Remote Touch or voice commands. automatically switches to zero- emission electric power. SPORT: Tune those energy levels for the day ahead with an early morning jog in the beautiful Parco Sempione, close to the historic heart of Milan. The perfect training partner in the city, the dynamic F SPORT features a bold ‘spindle grille’ inspired by the new Lexus LC luxury coupe, exclusive Build Your CT Build Your F SPORT interiors, responsive suspension and 17" F SPORT alloy wheels. Find a Centre SHOPPING: The streets of Milan Available in bold new colours like MUSIC: Music in MiIan isn’t all about offer a shopping masterclass for Solar Flare* or seven two-tone La Scala, yet live music isn’t always discerning visitors, where you can options*, the CT is guaranteed to turn easy to find. In the evening, visit one buy everything from limited-edition heads, even in a global fashion capital. of the clubs in the Navigli quarter shoes to interior design objects. The and scout for emerging voices from sumptuous Galleria Vittorio Emanuele a vibrant jazz scene. Then exit to a II can claim to be one of the world’s city which has assumed a quietness first shopping malls and remains at odds with its daytime bustle. And a magnet for lovers of Italy’s most imagine the near silence of the CT’s alluring fashion brands. Even with pioneering Lexus Hybrid Drive armfuls of shopping, the CT offers technology as it weaves its way excellent luggage space and load through these streets with a super- carrying versatility. With all seats efficient blend of petrol and electric upright, there is 375 litres of load power. volume (up to the level of the luggage cover). The rear seats fold 60/40, and Book a Test Drive Book a Test folding them down together creates a virtually flat storage area that boosts load capacity to 985 litres. * Available on selected grades. 08 CT CT 09 IMAGINATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMAGINATIVE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MATERIAL WINS LEXUS DESIGN AWARD AT MILAN DESIGN WEEK Proving we don’t just talk about improving the planet, but are taking real steps to achieving it, Lexus named AGAR PLASTICITY by AMAM winners of the Lexus Design Award 2016 at the 2016 Milan Design Week. AGAR PLASTICITY is a project exploring how agar, a gelatinous material obtained from marine algae, can be used as an environmentally friendly View Offers View packaging material alternative to plastic. AMAM is a design group formed in 2015 by Kosuke Araki, Noriaki Maetani and Akira Muraoka, who studied at the Product Design Department of Tama Art University. Speaking about their project, they explained: “Seaweed-derived agar is traditionally consumed as food in Japan, and is used in scientific and medical fields worldwide. Sold in a dry state, agar has a porous, feathery structure and is very light despite its volume.