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The Lexus HS (Japanese: レクサス・HS, Rekusasu HS) is a dedicated hybrid vehicle introduced by Lexus as a new compact executive car sedan in 2009. [3] Built on the Toyota New MC platform , [ 4 ] it is classified as a compact under Japanese regulations concerning vehicle exterior dimensions and engine displacement.
Brian Caldwell Pohanka was born on March 20, 1955, in Washington, D.C., to John Pohanka. He graduated from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. He graduated with a history degree from Dickinson College in 1977.
In December 1989, Lexus initiated a voluntary recall of all 8,000 LS 400s based upon two customer complaints over defective wiring and an overheated brake light. [40] A 20-day operation to replace the parts on affected vehicles included technicians to pick up, repair and return cars to customers free of charge, and also flying personnel and ...
With a legacy of more than 100 years, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is the go-to watchdog for evaluating businesses and charities. The nonprofit organization maintains a massive database of ...
The Lexus GS (Japanese: レクサス・GS, Rekusasu GS) is an executive car (E-segment in Europe) manufactured and marketed by Lexus across four generations — launched in 1991 as the Toyota Aristo in Japan and as the Lexus GS for markets outside the Japanese market beginning in February 1993. It continued with the Toyota Aristo name for the ...
The ES was Lexus's only front-wheel drive vehicle until 1998, when the related RX was introduced, and the sedan occupied the entry-level luxury car segment of the Lexus lineup in North America and other regions until the debut of the IS in 1999. The ES name stands for "Executive Sedan". [5] However, some Lexus importers use the name, "Elegant ...
The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization is a 1999 book by Thomas L. Friedman that posits that the world is currently undergoing two struggles: the drive for prosperity and development, symbolized by the Lexus LS, and the desire to retain identity and traditions, symbolized by the olive tree.
Ragnhild Pohanka (31 May 1932 – 18 November 2021) was a Swedish politician. [1] A member of the Green Party and later the Left Party, she served in the Riksdag from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1998. [2] In 1984, Ragnhild Pohanka and Per Gahrton were appointed the first spokespersons of the Swedish Green Party. [3]