This official Lexus picture shows an empty space on the show stand
Mystery Lexus concept could be sub-CT200h city car, which would come to market in 2018
Lexus could introduce a new city car concept at the Geneva motor show next month.
Although at this stage the luxury Japanese firm has only said it will showcase a new concept car for the first time, a number of images of Lexus’s Geneva show stand have revealed what appears to be a small city car.
Speculation on the concept’s identity is rife, but senior Lexus officials have already told an Australian website that it plans to introduce a sub-CT200h model in Geneva. Global head of Lexus design Tokuo Fukuichi revealed the plans at the Paris motor show last year, saying a smaller model was something the company was "seriously considering".
The five-door model, which is expected to be based on the Toyota Yaris’ platform, will come to market in 2018, soon after the second-generation CT range is revealed. A range of engine options, including downsized turbocharged petrols and at least one hybrid version, is expected.
Other rumours suggest that Lexus has produced its own version of parent company Toyota’s iQ city car. The firm wouldn’t be the first company to do so - Aston Martin famously used the iQ as the basis for its Cygnet.
Lexus will also showcase its GS F performance car and LF-C2 roadster concept at the Geneva show.
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