In this ultra competitive C-segment landscape, the
Lexus CT is nowhere near being the sportiest 5-door hatchback you can buy,
regardless of how many facelifts Lexus will give it.
This summer, the Japanese automaker added the F Sport-style
"spindle" grille, new fog light bezels, modified the headlight and
taillight graphics, gave it a new rear bumper, new wheels and a new sat-nav
system with a larger 10.3" screen.
Yet, the MY2018 CT 200h still looks pretty much
identical to the MY2017 car, though to be fair, there's very little Lexus could
have done about that without changing generations completely.
TRD
(Toyota Racing Development) made a few modifications to
the CT 200h in Japan, mods that genuinely make it look more aggressive. They
include custom front and rear spoilers, side skirts, a quarter panel spoiler, a
rear diffuser with quad-exhaust tips and even some underbody aero mods -
attached to the bottom of the engine cover.
The car now sits 30 mm closer to the road and if you
don't mind the fact that you're still hitting 100 km/h in over 10
seconds, you might really enjoy driving a CT 200h that looks like a hot hatch.
