Lexus LS shows big can be green - Introduction

Want a luxury limo but also keen to do your bit for the environment? Then Lexus' new flagship model, the LS600h, could be right up your street.

It's the hybrid version of Lexus' biggest saloon, which aims to blend luxury-car power, refinement and space with the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions of a much smaller car.

Lexus reckons the car will be popular with company CEOs who want to be seen to be green, and says it already has the orders to prove it.

At an expected price of £83,000, the LS600h is expensive. At first glance, you won't be able to tell it apart from the much cheaper LS460, either, but the subtle 'hybrid' badges and LED headlights are clues that this is no ordinary LS. Those who can afford it get a lot of car - and cutting-edge technology - for their money.

Although it isn't launched in the UK until October, we've already had a drive. Read on to see how the car shapes up.