LEXUS LBX
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CYCLING IS A highly efficient means of getting from one place to another. An average human can travel at 15mph on a bike while putting in only the same effort as it takes to walk at 5mph. You can even cover ground more swiftly than a top marathon runner, without breaking a sweat.
Bikes, though, are severely limited when it comes to carrying passengers and luggage, and few people would choose one for a long journey. A far less compromised means of getting about efficiently and comfortably, without leaving everyone and everything behind, is to use a Lexus LBX.
As a hybrid, Lexus’s smallest model not only promises outstanding fuel economy but also delivers it. You can expect to average more than 50mpg in normal use, and that figure will only go up if most of your driving is around town, where the LBX can travel for short distances on electric power alone. This helps to keep running costs down.
True, a few other small SUVs are in the same ballpark for efficiency, including the Renault Captur hybrid and the LBX’s Toyota C-HR and Yaris Cross relatives. But what distinguishes the LBX from these