Lexus CT will soon be officially discontinued in October! Let's talk about this car today!
Before UX, CT was the cheapest-selling thunder car, and it has been 11 years since its launch in 2011, with cumulative sales of about 380,000 vehicles worldwide.
However, CT has discontinued production in both Lexus markets in China and the United States, and you should be able to understand how difficult it is.
(Late CT200h)
Since its launch, Lexus CT has not been replaced, and only changes have been made during the period, so it includes its platform, its hybrid system, space, intelligence, etc. Essentially, there has been no change.
Of course, if you want to say why Lexus CT has not had a real successor, it is definitely because the SUV "dominates the world", such as Lexus NX and RX are the big winners.
For example, in the U.S. market, RX sales in 2020 and 2021 are more than 100,000 units a year, even better than NX, in other words, big cars are more popular.
In addition, there are lexus ES supporting half the sky in the car, so it is really difficult to mix the CT200h that was once positioned at 200,000-300,000.
Buy a second-hand CT incense is not fragrant?
Casually looking at the market situation of CT200h, how do you think that buying a second-hand CT200h now seems to be quite fragrant?
Let's start with the price.
After the revamp, the 2017 model, the front and back design have been upgraded, and the overall difference with many new mine cars is not much, which can be said to be outdated. And the price, the similar year is basically not more than 200,000, and the number of kilometers is not particularly high.
But there is a problem to note, if it is a model on the plate in 2017, it will soon jump out of the 6-year exemption period in 2023.
Therefore, those who are afraid of trouble can also look at the 2020 model, at least they can be exempted from inspection for about 5 years, but the price is basically more than 200,000. The question of whether it is worth it varies from person to person ~ after all, you can now spend this money to buy a new low-end version of the 1 series, A3, and A.
"Are you 200,000 and still buy a second-hand Lexus, or a small hatchback?" Is the brain afraid of being broken? It's better to buy an SUV, buy..."
Don't be in a hurry to scold... I thought about it this way, but I figured it out later, mainly because I wasn't its target group after all...
The positioning of Lexus CT is very clear, to the car logo it has, to be exquisite is enough, hatchback is also convenient to drive...
Oh, and to save fuel, it also has a hybrid!
Compared to the same level of BBA, it must all add 95# oil! See how much oil prices are now? CT this hybrid only needs to add 92# is not the advantage of all at once?
And about the second-hand CT200h, the configuration part does not need to be more, even if it is the top model of the 2017 model that year, even the L2 level auxiliary driving is not, and it is also a foot brake!
Large space is more to choose, perennial full load can be directly ignored ~ but even if you spend the price of a new car to buy Lexus UX, there is no large space.
Oh yes, what really attracts second-hand Lexus CT is that "ancestral advantage" - it is not bad!
As a result, a visit to the forum to dissuade?
One second it was still driving a thunder car that couldn't break, and the next second it was punching in the face... CT200h seems to have a "common disease"? And it's bad in the point - hybrid system batteries.
If you look at the signs from the forum post, the CT200h's "power battery system failure" seems to be the "only way".
Relevant complaints were also found on the car quality network - ct200h power battery failure.
(Screenshot from forum post)
When this information is gathered together, it can be found that the failure cases are basically the early models, that is, the year model of the CT200h has just been launched.
At present, there are not many similar problems in the 2017 model or later models...
You know, the warranty period of the power battery of Lexus CT200h is exactly 6 years or 150,000 kilometers, so this makes the owners feel: Is it beyond the warranty period, the battery will have problems, and the battery will have to be replaced?
In fact, CT200h has been using the second generation of Lexus oil-electric hybrid system for so many years, that is, the composition of 1.8L Atkinson cycle engine + motor, which is already an old technology.
In fact, now Toyota or Lexus new cars will use the 2.0L hybrid system under the TNGA architecture architecture, which is smaller, lighter, low loss and so on than the previous 1.8L hybrid system...
But to say that the CT200h's 4.6L/100km official fuel consumption, there is no doubt that the fuel cost is really provincial, provided that the battery is running normally.
Most of the cases are more similar, initially the words "check the hybrid system" appear on the instrument, and then the fault code is determined to be a battery problem.
In addition, among these fault codes, "P0A80" is the most common, but regardless of whether other P0 series fault codes are not available, it is basically inseparable from the power battery problem.
As for the battery problem, many car owners reflect that there will be power decline, battery non-operation, fuel consumption increase and so on.
30,000 to change the battery?
The emergence of too many battery replacement cases has made many car owners mentally prepared for "P0A80 arriving as scheduled", and even the countermeasures have been quite sufficient...
At present, there are basically two ways to replace the way: one is to directly replace the original factory, and the other is to change the domestic brand battery. Of course, you can also choose to sell the car...
It is understood that the price of the original power battery for replacing ct200h back to the 4S store is about 28,000-35,000 (including labor costs), and a 1-year warranty will be provided.
In contrast, the sub-factory battery is cheaper, the price is 5000-15000 yuan, and most of the warranty time will be longer than the original factory.
If you say that the car does not want to sell, then you have to choose to change the battery to get the problem done, as for the choice of original or domestic, I believe that everyone's "faith" is different.
Of course, there are also many car owners who find that the so-called original battery, about 1.5W on a treasure, is much cheaper than the original offer...
But no matter what, the money for the battery is put in, isn't the fuel cost saved over the years meaningless?
There are even some "extreme" examples, 100,000 km of cars, changed three times the battery ...
So can oil-electric hybrids be bought?
Now that oil prices are soaring and travel costs are rising, those oil-electric hybrid vehicles that have no endurance worries, convenient refueling, and a tank of fuel can even run 1000km are extra fragrant.
But the problem that must be considered is that, like the CT200h mentioned in this article, even if it is a model that has been discontinued, the reliability of the powertrain is the trigger for thinking.
Of course, this is an example of an old technology, an old model.
Like today's Toyota or Lexus new cars will use the new hybrid system under the TNGA architecture, and for example, Lexus UX, the battery warranty is also 10 years or 250,000 kilometers, and the heart will be more secure.
The longer warranty time is actually the confidence of car companies in their own technology.
So oil-electric hybrid is not a better choice at present, I personally think it is still. After all, if there is no problem within 10 years, or the insurance period is free to repair... The oil money saved is still incense!
As for the second-hand CT200h thing... Buy a 2020 model for another 6 years should also be ABLE to do?