Gallery: 2010 Lexus LF-Ch

The LF-Ch represents Lexus’s first effort at tapping into the EU’s popular small hatch market.  Hoping to breakup the dominance of the Audi A3 and BMW 1 series, the LF-Ch appeals to the growing green movement with a hybrid powertrain.  The gas-electric engine has gained real PR traction in Europe, dominating the Frankfurt show (where diesels were almost absent).  The LF-Ch will borrow components from the HS250h and RX400h, but that still won’t help the odds of it hitting the States.  The hatch is intended as a Euro-exclusive.