Paris Hilton gets herself a Yukon Hybrid for 27th birthday

Wow - 22 mpg, such an environment saver...

dumb b***ch

But she's so old! Soon she'll be 30 and then I can properly laugh at her!

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 9:40:37 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

She still has themed parties?

On another note, Paris Hilton is a ditz that gets way too much media attention. Saving the environment one Yukon(XL?) at a time.

— w209w114 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 10:05:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Anybody want to take bets on how long it will take for her to wrap it around a tree after an all night coke binge?

— nukezdoc (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 10:13:04 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

what difference does it make if they don't drive luxury cars?

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 11:30:41 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

The ULTIMATE environmental Hypocricy is more like it :)

— w209w114 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 10:59:14 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 9   

I fail to see how a Lexus LS600h or Lexus RX400h is environmentally friendly. These are by default extremely heavy cars with a powerful gasoline motor upfront, and no diesel option. Now add the hybrid motor and batteries and you have yourself a really overweight car that once outside the urban environment will rely on its overpowered gasoline engine for movement. In Europe the LS600h and RX400h are not recommended because of so-called great fuel economy, which they don't achieve.

— ErichHartmann (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 11:34:03 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

"These are by default extremely heavy cars with a powerful gasoline motor upfront, and no diesel option"

What the hell does a diesel option have anything to do with this. You don't need a diesel to be environmentally friendly. To begin with diesels aren't that safe for the environment.

"Yes I really think she should have gone for a Lexus LS600 which is the ultimate environmentaly friendly car"

In no way shape or form will a V8 ever be considered the most environmentally friendly car.

— zorbeeze (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 1:30:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

"In Europe the LS600h and RX400h are not recommended because of so-called great fuel economy, which they don't achieve"

Fuel economy is not the only benefit to having a hybrid. Yes hybrid technology is still fairly new and growing but it will not be the technology of the future it's more of temporary fix until newer technologies are available and affordable. But to say hybrids are not good or are worse than diesels is just absurd. Diesels are not the anwer, their not even a temporary fix. The technology has been around for decades and nothing can be done with it.

— zorbeeze (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 1:34:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

JoshLexus4ever...the more I read all of your various comments that you have posted in every Toyota/Lexus related article on Autospies, the more I feel you are a Lexus hater posing as a Lexus supporter.

— dennis774 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 7:00:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

Zorbeeze,

You have just demonstrated your ignorance to the issue. You claim diesels have been around for decades and "nothing can be done with this technology". First of all, diesel is a fuel, not a technology. A diesel engine, that's technology. Look at the vast improvements in this field over the last decade. This contradicts your statement.

Second, Lexus hybrids in general achieve poor fuel economy outside of urban environments because they're overweight and overpowered. There is no real fuel economy benefit to owning a hybrid Lexus, especially in Europe where our driving styles and situations make hybrids extremely unpractical.

Lastly, a diesel-hybrid will be more efficient given the efficient nature of diesel engines, even if they have to haul around more weight. A gasoline-hybrid pitted against a comparable diesel-hybrid would show the diesel-hybrid getting the better fuel economy by a wide margin.

Particulate filters, cleaner diesel fuel and improved combustion chamber design are all factors in making diesel engines more efficient and cleaner in regards to fuel economy and emissions.

— ErichHartmann (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 8:38:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

"First of all, diesel is a fuel, not a technology. A diesel engine, that's technology."
My mistake if i was not clear enough for you.

"Look at the vast improvements in this field over the last decade. This contradicts your statement."
Yes their have been improvements but for something thats been around for so long the improvements are not enough. There's no future there.

"Lexus hybrids in general achieve poor fuel economy outside of urban environments because they're overweight and overpowered."
The Prius is overweight and overpowered? Too begin with every car nowadays is overweight and the majority of cars are overpowered. Secondly, that's the orad Lexus too with their hybrids, you can easily give them less power and sacrifice certain performance criteria but they chose not too. Most people say that was a wrong move and i agree with them. Third, the benfits provided by hybrids over diesels is much more than just looking at mpg. Do some research on hybrids, they were never mean to just decrease mpg figures.

"especially in Europe where our driving styles and situations make hybrids extremely unpractical"
That's a shitload of BS you just spitted out. I live in europe half the year so don't give me that crap about driving habits. The average north merican drives faster and is harder on the car than the europeans. The majority of the times in europe you can't even go faster than 50mph do to the tiny roads. In NA people do 60 on regular roads on a regular basis. The only reason diesels are so popular in europe is do to the extremely high cost of gasoline in all of europe when compared to Canada or the States.

"A gasoline-hybrid pitted against a comparable diesel-hybrid would show the diesel-hybrid getting the better fuel economy by a wide margin."
Again fuel economy is not the only thing you should be looking at, get your head out the gutter.

— zorbeeze (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2008 9:42:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

if she can't drive SL and SLRs why she buy YUKON(school bus) to drive???

— pchera01 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 11:32:01 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

another 'h' stands for hypocrite vehicle.

— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 11:46:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

Good car for her security detail, big safe and actually a really great truck. I don't know if any of you have ever actually driven one of these full sizers from GM. They are acutally really cool, great ride, amazing sounding V8, big comfy seats. Just the gas mileage sucks, too bad...

— no1listensanyway (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 12:26:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Wow, she's really making a difference.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 5:02:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

at least the paparazzi can get better shots of her you-know-what now. not that im into that kind of thing.

— EvoAudi (View Profile)

Posted on 2/14/2008 6:23:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Great... Just what LA needs. As if it wasn't bad enough with her barreling down Sunset with a 2 ton Bently, now she's got a 3 ton tank on top of those great driving skills she's got.

— A4ORCE (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2008 1:05:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6