Toyota's refreshed Sai is a Lexus HS by any other name Toyota first launched Lexus in the United States back in 1989, but it wasn’t until 2005 that it brought the luxury marque home to roost ...

Toyota Sai to be brand's second dedicated hybrid, goes on sale Oct. 20 in Japan 2009 Lexus HS 250h – Click above for high-res image gallery ...

According to reports coming out of Japan, Toyota plans to sell up to 3,000 Sai hybrids per month and is also planning to launch a new dedicated accessories range for the car.

The Toyota brand is getting another hybrid sedan in the Japanese market, a sister model to the Lexus HS 250h that will sport a more powerful engine than the Prius hatchback.

Toyota knows a good thing when it sees it. The car company is well on its way to spinning off its best-selling Prius hybrid, first with the recently announced 2010 Auris HSD, and now with the Sai ...

Toyota has gone crazy with hybrids. There's a hybrid version of pretty much every car they make, from the bare bones Axio to the Mercedes rivalling Crown. On the luxury front, they've peddled the ...

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology more widespread.

Toyota has confirmed that the Sai, a hybrid-only sedan based on the Lexus HS 250h, will go on sale in Japan on Oct.

Nevertheless, Toyota continues to believe in the Sai, which has now received a facelift, about four years after its debut on the market.

According to Toyota, the company has received around 14,000 pre-orders for their new SAI hybrid sedan that is scheduled to go on sale in Japan early next month. Toyota did not anticipate a sales ...

Toyota has put a sales stop on the Lexus HS and Sai in Japan--similar to that rolled out in the United States after last month's recall of sticking accelerator pedals.

Anyway, the new Sai has one of the coolest interiors Toyota made so far, using Lexus-like technology and nicely-sculpted seats, wrapped in quality fabric. The central consoles is the main ...