FEELING A LITTLE BLUE The Lexus RX 450h in Deep Blue Mica .
In terms of speed, the RX 450h by far outpaces its predecessors. It can go from zero to 96 kph in exactly 7.3 seconds. It’s light and agile and, with easy effort steering, it’s perfect in making you feel like you are gliding along, instead of driving, especially since you can stop as smoothly any time there is a need, thanks to its well-tuned brake-by-wire system, a technological breakthrough as smooth stops appear to be a weak point for most other hybrid vehicles.
All sense of being away dissipated as soon as I reached the city, now that it’s bustling with development. Motorbikes and cars and vans and trucks crowded the rolling streets of the Benguet capital even in the early morning, though the mist remained, hanging low like a fallen cloud.