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Originally Posted by Germanauto
Lexus reminds me of what Cadillac was in the 90s: selling a lot of cars, but their products are stale and uncompetitive relative to the best in segment, and the overall brand popularity is stagnant/declining.
Lexus' volume comes from the RX, NX, and ES. None of these three are particularly impressive vehicles relative to what Germany is churning out, but in light of their lower cost and proven reliability people buy them regardless.
The rest of Lexus' portfolio is irrelevant in their respective segments. The new LS and LC are great, but both are in rapidly declining segments. The previous LS lived on far too long (12 years?) and underwent 2 refreshes as well. By the time the fully redesigned 4-IS comes out in 3-4 yrs, it will suffer the same fate as the new LS.
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Lexus suffers what Toyota suffers albeit in a much much higher and far more demanding price category... doesn't fly here.
Reused old engines, trannies, odd styling and virtually nothing exciting in the lineup makes it a dud on arrival. Your highlighted comment is pretty much it.. which is the same as the Toyota crowd.