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Old 03-13-15, 12:28 PM
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Default Lexus Sells More Cars Per Dealer Than Anyone Not Named Toyota



Automakers may be breaking record sales levels, but Lexus has hit another milestone that other luxury brands just can’t match.

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Lexus needs to have more dealers. Some dealers monopolize their markets. We need more competetion.
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Originally Posted by BrickHead
Lexus needs to have more dealers. Some dealers monopolize their markets. We need more competetion.
I agree. Given their retail-volume, Lexus probably needs more shops.
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Originally Posted by BrickHead
Lexus needs to have more dealers. Some dealers monopolize their markets. We need more competetion.
Perhaps in Virginia, but we have way too many in California grouped together in NorCal / SoCal respectively. Good for the consumer, bad for business franchises.
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This number can also serve to judge how many dealerships are actually needed. For example, Cadillac has 928 dealerships compared to 235 for Lexus. The result was a mere 183 cars per dealer for Cadillac, and many of those franchises lost money.
darn... GM is GM...
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What's the source of these numbers?
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Perhaps in Virginia, but we have way too many in California grouped together in NorCal / SoCal respectively. Good for the consumer, bad for business franchises.
In California we have 38 Lexus dealerships...the most compared to any other state or country...
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Originally Posted by Trexus
In California we have 38 Lexus dealerships...the most compared to any other state or country...
Perhaps because you have over 20 million people in the state...and a lot of them have money, especially around L.A., San Francisco, and Silicon valley. California is also a very large state in physical size, extending from the Mexican border roughly as far north as the latitude of Chicago. That's obviously a lot of territory. Lexus, of course, has also been generally more popular in CA than in other states that cover a lot of territory, TX, MT, AK, etc......
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Perhaps because you have over 20 million people in the state...and a lot of them have money, especially around L.A., San Francisco, and Silicon valley. California is also a very large state in physical size, extending from the Mexican border roughly as far north as the latitude of Chicago. That's obviously a lot of territory. Lexus, of course, has also been generally more popular in CA than in other states that cover a lot of territory, TX, MT, AK, etc......
Not necessarily correct on the population of California. Total population of California as of 2014 is closer to 40 million people, actually it is 38,802,500. Yes California is the most populated state in the Union. As far as physical size California is third, Texas is second and Alaska is first. Yes Lexus is very popular in California but also in the U.S. as a whole and number 4 worldwide...so not bad for a very young luxury car brand...

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Originally Posted by Trexus
Incorrect on the population of California. Total population of California as of 2014 is closer to 40 million people, actually it is 38,802,500. Yes California is the most populated state in the Union. As far as physical size California is third, Texas is second and Alaska is first. Yes Lexus is very popular in California but also in the U.S. as a whole and number 4 worldwide...so not bad for a very young luxury car brand...
Sorry, that was a typo on my part. What I meant was that the state has a heck of a lot of people.....and a lot of money in that population to spend on new cars.
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Originally Posted by Trexus
Incorrect on the population of California. Total population of California as of 2014 is closer to 40 million people, actually it is 38,802,500.
He's not accurate, but he's not incorrect either.

38,802,500 > 20,000,000.
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