"It's an upper-end Toyota"
#16
Lexus Champion
RX shares the Highlander platform
ES shares the Avalon platform
#17
In that case; Bentley, Audi, Lambo, Porsche, Bugatti are all high-end VWs.. Personally, I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing.. I usually tell people "I got a Toyota with an 'L' emblem on it.."
#19
#20
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LX shares the Land Cruiser platform
IS/GS/RC shares the Mark X platform (Japanese Toyota model)
CT shares similarities with the Prius and Scion tC
That said, even when platforms do cross brand lines, the Lexus models get significant work done before they are Lexus ready. This is where I see some of the differences I was talking about relating Toyota/Lexus and Honda/Acura for example.
Jeff
#21
Lexus Champion
GX shares the 4Runner/Land Cruiser Prado platform
LX shares the Land Cruiser platform
IS/GS/RC shares the Mark X platform (Japanese Toyota model)
CT shares similarities with the Prius and Scion tC
That said, even when platforms do cross brand lines, the Lexus models get significant work done before they are Lexus ready. This is where I see some of the differences I was talking about relating Toyota/Lexus and Honda/Acura for example.
Jeff
LX shares the Land Cruiser platform
IS/GS/RC shares the Mark X platform (Japanese Toyota model)
CT shares similarities with the Prius and Scion tC
That said, even when platforms do cross brand lines, the Lexus models get significant work done before they are Lexus ready. This is where I see some of the differences I was talking about relating Toyota/Lexus and Honda/Acura for example.
Jeff
Unlike Chevy/Cadillac, Ford/Lincoln, Honda/Acura, Nissan/Infinity, Toyota/Lexus vehicles are not "twins"; their design, materials, and quality control are completely separate, Toyota wants Lexus to be it's own stand alone brand apart from Toyota. Some of the interviews I read from the Lexus Executive Management did indicate that they will share common parts where it makes financial sense to do so, but overall Lexus vehicles share less than 50% similarity with any of their Toyota counterparts, where the others (Chevy/Cadillac and Ford/Lincoln being the worst) share up to 84% similarity between the brands/models.
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