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IS will remain the entry level car...no Lexus under $30,000

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Old 12-07-13, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dbs600
Then why do Car and Driver, Road & Track, Motor Trend and Automobile Magazine all compare the IS with the C/3/A4, generation after generation? What do you believe to be the IS' direct competitors?
2014 Results LUXURY CAR (over $50k) AJAC
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Let me ask you this @dbs600 -- why do you think Lexus doesn't include a luxury package with the F-sport. What do you think their reasoning is? Why would a multi-billion dollar company pass up opportunity to sell cars like BMW and MB in your opinion?
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Originally Posted by Glashub
2014 Results LUXURY CAR (over $50k) AJAC
http://www.ajac.ca/web/ccoty/2014/co...ry.asp?cat=169

Let me ask you this @dbs600 -- why do you think Lexus doesn't include a luxury package with the F-sport. What do you think their reasoning is? Why would a multi-billion dollar company pass up opportunity to sell cars like BMW and MB in your opinion?
The vehicles listed in the link above are not all direct competitors with one another.

Otherwise, I answered your questions above at the end of my second to last post above.

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Old 12-07-13, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by redspencer
According to the LEAP Index from New Media Matrix, Forbes reports that Lexus is the #2 Most-Loved Brand of 2013 just behind Apple. This makes Lexus the #1 Most-Loved automotive brand with an 18.7% increase from 2012.


Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennifer...ent-see-gains/
Not sure how credible that is considering "iPhone" isn't a brand
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Originally Posted by Glashub
2014 Results LUXURY CAR (over $50k) AJAC
http://www.ajac.ca/web/ccoty/2014/co...ry.asp?cat=169

Let me ask you this @dbs600 -- why do you think Lexus doesn't include a luxury package with the F-sport. What do you think their reasoning is? Why would a multi-billion dollar company pass up opportunity to sell cars like BMW and MB in your opinion?
They clearly don't have the confidence in their own brand to do what BMW does. Personally I'd rather have Lexus come out with a cheaper, higher volume vehicle than to build a lower quality IS with missing features.
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Originally Posted by Glashub
2014 Results LUXURY CAR (over $50k) AJAC
http://www.ajac.ca/web/ccoty/2014/co...ry.asp?cat=169

Let me ask you this @dbs600 -- why do you think Lexus doesn't include a luxury package with the F-sport. What do you think their reasoning is? Why would a multi-billion dollar company pass up opportunity to sell cars like BMW and MB in your opinion?
That list is all over the place. Those cars are not even in the same class. Who compares cars like that? If they compare luxury cars over $50,000, then where is BMW 5/7, Lexus GS / LS, MBenz S class ?
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You guys are missing the point here. What Lexus has accomplished in 20 something years, took others nearly 75. Lexus was the top selling luxury brand in the US for 11 years, until the earthquake shook Japan in 2010. You have to understand that Lexus has a different business model, so comparing them to BMW or MB is pointless.
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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
You guys are missing the point here. What Lexus has accomplished in 20 something years, took others nearly 75. Lexus was the top selling luxury brand in the US for 11 years, until the earthquake shook Japan in 2010. You have to understand that Lexus has a different business model, so comparing them to BMW or MB is pointless.
You're right. I remember in 1993-1994 everyone started oohing and ahhiing at all the Lexus cars that were available at that time. That's a meteoric rise
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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
You guys are missing the point here. What Lexus has accomplished in 20 something years, took others nearly 75. Lexus was the top selling luxury brand in the US for 11 years, until the earthquake shook Japan in 2010. You have to understand that Lexus has a different business model, so comparing them to BMW or MB is pointless.

Back then, they offered more for less compared to other premium brands and more for more compared to non-premium brands. Today, they are offering less for less when compared to the other premium brands and less for more when compared to non-premium brands.
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Originally Posted by Ramon
Back then, they offered more for less compared to other premium brands and more for more compared to non-premium brands. Today, they are offering less for less when compared to the other premium brands and less for more when compared to non-premium brands.
That's true, too! I couldn't believe I saw BSM on a Kia Sorrento's side mirror the other day!
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Originally Posted by Ramon
Back then, they offered more for less compared to other premium brands and more for more compared to non-premium brands. Today, they are offering less for less when compared to the other premium brands and less for more when compared to non-premium brands.
Maybe it depends on a model? But when I did the comparison between the GS and the 5 series, similarly equipped BMW always came out $10,000+ more than Lexus.
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How is comparing Lexus to Mercedes-Benz and BMW pointless? If so, who are they supposed to be compared with, only Infiniti and Acura? Are you saying the IS is not direct competition for the C-Class or 3 Series?

Variations in 'corporate business model' or product pricing does not mean their product lines are not direct competitors. Mercedes-Benz has traditionally carried a premium over similarly equipped BMW's. Are they not direct competitors?

The target market for the IS is the same as that for the C and 3, the GS as that for the E and 5, the LS as that for the S and 7 and so on.

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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
Maybe it depends on a model? But when I did the comparison between the GS and the 5 series, similarly equipped BMW always came out $10,000+ more than Lexus.
In the same vein, a similarly equipped 3 series was about eight grand more than my IS350 F Sport
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Originally Posted by dbs600
How is comparing Lexus to Mercedes-Benz and BMW pointless? If so, who are they supposed to be compared with, only Infiniti and Acura? Are you saying the IS is not direct competition for the C-Class or 3 Series?

Variations in 'corporate business model' or product pricing does not mean their product lines are not direct competitors. Mercedes-Benz has traditionally carried a premium over similarly equipped BMW's. Are they not direct competitors?

The target market for the IS is the same as that for the C and 3, the GS as that for the E and 5, the LS as that for the S and 7 and so on.
All I said was that comparing their 'business models' is pointless. Unlike Lexus, Germans nowadays are making cars for every niche. If we go back 10 years, we had 3/5/6/7 series compared to 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 today. Not to mention all the SUVs out there. Lexus clearly has a different business model than its German rivals. Instead of expanding their lineup, Lexus is doing the opposite. Just look at the list of models that are gone from the lineup, SC / HS / IS-F / GS460.
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Originally Posted by Glashub
2014 Results LUXURY CAR (over $50k) AJAC
http://www.ajac.ca/web/ccoty/2014/co...ry.asp?cat=169

Let me ask you this @dbs600 -- why do you think Lexus doesn't include a luxury package with the F-sport. What do you think their reasoning is? Why would a multi-billion dollar company pass up opportunity to sell cars like BMW and MB in your opinion?
That is the list of the most soul-less cars available over $55K. Wait, the Datsun Q50 is $55K? Oh my. I guess I just have no taste. Seriously, that list is just ghastly.
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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
All I said was that comparing their 'business models' is pointless. Unlike Lexus, Germans nowadays are making cars for every niche. If we go back 10 years, we had 3/5/6/7 series compared to 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 today. Not to mention all the SUVs out there. Lexus clearly has a different business model than its German rivals. Instead of expanding their lineup, Lexus is doing the opposite. Just look at the list of models that are gone from the lineup, SC / HS / IS-F / GS460.
Oh, okay, sorry, I misunderstood and agree, completely! Aside from that, the 1 Series is now the 2 Series and the 3 Series Coupe is now the 4 Series, so w/r/t the line-up mentioned, nothing's changed, but you're right, Lexus has kept a focused line-up (Small, Medium and Large Sedans and Small, Medium and Large SUV's) and Mercedes-Benz and BMW are all over the place with the likes of the ugly GLK, X1 and now CLA. Otherwise, I see revival of the SC on the horizon, the HS was a blip (similar to the BMW ActiveE), the IS-F will surely be back and do you mean GS430? I don't see that as having gone away, as the GS is still around and the GS450h is its successor.

After years of stagnation, I see bright times ahead for Lexus; trapezoid grill started it all.

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