October 2013 Sales Thread
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Lexus will set a global sales record of more than 520,000 units this year, a top executive said.
Mark Templin, executive vice president of Lexus International, said last week that worldwide sales would "finish on the north side of 520,000," edging Lexus' high of 518,300 units in 2007.
And the luxury brand's volume should rapidly expand in the next couple of years as U.S. demand recovers and Lexus adds product, he said during an unveiling of a prototype of the brand's RC sporty coupe here.
"The biggest growth in sheer volume over the next few years is going to come from the U.S., just because the market is still growing back," Templin said.
U.S. sales should rise to around 270,000 units this year. That compares with Lexus' peak of 329,177 in 2007.
"There's no reason for us to think they won't surpass that as the market grows back to the kind of levels we had in 2007," he said. "And it should grow beyond that."
Lexus sales rose 12 percent to 213,479 units through October, in an overall market up 8 percent.
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