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@Korbek “Speaking of, is there a tracker to locate the car via VIN if I havent completed the purchase? @400Mman poke you seem to be knowledgeable.”
It is my understanding that your specific Lexus dealer should be able to provide you the tracking information for either the Ocean vessel the car is on in transit from Japan. They should also be able to provide you with the trucking transit company once it reaches the USA Shores. You can then go directly to the site of these transit companies and follow (Utilizing the VIN) the progress to the destination dealership.
Edit: I have passed on this car so my questions below are moot. However if anyone is interested Woodfield Lexus in Schaumberg Illinois has 4 or 5 very similar CPO ones with 2k miles on each roughly. Here is the inspection sheet they sent me showing tire tred depth among other things.
orig post:
The LC I am in process of buying is a 2024, built 12/2023, shipped to the dealer in January 2024. However, it wasnt officially "titled" until November 2025.
So somehow it had ~2200 miles put on it in 18-20 months (assuming it arrived at the original dealer around March/April 2024) without ever being reported/titled by a 1st owner.
The dealership is telling me they purchased it at a Lexus internal auction.
There is no history of a branded title/manufacturer buyback or anything. Just somehow went untitled for 18-20 months. I am assuming it had to be 'titled' by this dealership in order to be deemed Certified Preowned by Lexus.
Any super knowledgeable Lexus faithful here have any ideas how/why this occured?? I dont think it was a press demo, as I've watched nearly every piece of content on them and theyre usually tan, blue/white, and occassionally black/red for the interiors. This one is all black interior on a blue car. Not typical press car material.
It seems likea good thing at 1st glance, nearly 4 years B2B still despite being an early 2024, because the 1st title wasnt issued until last month, plus CPO on top.
Could it be a "captured test fleet" car? I know GM sells CTF corvettes at times...
Just dont want any unwelcome surprises, and hoping it wasnt someone's track day toy that they never registered because they didnt drive it on public roads. Not sure if thats possible though, as I assume dealers still have to report it as sold and title it??
Super confused.
I’m very late to this, but I can 100% confirm this was a LPDS student car. I was searching through some VINs of the cars that were at COTA in 2024 and this popped up. Good job OP for passing on the car.
I’m very late to this, but I can 100% confirm this was a LPDS student car. I was searching through some VINs of the cars that were at COTA in 2024 and this popped up. Good job OP for passing on the car.
That was my suspicion glad it is confirmed. It's PROBABLY a perfectly fine car for whoever bought it. But my investigation showed that the warranty does begin when it arrives at the school, not when it was titled 18 months later. So it wouldve only had essentially a 4 year warranty. For another 8k I managed to snag my 2026, totally worth it to know exactly how it is maintained and treated over its formative miles.
The drive train is rock solid so LPDS wouldnt change that I dont think. The biggest issue with those school cars would most likely just be a sub par interior with multiple butts in and out of them daily. Scuffs, smudges, worn seat bolsters. And possibly abused door handle actuators from people man-handling them. It looked ok in pics but I'm very happy with my decision and love my USB 2026 to death!
