RandyIS250

My Lexus was built in Japan and made in Japan seems to have less problem , Japanese quality is their 1st priority unlike American ya I'm racist so ? What ya wanna say ?

lexus114

all three of the rx`s iv`e owned were built in canada and i had no problems. i think some people worry about this way too much.

carloantho

I understand that the japanes quality control and martials are beter in Japan than any other country. I will appreciate you expert opinion.

lexusrus

We made sure ALL of our Lexus vehicles we bought are made in Japan. This will be more difficult now. Lexus will tell you it's all the same high quality.......but I believe I should get the highest quality possible. This means "Made in Japan" as far as Lexus is concerned.

As far as I know, the RX 350 and the RX 450h are MOSTLY, IF NOT ALL MADE NOT IN JAPAN ANYMORE. The RX series are now made in Canada. We bought our 2013 RX450h which I believe was the last model year the RX's are made in Japan. The CT, LX, RCF, GX, GS, GSF, and the LC ARE STILL made in Japan, as far as I know.

You can ask the sales manager to call up all the current new RX inventory in the USA and look for VIN # that begins with "J" for made in Japan.

kgbagent1

And new cars will have country of origin on the window sticker and on a separate sticker on the rear driver side window. At least my local Lexus dealer does.

salimshah

Automation: Robotics has taken many of the human to human variations out of production.
Statistical variation: For a mass producer, this is very important. Lexus monitors this closely.
Preassembled sub-systems: These bring equality.
Cost/savings: Companies would tend to make choices based on this factor. [providing jobs locally should not be overlooked]

Sober consideration:
When you buy new, you can doubt the Lexus Sales people assurance of statistical variations based on place of assembly, but when buying used the care/use/abuse should be front and center of the discussion.

Salim

tus

I believe the RX plant in Ontario and ES plant in Kentucky are the only cars sold by Lexus that are assembled outside of Japan.

What I believe is more important than where final assembly is done is where the parts are made, and the quality standards of the parts.

The NUMMI experiment Toyota and GM did in the 80's proved that if you maintain high standards and give your people the power to fix things they see wrong, you can pretty much build cars and parts wherever you want (as we can see with Toyota parts now being made outside of Japan.)

A part of the success of the Fremont plant was that many of the parts that they did not make were imported from Japan, with the Toyota rules for quality control and fixing problems when they are identified being strictly enforced.

One lesson GM learned from NUMMI is that you have to have everyone on board when it comes to quality. When they attempted to implement the same methods at their other assembly plants they quickly ran into multiple problems with respect to attitudes of the managers, and more importantly, the quality of parts from the GM supply chain and the management of these parts plants. Even in cases where there was a desire to improve things, the GM culture almost always got in the way.

takeshi74

Based on?

If there's a meaningful difference I'd think it would show up in reliability ratings. What do they say versus opinions of random internet commenters?

lexusrus

Yes, I realize that. But in order to do what you suggested, one will need to PHYSICALLY GO to EACH VEHICLE and LOOK at the side window sticker.

The way I suggested, all you gotta do is ask the salesman at a LEXUS DEALERSHIP to pull up ALL CURRENT INVENTORY IN USA and also ANY INBOUND (ON AUTOTRANSPOTERS OR SHIPS) THAT ARE UNSPOKEN/UNRESERVED YET (Also the ones still on the assembly line getting put together). All can be done without PHYSICALLY going OUT TO ANYWHERE in the comfort of a NICELY decorated Lexus dealership while sipping on a latte!!! Once a target vehicle is identified, THE NEGOTIATION BEGINS.😀😀😀😀

salimshah

Discussion in this thread should be about 3rd gen RX, which os no longer being produced. Hence I inferred the search is for used vehicle.

Salim

lexusrus

Ok. True. It is still WAY easier to be sitting at the sales team members desk and ask him/her to pull up it's inventory and look for VIN # that begins with "J"........ If the OP is looking for a "made in Japan" Lexus......

JDR76

I would not hesitate to own a Canadian built RX. In fact, the Ontario plant has been rated higher than the Japan plants for the lowest number of defects:

http://www.jdpower.com/cars/articles...-study-results

ukrkoz

I am firm built in Japan is better quality.
Robots or not, Japanese have very special work attitude. And that meme transfers into quality. Not saying you won't get a dud. Happens. But, overall, built in Japan is built in Japan.
Better off, built in Japan FOR Japanese market ONLY. Now THOSE are great cars. Look at Toyota Crown. What a grand car.

lexusrus

IF THERE ARE TWO IDENTICALLY OPTIONED USED RX's on the lot, one is made in Japan and the other is made in "elsewhere", I take the "made in Japan" (even if it costs 10% more. More than 10%? I'll look ELSEWHERE!!!). This is NOT likely ANYMORE bc most BRAND NEW RX's are made outside of Japan now.

lexusrus

Me too 😀😀😀😁😁