5 Things You Didn't Know About Lexus

1. Only the best

Sure Toyota is the corporate overlord of Lexus, but did you know that only the cream of the manufacturing professionals crop are allowed to apply for Lexus? Lexus looks at productivity mark, attention to detail, and years on the job. Once an applicant is given the go ahead to work on the Lexus line they are known as a Takumi, which means "artisan." 

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2. It needed to be perfect

Did you know that Lexus just outright scrapped the design of the car halfway through planning the car? Five years into designing the car Lexus decided to move away from aluminum and go with carbon fiber for the chassis. This is partly why the development of the car took 10 years to complete. 

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3. Paul McCartney was given a special one

In appreciation of the singer songwriter and his efforts with promoting the RX hybrid vehicles, he was given a special car. Back in 2008 Lexus wanted to give McCartney a car that reflected his concerns about global warming and his decision to become vegan. He was given an LS600h that had no leather whatsoever and ultra low emissions. Rumor has it that McCartney was disappointed in Toyota due to the carbon footprint left by flying the car to him instead of shipping it by boat. 

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4. Satellite navigation for all of them

Since 1989 Lexus has been the automaker that had debuted many technologies in cars that we have come to know across the board. Lexus offered standardized satellite navigation in the LS400 way back in 1999. The system looks old and muddled by today's standards but back then it was cutting edge. 

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5. Only the finest cows

Lexus cares about their occupants and the materials that go into their cars are to be only the best available. In that vein, when it comes to leather, Lexus will only use hides from cows that live on farms absent of barb wire fences. The brand is so strict about this due to the barbed wire permanently scarring the leather. On another note, in many Lexus hybrids, you'll find a synthetic leather called Nuluxe that is environmentally-friendly. 

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