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When I park my cruiser up for the night I let this little guy out, who needs a guard dog when you've got a guard moth.
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Some info which you might find interesting...
In 2013 Lexus sold 27,645 LX 570's. No doubt this number increased in 2014 and will increase even further once the updated version is launched. More than the Sequoia (26,202) - LEXUS LS ( 25,602 ) - Escalade ( 25,492 ) - Lexus GX ( 19,445 ) - QX 80 ( 15,894 ) - G CLASS ( 8404 )

This is in response to the news that has been circulating around the web about them discontinuing the LX and GX. ( LX not gonna happen, end of story ) LX is selling like hot cakes and sales keep increasing year by year and it is already 8 years old....


I could not find separate figures for LC 200 but combined with LC 70 the number is 172,072..... Prado 150 =154,336.....

Not sure how accurate the figures are as they combine World sales so i would imagine they could have missed some...
 
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Some info which you might find interesting...
In 2013 Lexus sold 27,645 LX 570's. No doubt this number increased in 2014 and will increase even further once the updated version is launched. More than the Sequoia (26,202) - LEXUS LS ( 25,602 ) - Escalade ( 25,492 ) - Lexus GX ( 19,445 ) - QX 80 ( 15,894 ) - G CLASS ( 8404 )

This is in response to the news that has been circulating around the web about them discontinuing the LX and GX. ( LX not gonna happen, end of story ) LX is selling like hot cakes and sales keep increasing year by year and it is already 8 years old....


I could not find separate figures for LC 200 but combined with LC 70 the number is 172,072..... Prado 150 =154,336.....

Not sure how accurate the figures are as they combine World sales so i would imagine they could have missed some...

I think you have the LX and RX mixed up. The RX is selling like hot-cakes, the LX, not so much...

There is not a large market of people looking for vehicles that can carry 7+ people and trek through 80% of off-road terrain. And let's face it, the LX is a "status" vehicle, first and foremost. For almost all of them, it's not until they hit the used market after 5+ years that they start to get converted to do what they really can do.
 
Okay let me rephrase ( The LX is selling like hot cakes in the Middle East ) I see them everywhere, literally, you can go for a drive and lose count of how many you see.
LX sold 27 thousand + in 2013. Better than some of its rivals...and please look at the bigger picture, it is not just about the US market. The best selling market for the LX is the GCC and people actually do take them off road here.

No one is expecting the flagship suv LX to have RX sales figures but for what it is it isn't doing as bad as some might think it is, it was ahead of a number of its rivals in sales as of 2013.
Remember the current LX is almost 8 years old and competition has been updated so the fact that over all world wide sales keep improving year by year is impressive.
I am looking forward to the next update due in a few months as well as the next generation in a couple of years or so.
 
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Okay let me rephrase ( The LX is selling like hot cakes in the Middle East ) I see them everywhere, literally, you can go for a drive and lose count of how many you see.
LX sold 27 thousand + in 2013. Better than some of its rivals...and please look at the bigger picture, it is not just about the US market. The best selling market for the LX is the GCC and people actually do take them off road here.

No one is expecting the flagship suv LX to have RX sales figures but for what it is it isn't doing as bad as some might think it is, it was ahead of a number of its rivals in sales as of 2013.
Remember the current LX is almost 8 years old and competition has been updated so the fact that over all world wide sales keep improving year by year is impressive.
I am looking forward to the next update due in a few months as well as the next generation in a couple of years or so.

Ah! For some reason I was under the impression that Toyota only used the Lexus brand in the US. I didn't realize they sold Lexus's through the world. That definitely explains the numbers then.
 
Might be a sense of pride thing that the rig is sold on most continents.
At least I hope. And they keep the US on their customer list.
 
In defense of LC low sales, I'm really enjoying my return to Toyota after about a 12 year hiatus from 3 previous 100's.

My interest in sales numbers reinforces the rarity of our trucks....not poor quality. Many don't even know what it is...that's fine with me!

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With declining sales on the LC and LX in the U.S. it makes me wonder if they (Japan) will eventually even bother exporting them into the U.S.

I hope they don't. The LX is what it is. It'll never be a big seller due to the price and option set.

But I do think Toyota is shooting themselves in the foot only selling luxury-optioned LC in the US. Allow people to buy a cloth interior without Nav and the "high-end" sounds system and price it slightly above the Sequoia and I think you'd see current LC sales move to the LX and they'd open the LC to a new market of people that want a 4Runner but more interior room.
 
I think that would be cool, but it would fall into more of niche truck that I don't think would sell as well as it should.
 
I hope they don't. The LX is what it is. It'll never be a big seller due to the price and option set.

But I do think Toyota is shooting themselves in the foot only selling luxury-optioned LC in the US. Allow people to buy a cloth interior without Nav and the "high-end" sounds system and price it slightly above the Sequoia and I think you'd see current LC sales move to the LX and they'd open the LC to a new market of people that want a 4Runner but more interior room.
Have to remember a fully loaded sequoia is about $10k less than the 200. I also believe they negotiate the 200 more than sequoia which makes them even closer. But if you want a low end model those can be had for $45k. Once you set the price you can't go back down or damage your brand image. The LC can't be cheaper than the sequoia. They would need a different LC model at a lower price but keep a full size version around $80k.
 

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