LS460L on sale in Hong Kong & China
10-22-06, 10:26 AM
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yeah these luxury cars are really costly there after import duties and all that
lexus, MB, BMW are all considered pretty prestigious brands and that adds a layer of artificially inflated price too IMO
btw why is this woman trying to pour from a bottle of wine with a cork still in it
yes yes i know its just for show...
a plastic rose cheapens the car too
lexus, MB, BMW are all considered pretty prestigious brands and that adds a layer of artificially inflated price too IMO
btw why is this woman trying to pour from a bottle of wine with a cork still in it
yes yes i know its just for show...a plastic rose cheapens the car too
LS460L: 158k
S500L: 193K
750i: 180k
A8L 4.2: 153K
10-22-06, 10:31 AM
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Plus there are some Chinese people, especially the older generation that still have problems with buying Japanese because they still remember the Japanese atrocities in Asia during WW II, plus the denial/revisionist attitude of some Japanese politicians today regarding that period of history.
10-22-06, 10:41 AM
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Plus there are some Chinese people, especially the older generation that still have problems with buying Japanese because they still remember the Japanese atrocities in Asia during WW II, plus the denial/revisionist attitude of some Japanese politicians today regarding that period of history.
10-22-06, 12:50 PM
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Plus there are some Chinese people, especially the older generation that still have problems with buying Japanese because they still remember the Japanese atrocities in Asia during WW II, plus the denial/revisionist attitude of some Japanese politicians today regarding that period of history.
BTW, there's a great increase in the price of LS in HK(LS430 is about $97k USD but the LS460L about $158k USD!)
10-23-06, 09:51 AM
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10-23-06, 02:01 PM
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The scariest thing about a car as complex as the LS460 is that mainland China has some serious issues with finding enough skilled automotive techs right now. Now maybe the Lexus dealers there pay well enough that they have no problems getting truely knowledgable technicians, but if they do they're lucky because that's a problem I know China as a whole is having - too many cars and not enough people that know how to keep them running.
Yes, because we all know that the Chinese government doesn't, as a whole, still try to rewrite history books and censor mass amounts of information on the internet from being seen by its citizens.
Plus there are some Chinese people, especially the older generation that still have problems with buying Japanese because they still remember the Japanese atrocities in Asia during WW II, plus the denial/revisionist attitude of some Japanese politicians today regarding that period of history.
10-23-06, 03:23 PM
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However, the 2006 LS430 is about $97k USD, which is much cheaper than S500L's 190ks & 750i's 180ks...& I think this $160ks LS460L is quite fully loaded, but the $190k S500L & $180k 750i is just the base price, if you get the fully loaded S500L & 750i, they probabily cost more than $220k, which is much expensive than the LS460L...
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10-23-06, 08:42 PM
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Plus there are some Chinese people, especially the older generation that still have problems with buying Japanese because they still remember the Japanese atrocities in Asia during WW II, plus the denial/revisionist attitude of some Japanese politicians today regarding that period of history.
and i think thats the main reason why
but also that these war generations are passing away
taiwan is a bit more of an unique situation
there are many elderly taiwanese people that were educated by the japanese back then when japan occupied taiwan so they are still loyal to japanese products and brands
but then there is also the chinese people that moved to taiwan back during the war against communism
those elderlies hate japanese big time
i know both sides of the story since im a chiwanese
lol
mom is local taiwanse, her parents spoke perfect japanese, had japanese friends, bought japanese goods all the time
my dad's family were from china so they hate japanese to death, my grandpa still curses japan up to these days for what they did to the chinese people back then
but you know, these generations are old
and they arent the ones buying cars nowadays either
my dad bought me the lexus and heck, he was a consultant for NEC in taiwan for quite a while too
id say that Lexus will only get bigger as the Germans make more mistakes making unreliable cars
MB & BMW are much more expensive than Lexus in HK & China, they think that Lexus is just a upgraded Toyota. They also think that European cars are better than Japanese cars. So, most people choose MB or BMW rather than Lexus. For that reason, Lexus has to decrease it's price in those places in order to compete with MB & BMW. Here are price in USD of some luxury car in HK:
LS460L: 158k
S500L: 193K
750i: 180k
A8L 4.2: 153K
LS460L: 158k
S500L: 193K
750i: 180k
A8L 4.2: 153K
and i think the brand positioning will continue to rise since toyota brought the Lexus brand name out in japan too
so as long as lexus brand name image keeps on rising and moving the customers' perception up gradually, there is no problems and in the near future, lexus's pricing will catch up to german cars too!
btw could the price differences also be explained by the shipping distance?
Since they haven't even opened the bottle, I think that liquid in the glass is probably diluted tea or something
I don't think drinks will be nearly as stable on that table as cup holders when the car is moving. I won't do that especially for the Alabaster interior carpets . . .
I don't think drinks will be nearly as stable on that table as cup holders when the car is moving. I won't do that especially for the Alabaster interior carpets . . .
lol
in Maybach, the cup (champagne glass) holder... (yes the car comes with its own champagne glass) has 3 metal clips with springs in them to keep the glasses in place even when there are bumps
but of course thats Uber-Luxury and lexus isnt there yet
btw, why hasnt anyone mentioned that the woman in the pic has really flat chest?
