LS600h exceeds 1st year sales targets by 300%
12-04-07, 08:01 PM
#16
Rarely do I look at the sales target percentage because it's more of an ego booster than anything. The actual sales number is much more impressive than the 300%. It's easy to hit a target when you set it at a low number. Lexus can release the LF-A with a target of 10 and sell 100 of them. That's a whoopin 1000% increase.
Even if Lexus set a target of 10,000 LS600h and only sold 6,000, I would still be VERY impressed by the number as a whole.
Even if Lexus set a target of 10,000 LS600h and only sold 6,000, I would still be VERY impressed by the number as a whole.
12-04-07, 08:11 PM
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Rarely do I look at the sales target percentage because it's more of an ego booster than anything. The actual sales number is much more impressive than the 300%. It's easy to hit a target when you set it at a low number. Lexus can release the LF-A with a target of 10 and sell 100 of them. That's a whoopin 1000% increase.
Even if Lexus set a target of 10,000 LS600h and only sold 6,000, I would still be VERY impressed by the number as a whole.
Even if Lexus set a target of 10,000 LS600h and only sold 6,000, I would still be VERY impressed by the number as a whole.
1. First 100k Lexus (hell Japanese branded sedan) available to the public.
2. Cars are built by ONE TEAM of Lexus employees.
3. No prior precedent for a car of this magnitude.
The Forecasters might have been inaccurate but Lexus doesn't fudge numbers, their numbers have been ethical like BMW or Benz figures.
12-04-07, 08:21 PM
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The Lexus LS 600h L is also the most expensive Japanese sedan ever made, more than the Toyota Century! It was a gamble of sorts, but initial results indicate that high-rollers are willing to pay for a 100K Lexus.
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12-04-07, 08:33 PM
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Number was not low.
1. First 100k Lexus (hell Japanese branded sedan) available to the public.
2. Cars are built by ONE TEAM of Lexus employees.
3. No prior precedent for a car of this magnitude.
The Forecasters might have been inaccurate but Lexus doesn't fudge numbers, their numbers have been ethical like BMW or Benz figures.
1. First 100k Lexus (hell Japanese branded sedan) available to the public.
2. Cars are built by ONE TEAM of Lexus employees.
3. No prior precedent for a car of this magnitude.
The Forecasters might have been inaccurate but Lexus doesn't fudge numbers, their numbers have been ethical like BMW or Benz figures.
12-04-07, 08:41 PM
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Marketing probably gets a raise, the forecaster probably got written up!
12-04-07, 10:10 PM
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2000 was the target for the US alone, so they actually sold 6000 of them after all here alone in the US?
i remember the first 3 weeks or so they sold 4000 ls600 in japan (or something like that)
12-05-07, 12:18 AM
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Maybe first gen Lexus hybrids but the HSD technology they're using is much more advanced than that. In fact, all Lexus hybrids are using a newer HSD setup than the Prius. All of them are using more powerful batteries (The Prius has 201.6V) and the inverters are much smaller and step up the voltage to 650V (vs. 500V in the Prius). In addition, the RX uses a flatter battery setup (under the seat) as opposed to the more boxy batteries of the GSh and LSh.
12-05-07, 03:21 AM
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Maybe first gen Lexus hybrids but the HSD technology they're using is much more advanced than that. In fact, all Lexus hybrids are using a newer HSD setup than the Prius. All of them are using more powerful batteries (The Prius has 201.6V) and the inverters are much smaller and step up the voltage to 650V (vs. 500V in the Prius). In addition, the RX uses a flatter battery setup (under the seat) as opposed to the more boxy batteries of the GSh and LSh.
Main reason MPG isnt much better than RWD LS460 is that it is AWD.
But Lexus did the right thing there, because flagship luxury sedan has to have AWD.
12-05-07, 07:28 AM
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Well done Lexus - those are great numbers.
12-05-07, 08:35 PM
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No wonder I got such a dismissive letter from Lexus corporate when I wrote to explain that I cancelled my LS600hL order due to poor pre-sales information and customer service from my dealer...
12-08-07, 08:50 PM
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Exactly, the car is not about MPG - because if it was, people would be buying the LS460 which trumps this car in combined EPA - which in effect makes the pollution argument null and void.
So really it is about showing off - and the LS600h does this well. But let's not kid ourselves, it is not about "caring for" the environment.
So really it is about showing off - and the LS600h does this well. But let's not kid ourselves, it is not about "caring for" the environment.
12-09-07, 12:17 AM
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The Prius' AT-PZEV is SULEV but with zero evaporative emissions. IOW, zero evaporative emissions is the difference btwn PZEV and SULEV.
12-09-07, 12:27 AM
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