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Old 12-04-19, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by RNM GS3
RAV4 sales are unbelievable.
Good for Toyota but personally not sure why so many ppl buy this thing.
About the safest buy out there. Reliable, good economy, good performance excellent resale. And it's an SUV. Home run.
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Old 12-04-19, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
I am pretty sure that Toyota is happier selling 45k Rav4's than Camry's.... and 11k RX's than IS's.
absolutely true!

It is cha-ching time for them. As supposed to Hyundai that is losing billions on Genesis.
I know English not your first language, but just fyi, "As supposed to" is normally "As opposed to" meaning something like "contrasting against" or "as compared with"...

but anyway, what is your source the genesis is losing billions? They apparently has 15K pre-orders for new G90 in S. Korea when it launched there. That's a chunk if income. For the u.s., it's just going to take time but 2019 certainly better than 2018.

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Old 12-05-19, 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
absolutely true!



I know English not your first language, but just fyi, "As supposed to" is normally "As opposed to" meaning something like "contrasting against" or "as compared with"...

but anyway, what is your source the genesis is losing billions? They apparently has 15K pre-orders for new G90 in S. Korea when it launched there. That's a chunk if income. For the u.s., it's just going to take time but 2019 certainly better than 2018.
heh, just typing too fast, too little concentration.

As to the Genesis, they replaced Genesis president month ago, they posted first operating loss in Q1 2019 after a long time, and even last Q3 was not good due to warranty costs.
Last few years have been pretty hard on Hyundai.
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Old 12-05-19, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
As to the Genesis, they replaced Genesis president month ago, they posted first operating loss in Q1 2019 after a long time, and even last Q3 was not good due to warranty costs.
Last few years have been pretty hard on Hyundai.
So are you talking about billions in losses at Hyundai or just the Genesis division?
Obviously the redoing of agreements in the U.S. to make Genesis dealerships legally separate from Hyundai trashed their sales for half a year, so no surprise Q1 '19 was terrible.
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Old 12-06-19, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
So are you talking about billions in losses at Hyundai or just the Genesis division?
Obviously the redoing of agreements in the U.S. to make Genesis dealerships legally separate from Hyundai trashed their sales for half a year, so no surprise Q1 '19 was terrible.
there were quite few articles about how it is affecting their bottom line - you surely do not think that few k sales per month worldwide is enough to be profitable?
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Old 12-06-19, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
What happened to the Toyota sales charts on the first post?
Still showing up for me...
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Old 12-06-19, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by JDR76
Still showing up for me...
ok thx, must have been ad blocker on ipad maybe...
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Old 12-07-19, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JDR76
The RAV4 was Toyota's best selling hybrid in November, easily outpacing the Prius. The Highlander is hanging on pretty strong for being in it's last month or two of the current gen. But other than the ES, Lexus just struggles to move sedans in any meaningful numbers.
That's because their cars are dated compared to the competition, no ACP/AA yet in the 3IS, things like these are high on consumers list when shopping for a new car in 2019. Lexus will wait for 4IS debut to tout how great it is to implement ACP then. If they don't wake up, they could be dethroned by Genesis in a decade or so provided Genesis can get their marketing and dealership support right. Lexus core consumers are value conscious and those are the same people Genesis markets to. If I were buying a new entry level luxury Asian car, Genesis would be my pick, no point in looking at Lexus's boring offerings.
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Old 12-07-19, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by EXE46
Lexus core consumers are value conscious and those are the same people Genesis markets to. If I were buying a new entry level luxury Asian car, Genesis would be my pick, no point in looking at Lexus's boring offerings.
Not just value, but many want 100% bullet proof reliability and want their cars to run like an appliance.
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Old 12-08-19, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ABC
Not just value, but many want 100% bullet proof reliability and want their cars to run like an appliance.
yup! agreed... i don't want to worry about something that's built to get me from point a to b.
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Old 12-09-19, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
there were quite few articles about how it is affecting their bottom line - you surely do not think that few k sales per month worldwide is enough to be profitable?
But how much of their lost is due to the Genesis brand and how much is due to other costs like warranty? You gotta back up what you say with sources.
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Old 12-09-19, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
Yeah, 5.4% up is bad... it should be 30000%. Got it.

UX is not built for US market, it is selling what they have.
How are you so sure they are selling what they have? First of all I'm comparing it model by model and second once you strip out the UX and compare it apples to apples to last year, Lexus SUVs are down. And no it doesnt need to be up 30000%. Lexus as a whole is not very healthy and they need the strength in SUV sales to prop their overall sales up since their sedans are sucking wind except for the ES.
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Old 12-09-19, 07:13 PM
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^
spwolf is Toyota/Lexus spokesperson.
Facts and logical reasoning don’t seem to apply.
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Originally Posted by RNM GS3
^
spwolf is Toyota/Lexus spokesperson.
Facts and logical reasoning don’t seem to apply.
that's not entirely fair... while spwolf may be a strong fan of toyota and lexus, he usually backs up everything with data or links.

but i was surprised he drives an A7
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Old 12-27-19, 09:44 PM
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UX sales so far in U.S.:

2018 - 453
2019 - 14,792 YTD - January thru November, my projection 15,000 (I believe Lexus projected sales of UX is 17,000)
Total = 15,245

X1 sales since inception in U.S.:

1X1

2012 - 8,947
2013 - 26,512
2014 - 22,808
2015 - 14,420
2X1
2016 - 27,812
2017 - 30,826
2018 - 29,060
2019 - 16,027 YTD - January thru November
Total = 176,412

X2 sales since inception in U.S.:

2018 - 16,154
2019 - 10,200 YTD - January thru November
Total = 27,183

GLA sales since inception in U.S.:

2014 - 6,884
2015 - 25,593
2016 - 24,545
2017 - 24,104
2018 - 24,136
2019 - 20,041 YTD - January thru November
Total = 125,302

Q3 sales since inception in U.S.:

2014 - 3,654
2015 - 13,229
2016 - 20,048
2017 - 20,633
2018 - 16,828
2019 - 10,527 YTD - January thru November
Total = 84,919

QX30 sales since inception in U.S.:

2016 - 2,259
2017 - 14,093
2018 - 8,101
2019 - 3,179 YTD - January thru November
Total = 27,632
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