7 barebones 350's
#31
Originally Posted by Phillip31
I emailed Mission Viejo, Tustin, Longo, and Glendale and they all said the least equipped IS 250 RWD Auto is with the premium pkg only. All the Base IS 250's u guys have been mentioning have been 6MT. Do they make base IS 250 AUTO???
Base to the salesperson's mind is the IS250 Premium package AT w/$33k sticker.
Last edited by flipside909; 11-22-05 at 09:50 PM.
#32
I'm looking at this "worksheet quote" printed directly from the computer on the salesman's desk. It is for a Black Onyx 250 automatic with the only option being the wheel locks (for $66). $31,876 total sale price!!!! This car is coming mid-December.
#33
Originally Posted by flipside909
There are 3 things that are happening when you e-mail. 1) The dealership is pushing out what they're sitting on the most of 2) The salespeople you're emailing are clueless of their inventory (most of them are in the first place of their own products) 3) the vehicles have already been sold. 1st and 2nd choices are highly likely.
Base to the salesperson's mind is the IS250 Premium package AT w/$33k sticker.
Base to the salesperson's mind is the IS250 Premium package AT w/$33k sticker.
#34
Originally Posted by paeko73
I'm looking at this "worksheet quote" printed directly from the computer on the salesman's desk. It is for a Black Onyx 250 automatic with the only option being the wheel locks (for $66). $31,876 total sale price!!!! This car is coming mid-December.
Really?!?!?!.....wat dealership?
#35
Originally Posted by Phillip31
Really?!?!?!.....wat dealership?
#36
Originally Posted by flipside909
He's from Hawaii. Servco Lexus has totally different pricing seperate from Lexus USA. Servco is a distributor for Toyota and Lexus for Hawaii only.
#37
Originally Posted by paeko73
I think Servco Lexus does price the IS's the same with Lexus USA.
#38
Originally Posted by XanaduSC
It really amazes me that Lexus is putting out such stripped cars. They either must think the public doesn't want a fully loaded car or Lexus wants to make some money off these bareboned cars and when they make some type of profit they will start manufacturing the fully loaded ones.
I sure would like to know the reason for this.
I sure would like to know the reason for this.
To say that Lexus is building decontented cars intially to maximize profit ignores the the fact that options are where a whole lot of the profit is. The dealer's cut of options is relatively small, for example what do you think Toyota/Lexus' cost is on the Navigation system and the invoice (from Edmund's is $2,168) and MSRP for it $2,550? My guess is it costs them less than $1,000. Also look at the Luxury package, a lot of that stuff is relatively cheap things people really do want (xenons, dimming mirrors) mixed mixed in with expensive high tech frippery ( blower seats, swiveling headlights) that most people could live without.
What the plethora of stripped cars indicates, IMO, isn't that Toyota/Lexus doesn't think the public wants a fully loaded car (or they wouldn't have put the options on the menu), but rather that the dealers didn't think they could sell loaded $45,000+ IS350s and specified models with friendlier MSRPs when they were ordering them.
Last edited by CRB; 11-23-05 at 12:05 PM.
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