There use to be a place on Lexus.com in the Knowledge Center that showed a breakdown every year for every model of how many Lexus produced of each model. I'm not talking about sales but how many were actually built. But I don't see it anymore.

 

I found this on sales of Lexus models for year end totals for each model. 2006-2011
Interesting to see how many IS models sold each year

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...03/032851.html
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...03/074293.html
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...05/346214.html
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...05/460606.html
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...04/513144.html
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...end-sales.html

IS 250/350 Combined Sales (info from above links) (I would say 2006 & 2007 were big)

2006 yr end 54,267 units
2007 yr end 54,933 units
2008 yr end 49,432 units
2009 yr end 38,077 units
2010 yr end 34,129 units
2011 yr end 29,669 units

 

Hey, the first gen SC ran 9 model years... when Lexus gets a car right they stick with it for a while

 

With sales tapering off year over year, you'd think they'd be keen to refresh. Very strange.

 

WOW! sales have dropped nearly half! I bet some ppl have gotten fired after the head honchos saw those numbers. I would have expected more out of the 2011 with the semi refresh

 

I think the main thing to consider here is an "if." If they did introduce a new IS in a timely matter (2012, 2013), they could have had more sales (profits), assuming the car was a success (which it usually is with this company). I said it two years ago when a new IS should have come out... they are waiting too long and losing $$$. Whatever, I'm happy the 2IS is still in production because it helps keep up our resale up.

 

I'm not that thoroughly invested in Lexus' future, so not really...

Regardless, you're being a bit dramatic. We've known it was either going to be 2013 or 2014 that the new IS would be rolled out, so one year isn't really the end of the world.


I'm pretty sure that's completely normal. I think almost every iteration of every model for every make steadily declines in sales as the years go by. It is very expensive to develop an entirely new platform, so no one's going to refresh any sooner than they have to.

 

Based on these numbers do you feel the F-Sport Pkg Lexus introduced to the IS helped w/ sales? I guess sales would have been lower had they not introduced F-Sport?

I know that the ecomony has something to do with these figures going down but I also remember the excitement when the IS was released back in 2006 and how this model really caught the public eye. It stands to reason that Lexus would have produced more in 2006 & 2007 but why couldn't they have kept the sales up. I thought the F-Sport was suppose to help in this respect.

Another opinion of mine is I don't think Lexus pushed the IS350 enough (what a bang for the buck, you get so much more yet they produced more 250's), they also offered very little inventory of the 350 compared to the 250, it's almost like you had to beg Lexus to build a loaded 350. Then in the later years of the model they started taking away the luxury options, I could never understand that to be honest.

 

Lexus got another year to redesign the IS which means Lexus got more time to make the 3rd generation IS awesome and beat the 3 series bmw

 

It's kind of nice hearing that the 2IS will still be current another year, but at the same time I'm anxiously waiting to see the 3IS. My interest is dwindling as time is dragged on and the new designs of competing brands are catching my eye... Lexus better step up and blow everyone away when the 3IS comes out. I'm not fond of the new stylistic choices Lexus has made with other models, and am curious how it will all turn out.

 

Maybe they are waiting to release the new one with the F? It hasn't been out as long as the standard IS. IDK

 

Ya right. Like BMW is just sitting around waiting for Lexus.

 

I doubt it. only a handful of people buy the F-sport. I havent even seen one yet in Chicago since they introduced it

 

I see them pretty frequently around me, I know of at least 3 for sure in my suburban neighborhood alone.

 

+1
ive been waiting for the 3IS since oct 2011, i thought it was gonna come out this year (2013 model)
im getting a little impatient and these other brands are coming out with some nice looking cars