Again for those Down under - a good sign that Lexus AU is ramping up advertising

Mikey said:

Hi all,

Was waiting for a flight, and noted in the October Qantas Magazine, that Lexus Australia have an ad for the GX550.

Hopefully, this is a good sign that they are confident of being able to get build allocation for the Australian market, especially given how strong their order book with paid deposits of $5k already is.

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spiderjoe said:

Curious how popular is Lexus as a brand Down Under? Are they as popular or more popular as the German manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes Audi?

Over here in the USA, Lexus almost outsells all of the German manufacturers in most categories.

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Jrox said:

It’s interesting, for off roading Toyota tops everything (215k sales in 2023) with 79 series and other land cruisers top purchases for 4x4 but in terms of luxury and reliability. Lexus only sold 8,800 cars in Australia, Mercedes sold 34,000 cars just themselves. 23k for BMW and 22k for Audi.
The low sales from Lexus here means we have limited choice and parts, we don’t even have the same OEM parts in the US like rear boot liners here there is a carpet and no rubber option. (We are relying on good US blokes to help us out with ordering goodies from the US and relaying the orders for us due to lack of international delivery options from Lexus)
The allocation percentage of GX’s has also been low so we are waiting a long time for delivery.

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