December 2008 Lexus sales down 32.4%

[j***@hotmail.com]

Lexus Division

Lexus reported December sales of 23,362 units, down 32.4 percent from
the year-ago month. Lexus passenger cars reported December sales of
11,542 units, with year-end sales of 151,567 units in 2008. Lexus
passenger car sales were led by the ES entry luxury sedan with
December sales of 5,236 units and year-end sales of 64,135. The IS
entry luxury sport sedan recorded combined December sales of 3,539
units and combined year-end sales of 49,432 units. The LS flagship
sedan reported combined December sales of 1,451 units and year-end
sales of 20,255 units. The GS luxury sport sedan posted combined
December sales of 1,200 units, with year-end sales totaling 15,759
units.

Lexus Division light trucks reported December sales of 11,820 units
and year-end sales of 108,520 units. The RX luxury utility posted
combined December sales of 9,932 units and year-end sales of 84,181
units. The RX 400h luxury hybrid SUV reported sales of 15,200 units
for the year. The LX posted yearly sales of 7,915 units, up 219.7
percent over 2007.

[DaveW]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:55:17 -0800 (PST), ***@hotmail.com wrote:

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Once again, Chicken Little comes running with the bad news, implying
that this is a Lexus problem.


From http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090105/auto_sales.html

"Every major manufacturer reported drops of more than 30 percent in
December. Leading the largest year-over-year drop since the Arab oil
embargo days of 1973-74 was struggling Chrysler LLC, which sold 53
percent fewer vehicles than last December and 30 percent fewer in 2008
than in 2007."


Didn't you think it was relevant that this was an indusrty-wide
phenomenon, john? Did you think any readers of this newsgroup might
not have access to a newspaper or a television in the last six months
or so, and wouldn't be aware of the economic climate?

What exactly is your motivation? Why does it delight you to see bad
news about Lexus, or think it's your responsibility to continually
berate Lexus, and educate Lexus owners in this group about the poor
choice they've made?

And finally, though I know you won't answer - what do you drive, john?

[greg]

Post by j***@hotmail.com
Lexus Division
Lexus reported December sales of 23,362 units, down 32.4 percent from
the year-ago month. Lexus passenger cars reported December sales of
11,542 units, with year-end sales of 151,567 units in 2008. Lexus
passenger car sales were led by the ES entry luxury sedan with
December sales of 5,236 units and year-end sales of 64,135. The IS
entry luxury sport sedan recorded combined December sales of 3,539
units and combined year-end sales of 49,432 units. The LS flagship
sedan reported combined December sales of 1,451 units and year-end
sales of 20,255 units. The GS luxury sport sedan posted combined
December sales of 1,200 units, with year-end sales totaling 15,759
units.
Lexus Division light trucks reported December sales of 11,820 units
and year-end sales of 108,520 units. The RX luxury utility posted
combined December sales of 9,932 units and year-end sales of 84,181
units. The RX 400h luxury hybrid SUV reported sales of 15,200 units
for the year. The LX posted yearly sales of 7,915 units, up 219.7
percent over 2007.

In other "what does this have to do with Lexus as a brand?" news,
here's BMWs results:

BMW Brand Sales
Sales of BMW brand vehicles decreased 36.1 percent in November for a
total of 15,217 compared to 23,808 reported in the same month a year
ago. Year-to-date BMW brand sales were down 12.3 percent, to 231,053
vehicles compared to 263,596 vehicles sold in the same period in 2007.