The November sales for Lexus USA have been reported today, and at least the numbers are better than last month’s drop:
| 2008 | 2007 | % Change | |
| IS250/350/F | 2,749 | 3,849 | -28.6 |
| ES350 | 4,116 | 5,902 | -30.3 |
| GS350/460/450h | 721 | 2,205 | -67.3 |
| SC430 | 83 | 268 | -69.0 |
| LS460/600h L | 1,272 | 2,668 | -52.3 |
| Total Cars | 8,941 | 14,892 | -40.0 |
| RX350/400h | 5,850 | 8,038 | -27.2 |
| GX470 | 1,008 | 1,847 | -45.4 |
| LX570 | 424 | 71 | 497.2 |
| Total Trucks | 7,282 | 9,956 | -26.9 |
| Total Sales | 16,223 | 24,848 | -34.7 |
As is my tendency, I’m searching for the bright side of things, and the LX 570 shines like a strange, improbable beacon. Two points off of 500% growth while everything else is at last 30% off? That’s practically amazing. Still, I can’t help but notice the ugly 67.3% drop in GS sales under last year, which is particularly worrying considering that the redesign is probably two years away.
(I did just think of a positive, at least the numbers next year won’t look so bad.)
[Source: Lexus]