USA
Lexus USA has reported 26,921 total sales for May 2014, a 16.6% improvement over last year — here’s the model-by-model breakdown:
| MONTH | Year to Date (*DSR) | |||||
| 2014 | 2013 | % CHG* | 2014 | 2013 | % CHG* | |
| CT | 1,762 | 1,623 | 4.5 | 6,816 | 6,039 | 12.0 |
| IS | 4,403 | 1,897 | 123.5 | 19,641 | 8,867 | 119.8 |
| ES | 6,523 | 5,890 | 6.6 | 27,662 | 27,813 | -1.3 |
| GS | 1,753 | 2,015 | -16.2 | 8,611 | 7,340 | 16.4 |
| LS | 693 | 996 | -33.0 | 3,372 | 4,556 | -26.6 |
| LFA | 1 | 1 | -3.7 | 10 | 16 | -38.0 |
| Total Cars | 15,135 | 12,422 | 17.3 | 66,112 | 54,633 | 20.1 |
| RX | 9,476 | 8,714 | 4.7 | 38,838 | 37,171 | 3.7 |
| GX | 1,958 | 745 | 153.1 | 8,504 | 3,531 | 139.0 |
| LX | 352 | 348 | -2.6 | 1,717 | 1,725 | -1.2 |
| Total Trucks | 11,786 | 9,807 | 15.7 | 49,059 | 42,427 | 14.7 |
| Total Sales | 26,921 | 22,229 | 16.6 | 115,171 | 97,060 | 17.7 |
Please note, all percentages are calculated by the Daily Sales Rate (DSR), which takes into account the number of days in the month that dealerships could sell cars. May 2014 had 27 selling days, May 2013 had 26 selling days.
2014 is proving to be a good year for Lexus in the USA — the IS has doubled sales for the past six months, the GX has doubled sales for the past seven months, and most of the lineup has maintained its sales levels from a year ago.
All told, the brand had its best May since 2008 and its third month in a row of double-digit growth.
(Unfortunately, the GS has slipped into the negative column again after a couple strong months — it joins the LS as the only two models that didn’t outperform last year’s sales.)
Read the monthly sales conference call transcript
Read the full May 2014 Sales press release
Canada
Lexus Canada has sold 1,789 vehicles in May 2014, a 14.2% increase over last year. Key models this month were the IS (up 302.8%), the CT (up 35.8%), and the LX (up 24.2%).
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