Lexus Delays Plan to Build Vehicles in China

[krew]

krew

Lexus has postponed plans to start building vehicles in China due to a slowdown in the country’s automotive market and lower manufacturing costs in Japan.

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[Axel]

The question is, is Japan able to keep up with with demand? I predict demand for new RX face lifted IS and GS will grow. If the next LS is something spectacular it could go from zero to hero sales wise

 

[GuoxJason]

I love all the incentives to push the next LS to new heights! That is why I have been quite happy that competitors, including Hyundai, have upped the ante. Competition benefits us consumers.

As history has shown, quality is not necessarily about the location of manufacturing but rather the engineering, manufacturing techniques, and manufacturing management. A lot of the new LS and ES, both of which have yet to be manufactured outside of Japan, have weirdly poor build quality in certain areas not seen in earlier generations while some other areas have improved.