Recent content by mikeavelli

meh

And i’ll say this. Lexus USA went to bat for F and wanted it to be great. Some great people there tried their best, I’m sure they hurt too but this is business. That’s the part i’ve learned greatly. It’s business.

Well more than anything it says how enthused we are for Lexus. We purchase and support the brand like no other. The small hardcore group we make up should be proud we got it going for this long. We support we fought, So again my heart is just hurting. I’ve only been there since day one for the...

And everyone please remember the 180. GX and 4 runner were going away. “no one wants BOF”. Within 4 years the OLD OLD OLD GX 460 is outselling the platform specific GS 350! The GS never stood a chance. The GX was selling in 1998-2001 GS numbers. GS gets killed. GX 550 is a near perfect Lexus...

The man’s name is on the door. People need to remember that. To his credit he is a master driver. He’s raced the Nurbeugung 24. We got a GR Yaris, corllla, supra, 86 and all reviewed very well and are selling. We also need to realize how small we are, I helped host a totally free event with...

The LFA took so long the entire industry changed and a full blown global recession happened when it debuted. When it started life the global economy was moving. F1 used V-10s. Toyota was in F1. Then engine downsizing and epa rules got tighter. I don’t think Akio was in any executive position to...

Well yeah now you can get amg sport on anything they sell. They had a plan to totally separate AMG, the original GTs was supposed to be the first of many bespoke cars but the second gen is SL based. Today not so sure but AMG is still peak thr S63 E is wonderful. The thing with F is to this day...

New IS F’s? Look me and a couple guys still around were fighting for the car when it debuted. I even paid for the driving events for it. Sales peaked in 2008 with over 2k units to what 86 in 2014. About 5k total. Lexus improved it every single year and it didn’t matter. Even I picked a GS 450h...

I didn’t say Americans didn’t like ugly vehicles. lol

EU likes ugly vehicles tho… might do well there

Final Year running the RC F

they would sell 12

But can you blame them? Let’s take off the rose colored goggles (something i’m struggling with lol). F never was really asuccessful in reviews or sales. I’m talking new sales not a clapped out 17 year old IS F. They are in it for new sales. Ironically the LC seems to have sold better than any F...

I’ve been under the weather as well

This is all my personal thoughts. USA knew the importance of F but Japan did not. So USA saw value in it and Lexus Performance. It’s the reason most of us are here. I was fortunate enough to be part of this working through Lexus Racing and helping launch the IS 350/500 and now 2026 350. Even...