A Google Translated version of a Japanese-language Lexus Global Newsroom release subtly states that those 8800 UX models sold between 27 November and 25 December 2018 are almost 10 times the projected 900 units per month sales target.Lexus UX has performed extremely well. Sales of the first month were 8800 vehicles. Combined with 5500 preorders sales are 14300.
Half of UX's were F-sport grade and 80% hybrids.
I will be posting Lexus Japans sales figures on this thread. I'll post also some interesting news about Lexus from Japan.
Lexus UX has performed extremely well. Sales of the first month were 8800 vehicles. Combined with 5500 preorders sales are 14300.
Half of UX's were F-sport grade and 80% hybrids.
are we sure that i tis total of 14300 or are preorders counted in 8800? Both numbers are OK, but 14300 would be pretty telling number and great for Lexus.
Lexus sales in Japan are very front loaded, as rest of the vehicles sales are. TMC manages that for rest of their brands by having many different versions of similar vehicles and updating them all the time... so there is literally something new every month.
This is very hard to do for Lexus, so you end up with LS selling 2k per month fist month and then dropping to 300 after 12 months. NX is one of the few models that can keep selling at high steady number for longer time.
All that being said, 900 is very big number on its own, it would represent 20% of Lexus sales prior to it, so it is not a low ball number. Their target sales number is something all of the cars reach after lets say 12-16 months on the market.
UX target sale is 900 and ES 350 these are new models to Japanese market. So if Lexus manages sell as targeted sales will increase 15000.
I meant that sales will increase 15000 compared to target sales figures not the actual sales figures.yeah but others are dropping... LS for instance. So it does not work that way.
As you noted, Lexus sales are down 27% for November and up 26% for the year... this is because LS started at really high numbers and now dropped heavily and that is how Japanese market works.
It is of my opinion every time a car debuts in Japan their targets are way to low and then they announce sales are up 5000 billion. Not sure how forecasting can be so off every time. Then things settle down.
Any change to see what the Germans are doing YTD?
It is of my opinion every time a car debuts in Japan their targets are way to low and then they announce sales are up 5000 billion. Not sure how forecasting can be so off every time. Then things settle down.
Manufactured hype? Artificial scarcity?
I was told Japan lowers their estimates to force other regions to increase their allotments -- every vehicle has a global sales target, and TMC wants to oversell. But I don't know how much truth there is to that theory.
Waiting tume for high demand models in Japan. Data was updated 28.12.2018
ES300H 7 months
RC300H 6 months
CT200H 4 months
UX250H 3.5 months
lexus.jpHey flexus, where did you get this data?
Waiting tume for high demand models in Japan. Data was updated 28.12.2018
ES300H 7 months
RC300H 6 months
CT200H 4 months
UX250H 3.5 months
as we can see, those are all models with recent major or minor facelifts... only CT200h is interesting, i guess it is due to the special model?
Otherwise for instance last year LS had very long waiting time and first few months it sold >2k, while now it is likely in "target" numbers.