It just feels like Toyota is trying to elevate Toyota and Lexus hasn’t gotten the same investment to elevate higher. So yeah things get muddied. My son said the Crown Limited I had from the press fleet has been his favorite press car. I think i got more compliments on it short of my LC which was weird to me. My sister bought one last year. Crown and Century are legendary names. But we never got the cool plug in hybrid sedan.
I mean the Crown has a full digital screen the RX and Nx don’t have. little things like that.
The good news is so far Lexus sales haven’t been hurt so it must be Avalon customers and other premium brand customers giving it a shot. In addition with the politically charged times we could see a shift to people skipping high end badges for toned down ones, especially if our economy takes a hit. The Crown then will be perfect for the times.