Lexus Knows it Needs to Improve its Sedans or Prepare Them for a Merciful Death
“Unless we can really offer a sedan experience you cannot have with an
SUV or crossover, I think the sedan may not be able to survive if it
does not evolve,” Fukuichi told Automotive News at the Shanghai auto show in April. “At a certain point of time, the traditional, square, three-box sedan will go away.”
“Personally, I would like to have a Lexus wagon if we had enough
resources,” he said. “Maybe not as tall as an SUV but not as short as a
wagon. There could be some optimized packaging … If we’re going to do
it, it can’t be just an ordinary station wagon.”
They already have those; they are called crossovers.
With sedans accounting for only 29 percent of Lexus’ sales within the
United States, it’s difficult to envision a scenario where it didn’t
murder off at least a few models for CUV replacements. The brand’s car
sales dropped a full 35 percent during the start of 2017. Meanwhile,
Lexus spent most of January scrambling to produce more SUVs after last
December turned out to be their best sales month in history.
(TheTruthAboutCars.com)
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