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Originally Posted by 330CIZHP
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Well said. In that case, it could be said, a Lamborghini Gallardo or Audi R8 are just Volkswagens.
Some people do not have a habbit of reading. Crash and burn is ludicrous. Lexus right now is laughing in the face of people saying this Jewel should sell for the price of GT-R or will fail etc. Like I posted the sales statistics above. 90% of the two year total allocation in Japan is sold. 90 out of 150 in the US are already sold. Only 60 are left which will go on sale next year. 10 will be sold in Canada. At this rate, Lexus will be sold all 500 before the first one rolls out of the factory at the end of the year.
Regarding the price, Lexus is still not selling any of these at a profit and it is very understandable due to these reasons I quoted above in previous post. If one thinks a car with 9 years in research and development as well as state of the art technology and engineering should sell for $80K, that is simply ludicrous and only 500 to be made. They did not cut corners on a single thing. Not one! With only 500 to be made, this is a technological marvel that deserves to sell for what Lexus can best get to recover some of their R&D costs:
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Technology marvel? Yawn. Give it up. Its a freakin boutique car. It's price and low production numbers make it a joke. Do you honestly think Toyota started this project to lose money? Really.