Lexus recently announced its latest sales volume, selling 226,116 units in China for the whole year of 2021, an increase of 1.1% year-on-year. In contrast, the brand sold 304,475 vehicles in the United States in the same period, also increasing by 1.1%, which also means that the sales gap between Lexus and China and the United States has further widened. In the future, Lexus will increase investment in electrified models in China, and in addition to the electric models on sale, the brand will also release a mass production version of the coupe SUV LF-Z at the Beijing Auto Show in April.
At present, Lexus owns 9 models on sale, including NX 400h+, UX 300e, ES and LM, and all of them are sold in pure import form. Although Lexus' sales in China were surpassed by red flags last year, falling from 5th to 6th in the list of luxury brands, it has significantly improved in the satisfaction list of Chinese car dealers released by J.D.Power, ranking 1st among luxury brands.
(Pictured above is the LF-Z concept car)
In terms of new vehicles, the pure electric coupe SUV based on the new electric platform will be launched in the world at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2022, and the new car rate is probably the LF-Z mass production version. The exterior of the front face brand LOGO can support the light lighting function, and the power is equipped with a new generation of DIRECT4 four-wheel drive control technology, the system can be freely switched between the front drive, rear drive and full drive. The new car has a cruising range of 600 kilometers under WLTP conditions, which is not inferior to the Audi e-tron coupe version.