Remember when the $100K+ price tagof the Lexus LS 600h announced, flagship of Lexus line-up. There was aplenty of head-scratching. The car has been treated rather unkindly by the motoring press and boasting a less-than-stellar MPG improvement.
At that time Lexus said it only planned to sell 2,000 of the hybrid cruisers per year, and that they already had orders for 1,650 of them. Then the car came out and it has sold 6,093 worldwide through October. The car only went on sale in July. -Continued after the jump...
It is maybe too early to say but it seems like Lexus has done the same thing with the LS that Toyota did with the Prius.
While Mercedes and Audi are busy working on luxury green cars, Lexus has a car on lots that lets luxury buyers look green. Whichever one the buyers are going for, it appears to be working.
