Lexus car at a glance

Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, where Lexus has the highest rank as a sales maker of luxury cars, since 2006 Lexus vehicles are sold in 68 countries and territories worldwide.
In 2005, the division launched in Japan, became the first Japanese luxury car marque to be introduced in the domestic market. The Lexus marque since its debut in additional export markets as part of the division of continuing global expansion.
Lexus originated from a clandestine flagship sedan project which began in 1983. This effort evolved into the original Lexus LS, which is the first vehicle using the launch of the Lexus marque in 1989. In the following years, Lexus added sedan, coupé, convertible, and SUV models.
In 2005, a hybrid version of the RX crossover debut, and added a hybrid model that was introduced to the Lexus lineup. In 2007, Lexus launched the F marque performance division with the arrival of the IS F sport sedan.
Since the start of production, vehicles, Lexus has consistently produced in Japan, with factories based in the Chubu and Kyushu regions, and particularly at the Toyota Tahara, Aichi, Chubu, and Miyata, Fukuoka, Kyushu plant.
Assembly of the first Lexus built outside the country, Ontario, Canada-produced RX 330, began in 2003. After the reorganization of the company 2001-2005, Lexus operates his own design, engineering, and manufacturing centers, is responsible for the division of vehicles.
Since 1989, Lexus has received top rankings for vehicle reliability and customer service in independent surveys. Consumer ratings firm JD Power and Associates has named Lexus brand is most reliable in America fourteen times, most recently in 2008, based on reliable surveys of more than 53,000 vehicle owners and vehicle problems experienced in the first three years of ownership .
By 2008, Consumer Reports also named Lexus among the top five brands are most reliable in the Annual Car Reliability Survey of more than one million vehicles across the U.S.

Lexus car design

Lexus introduced a new design language, known as "L-finesse" with the LF series of concept and then by the year 2006 the Lexus GS. L-finesse is represented by three Japanese kanji characters are translated as "interesting Elegance, sharp Simplicity, and Seamless Anticipation".
Design characteristics, including the Fastback profile, lattice lower sets, and the use of both the convex surface and concave, comes from the Japanese cultural motifs (eg sentence in the form kirikaeshi arrowheads).
While the Lexus models previously criticized for reserved and derivative styling, and are often mistaken to downplay the domestic car market, automotive analysis of L-finesse design is described as adding a distinctive nature and embrace of Japanese design identity.
Opinions vary for L-finesse's debut in the year 2006 GS; Sports Car International praised the analysis in the vehicle appearance; Automobile Magazine dare criticize the progress of the styling, and the next than rival models for design similarity. L-finesse exhibition presented at the Milan's Salone del Mobile from 2005 until 2009.