Baby SUV ‘makes sense’ in Lexus downsize plans

LEXUS COULD LAUNCH an SUV that’s smaller than the new NX as it looks to downsize its range, the firm’s European vice-president, Alain Uyttenhoven, has revealed. Uyttenhoven said that the launch of a small SUV was “not impossible” for Lexus and such a model “made sense” for the brand, but he stopped short of confirming it for production. Lexus is looking to downsize and diversify its line-up to reduce its reliance on North America, which accounts for about half of its 500,000-plus annual sales. Uyttenhoven said that tastes in Europe, China and Japan were likely to converge and lead to the development of smaller models. He noted that premium cars are getting ever smaller and about 60 per cent of premium models in Europe were sold for less than €40,000.…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, 23/07/2014

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