Yannis, I fail to see how I "fell" for Lexus "propaganda". What propaganda lies with the success of Lexus? Nothing, really. They simply make good cars that can mix it with the best of them. It's nothing confusing or idiotic about it. The fact that they became front-runners with such established nameplates such as BMW and MB in only the past few years is testament to how good Lexus' are. No propaganda. Just good, simple cars.
As for their limited successes in Europe, just because a brand doesn't sell very well doesn't mean that their cars are not good. That's stupid. You have to remember, that the majority group doesn't care about how 'good' a car is, but focus more on the trends and brand reputation/history. Also, other factors such as advertising and brand awareness also contribute to the success of a car manufacturer. Now, I don't live in Europe, so I can't really elaborate on Lexus' limited succeses, but looking from the outside in, I could only assume that the lack of advertising in print and media and Lexus is failing to properly get their cars 'out there'. Also, the history of the brand (which can't be helped) must also provide a crippling effect to the sales.
However, it is obvious that Lexus is trying to find it's feet in Europe after such huge successes in America (which still stand as the largest car market in the world) and arguably, Lexus will invest a large amount in getting the Lexus nameplate into Europe. Whether this will meet success in the next few years is debatable, but I hope they succeed, as they deserve it.
Another factor which contributes to the dismal sales is the European 'resistance' to Japanese cars. As far as I know, brands that are popular in Australia and USA, such as Mazda, Nissan and Toyota are continually shunned by the European public. You are a classic example of this attitude. According to you, anything that's not German should be regarded as an inferior vehicle. Perhaps that might be due to European car prices being lower than equivalent costs in America and Australia (where Japanese cars being great value for money), so 'premium' brand cars from Europe are of similar prices to that of their Japanese counterparts. This is just a mindset of the European majority, and ultimately, it will take years and years, if ever, to break that mentality. Lexus simply cannot do anything about this mindset, and will endure tough times in the coming years. Just plain bad luck, really.
So there you have it Yannis. There's no relationship between good cars and sales, and Lexus' less-than-impressive sales are more contributed to the mindset of the European public, and just pure bad luck. Nothing else, to be honest.
Remember that you're at GCF not Autospies or something. We don't give such narrow-minded and blind comments like that here.
