Lexus Reports its Best-Ever April Year-To-Date Sales Up 38.6 Percent

Torrance, CA - Lexus reported April sales of 15,362 cars and sport utility vehicles (SUV), representing a 23.7 percent increase over the same month last year. Year-to-date sales of 55,678 are up 38.6 percent.

The top-selling model continues to be the hybrid SUV, RX 300, with month-end sales of 5,556, an increase of 77.6 percent from last April. The LX 470 premium luxury SUV also had an outstanding month with 1,380 units sold, up 37.9 percent from a year ago.

Overall car sales were up 1.9 percent in April with the ES 300 near luxury sedan leading the way. The Coach Edition and Lexus Value Package models helped the ES 300 post sales of 4,024, a 19.1 percent increase from the same period last year. The GS 300 high performance sports sedan had 2,005 units sold, up 4.9 percent from April 1998. The V8-powered GS 400 sedan had sales of 731, while the LS 400 premium luxury sedan ended the month with 1,446 units sold. The SC 300 and SC 400 sport coupes posted sales of 220.