When Toyota launched Lexus in 1989, its goal was to produce better luxury cars than anyone else in the world. Ambitious, but Toyota was up to the task, and the brand’s first product, the LS, was so good, it immediately rewrote the luxury playbook. A Japanese company was finally offering a luxury vehicle abroad that was better than the established European and American marques, and it quickly set about capitalizing on that success.
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