Lexus from the shed of Toyota was first released in the year 1989 in the United States of America, but it couldn’t make its mark in the luxury car segment till the year 2005. However, for the time being, Toyota found its way to sell a number of premium releases in the Japanese local car market.
The Lexus LS was brought to sale under the name Toyota Celsion, the ES range was sold under the name Vista and Camry Prominent and SC segment of car was sold by the name Soarer. (The list of this car can go on)
At present, Lexus is being in almost all market across the world along with Japan but Toyota has still swirls off its self-designed model of Lexus to sell it locally too, such as the newly released Sai, for instance. The car is sharing its base, hybrid impulsion and much more with new model Lexus HS (the coupe that you seriously remember as the internationally launched first luxury hybrid coupe till the time it was stopped being produced from the market in the early months of previous year). The coupe was launched to Japan in the similar time when HS was released around the world. Now after four years of its release, Toyota has provided the coupe with a fresh appearance.
Featuring a well-developed and more ferocious front and completely new designed rear end of the coupe, the fresh Sai comes decked with LED headlamps, infotainment system with 10 speakers optional. Toyota also speaks that the new Sai has been designed keeping the environment safety in mind. The new coupe boasts of being designed with a 20% Ecological Plastic and second-hand mastic.
Discussing the power of the coupe, Sai is powered with 150 horsepower 2.4l, four cylinder electric motor with 14hp. It combines and churns out power of 190hp. The company forestalls a sale of 2000 coupes of this range in Japan for every month. The sale of Sai will show a great pick up with the change in the global economic pattern. As of now, there is no sign about the release of this venture in India; however, Toyota may plan to release the coupe in India too.
The Japanese market will show a great response to the coupe as the variant has been uplifted, modified and well defined to suit the needs and requirements of the people. Sai is surely the modified version of Lexus HS. It is a fresh new start from the Japanese car maker for the HS model. The company hopes that the model will attract many buyers with its modified look and overall add to the company’s sale.
In such time of economic crisis, the brand has thought of a facelift release of Sai. However, we shall find out the real impact of the release in the coming time. Will the global crisis affect the sale of Sai? The response from the car buyers will answer the question.
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