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today on this beautiful Sunday morning and welcome back to car news is our news
today's episode we are going to dive into the latest recall by Lexus and
we're gonna talk about a new supercar and LC version with twin turbos and
we'll give you the details on that we're also going to talk about Lexus is
ranking in the top sales in North America and we're going to give you an
example of a really really scary and dangerous driving incident that recently
happened with a Lexus driver stick around you're going to love it let's get
into it now Lexus and Lexus recalls now specifically I have to ask the question
could this be the very end for Lexus reliability as we know it today we know
and for in fact that they have been notoriously reliable they've had a
reputation for high levels of quality control and reliability and Lexus Toyota
brand have been second to really none in terms of consumers reports and JD Powers
ratings for reliability however we do have something very hot off the press so
word has it approximately 44,000 vehicles of 2019 and 2020 model years by
Toyota and Lexus have a serious concern and a flaw in the engine that can lead
to stalling leaks or just a right fire where the car can burn to the ground and
this essentially affects Lexus ES 300h vehicles and a bunch of Toyotas from the
Camry the Camry Hybrid the Avalon hybrid the rav4 and the rav4 hybrid so if you
have any 2019 or 20 model years you may have to check with your local dealer so
what it really is is a flaw within the block where it can leak antifreeze or
oil we pit out of the side of the block which then of course can contribute to
either leaking stalling failure or catastrophic failure as such as a fire
so first size if you're an owner and you notice chimes on the dashboard you hear
grinding strange noises smoke or fire of course
stop the vehicle immediately that could be your problem
so apparently Toyota claims that there's only about 250 vehicles in that range
that will need outright engine replacements the rest of the 44,000 and
change will likely need some sort of an inspection or a patch to make the
repairs so what contributed to this well there was a water
flowmeter as part of the process when they're pouring and developing the cast
for the engines that water flow meter failed resulting in poor cooling of the
engine after it was poured the cooling didn't develop properly and as a result
cracks developed so as it stands many of these vehicles are in the hands of
customers right now and need to hit the dealers and the rest of them that are
currently still sitting on the car lot need to be addressed and cannot be sold
by the dealer so if you haven't yet purchased one the dealer cannot sell you
that car until it's been verified and fixed as needed so the recall is
actually officially hitting the ground running on April 6 2020 and for more
details if you want to find out more about it yourself don't forget the NHTSA
website that will tell you everything you need to know on your car so the next
great story has to do with a high-performance variation of a current
existing Lexus model now Lexus has always been known for dependability
reliability and of course comfortable cars that are nice to drive however
they've always sort of stayed away from the edgy vehicles because their
customers haven't typically looked for that however many consumers are looking
for another alternative and Lexus is stepping up to the plate to offer a
high-performance version of the current LC 500 now Lexus typically hasn't had
high performance aggressive cars other than the LFA and the ISF which was sort
of borderline they generally stick to the mainstream cars that are easy to
live with but the new LC 500 is currently being tested on racetracks
current v8 is five liters in displacement and we would expect the new
car to have a 4.0 liter expected to have over 600 horsepower to C zero to 60
times in well under three and a half seconds what's really exciting as Lexus
is taking the racing version of this car to the Nurburgring
for the 24 hour race down in May of 2020 so stick around you're gonna wanna find
out see how successful this car can really be on the track so the next great
story is some great news by Lexus and they are seeing some serious worldwide
successes as they are hitting the number one ranked for top sales worldwide but
in the American market I can honestly tell you currently BMW leaves the race
then followed by Mercedes and thirdly the Lexus brand so the way it stands BMW
owns the crown in the United States at three hundred and twenty-four thousand
sales in 2019 it's up by about four and a half percent from the previous year in
2018 largely because of the ex X 5 and X 7 updates and the 3 series has
come out with some strong sales as well so as a result BMW has seen some major
successes in United States now Mercedes who came in second in 2019 sales
remained relatively flat from 2018 and they held at about 300 16,000 units sold
in the United States for 2019 and now again as well another common theme that
we found with BMWs many of the cars started to lose ground and sales slumped
it's the SUVs and crossovers that brought sales up and that's ultimately
what equalized everything from Mercedes and BMW now Alexis came in at a highly
successful 298 thousand units sold in the United States for 2019 again they
saw similar things that were happening with Mercedes and BMW and many of their
cars slumped they actually lost sales for example the is and the GS models
both dropped about 35 and 48 percent respectively the es on the other hand
climbed up marginally by about 6% from the year before and it's ultimately the
SUVs and crossovers as well as some of the hybrids that really found success
for Lexus specifically the UX which came out late in 2018 it jumped up in 2019 by
3,600 percent over the end of 2018 when it came out and as a result that is
where they found significant successes and just missing the podium and fourth
place is Audi at about two hundred and twenty four thousand sales in the United
States for 2019 and the next great story goes about reliability and the rankings
by JD Powers as well as consumers reports of the Lexus brand we all know
that Lexus and Toyota have owned that crown for many many years
guess what 2019 is a new leaf they in fact are no longer the kings and they've
been bumped by another brand would you ever believe we'd be talking about a
Korean car beating out the top Japanese cars for dependability reliability well
this in fact has happened by the new emerging luxury brand called Genesis now
interestingly enough the Genesis is top spot which essentially is their flagship
luxury car which is direct competitor to Lexus strangely the Kia and Hyundai
which is their more base model versions surprisingly down at 13th and 14th spot
on the list of average reliability so how this is all ranked is every
vehicles how many vehicles or problems are seen that need dealer attention so
let's talk about and review some of the key ones course Genesis being at eighty
nine problems per hundred vehicles the bottom spots of course being Chrysler
and Land Rover at a rating of two hundred and fourteen and two hundred and
twenty problems per hundred vehicles respectively absolutely horrendous
ownership experiences with those vehicles now as a single vehicle rating
not necessarily as brand related the Toyota Camry has a stellar rating of
fifty-three problems per hundred vehicles let's look down the list real
quickly and show you how these vehicles all rank up by brand so first thing we
have Genesis at eighty nine Lexus at one hundred problems per hundred Buick and a
103 Porsche at 104 Toyota 113 Volkswagen 116 and BMW at 123 OD at 136
mercedes-benz at a sickly 150 to infinity at 155 and Jaguar 186 followed
by Chrysler and Land Rover at 214 and 220 respectively so lastly we're gonna
share with you a story that was filmed by a Tesla that has all these cameras
mounted to the bodywork was able to capture a bad and a really scary moment
on the highways where a Lexus aggressively brake-checked a Subaru
which resulted in the Subaru hitting the ditch let's take a look at this right
that be a lesson everybody Deanna that they don't engage road rage it's a bad
situation nothing good can ever come of it and as a result if you see somebody
on your tail maybe just give them the right away let them go over there
obviously in a rush there could be any number of reasons why they're driving
aggressively just get out of the way and everybody will have a much
better day as a result thanks again everybody if you enjoyed the video
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