When the first Lexus model washed up on American shores in 1989, one of the big knocks was that it was just a gussied up version of a Toyota slapped with a higher manufacturer’s suggested retail price. Much in the same way that Infiniti is related to Nissan, and Acura to Honda, Lexus sits under the larger corporate entity that is Toyota Motor Corporation, which consistently sits atop the list of world’s largest automakers. So yes, Toyota started and still owns the luxury vehicle division,
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