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Volgens motorauthority.com heeft Lexus bevestigd dat het speciaal voor de Europese markt een compact model gaat introduceren. Dit model moet de competitie aangaan met de A3, de B-klasse en de 1-serie. Verder zou het Lexus goed uitkomen betreffende de Europese emissie eisen.

The carmaker’s executive vice president Tokuichi Uranishi has previously hinted that a model positioned below the current IS could be launched to help reach an internal goal of 150,000 sales in Europe by 2015. Now, the managing director for its European division, Tadashi Arashima, has confirmed in an interview with Germany’s WirtschaftsWoche newspaper that Lexus will eventually launch a new compact car.

“We will offer a Lexus in the compact class,” he told reporters, explaining that the company needs “smaller and more efficient vehicles” to meet Europe’s CO2 emissions regulations. He described the car as being a rival to the likes of BMW’s 1-series and Audi’s A3, although he didn’t reveal any exact release date.