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that might be the case in europe, but here in the US, besides the GX, LS, and ES, the rest of the Lexus cars are driven by fairly young people, especially the IS.

Yea, I would be least surprised if here in the US the average age of the MB drivers is much higher than the average age of the Lexus drivers.

The is200 is only driven by young people because they can "rice" the hell out of them..

Mercedes buyers tend to be older because they have the finances to pay for such a vehicle in the first place. Nothing to be ashamed about, especially since there is a growing trend for wealthy younger people to purchase luxury cars, no matter what brand. Mercedes isn't missing out.

Oh come on, are you saying other cars can't be riced. I bet I have seen more S class with 22" chrome dubs than IS. There are lot of thing wrong with Lexus, the biggest one being Toyota being too ashamed of it's own name to call it that, but let us not become autolies please.

Ain't that the truth. There is a ghastly S500 around my neighborhood. It's custom colored with a weird pink/maroon combo with 22" chromes. Also, there is a this really hot east-asian chick, probably in her mid 20s, with an IS350.

NO WAY! I am willing to bet that the average Lexus buyer is older than the average MB buyer in the US.

Car choice and age - Press Releases | TESCO Compare.

Avg age of MB drivers: 43, avg age of Lexus drivers: 41. Only RR (at 53) and Jaguar (at 47) is more than MB. And this is not just the US. I bet it is even worse if you just consider the US, since MB doesn't offer smaller cars like A and B class or even cheaper models of C class here which tend to have younger buyers.

Again there is noting wrong with having an older (and richer) clientele, but then don't turn around and say, 'Ha, only grandpas drive lexus, lol'.

The last survey I saw about U.S. owners put Lexus owners as being younger by about 2-3 years, but at the time I was arguing with some Lexus lovers on Edmunds so our argument was about the S-Class vs the LS. Comparing those 2 models the Lexus LS average buyer was older.

From what I remember the youngest luxury car buyers were buying Land Rovers, Infinitis and BMWs in that order.

The old folks buy Lexus LS, SC and ES. Young ones buy the IS, RX and GS. So it kinda balances their overall age out to be younger than Mercedes, but then again look at the money Mercedes is charging for their cars....some of them are way past anything Lexus could ever hope to sell. So in other words, older people with more money buy Mercedes. Nothing wrong with that IMO. Mercedes' demographic isn't as old as Rolls, Lincoln, Buick etc....most of which are in their late 60's or early 70's in the U.S.


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That's exactly what I said a few posts or a page ago. Thanks for the back up. LOL