Lexus eases up on certified standards for used cars

Lexus, justifiably renowned for their quality, need not 'relax' any standards, and I feel doing so will only further tarnish Toyota's already suffering reputation.

Note: Who ever is handling 'Quality' at the Toyota ground needs to be FIRED Immediately before they completely run the company into the ground!

Lexus has always had the worst certified pre-owned program in the industry, for one reason; its the only one the is non-transferable. With Lexus reliability and a non-transferable warranty the CPO program is pretty much worthless.

Lexus was the first company to offer a CPO program. Their warranty is not transferable for good reason. What if someone buys a certified car, wrecks it, sells it. I would not want to honor that warranty or discount the value of purchasing a certified vehicle from the dealership.

EVERY other manufactures CPO warranty is transferable. Only Lexus lags behind the curve, far behind.

<<<<<<EVERY other manufactures CPO warranty is transferable. Only Lexus lags behind the curve, far behind.>>>>>>

Silly you theoptimisticpessimist, Are you sure EVERY other manufacturer's CPO warranty is transferable??? Besides, I don't think it matters if Lexus CPO warranties are not transferrable. All CPO warranties are only good to about 100K miles, at that point which car is really going to have major problems anyway??? Not many and definately the chances are better for a Lexus not to have major problems before 100K Miles.

i got 1 95 ES300 with 160K miles and no problems. Only ONE thing has been replaced outside of normal wear and tear and that has been a starter! 160K miles and I spent $100-$200 for a starter!

And a 2000 LS400 with 100K miles which has never even had a warranty repair!!!

Am I sure? Absolutely, I did the research and what difference does it make? resale value for one. you pay extra for the warranty the expires with your ownership versus the competition the can use it as a selling point.

As far as "KNOW IT AIN'T NECESSARY!" tell that to my colleague who's radio gave out at 65K and my friends ES transmission collapsed at 97K.

Lexus build great reliable cars, but no one builds a perfect car.

toyota and lexus vehicles are the ONLY ONES i'd still have full confidence in AFTER the warranty has expired.

when other makers offer 100k and lifetime warranties, why has toyota NOT RESPONDED by lengthening their STANDARD warranties? because toyota customers KNOW IT AIN'T NECESSARY!

toyota and lexus vehicles FAR OUTLAST ALL COMPETITORS. while most other brands get to the point of having 100 problems per 100 cars within 5 - 6 years (7 for ford), toyotas/lexi do not get to that point until SEVENTEEN YEARS.

CPO standards and warranties typically aren't selling-points for Lexus vehicles, for as someone mentioned above, the vehicle is expected to last problem-free far beyond the warranty period anyway.

Easing up on CPO standards has absolutely nothing to do with the build quality and reliability of the cars in Lexus's case.

Maybe they should ease up on their hype too

Lexus ALWAYS understates their 0 - 60 times by at least .5 seconds. Here are the results of the 5 Top Luxury Cars in this test which was reported in the January Issue of Car and Driver. Please note these tests were all done on the same day at about the same time and at the same altitude. The results reflect the average of 3 runs and all cars are the 2007 vintage.

Mercedes S550 5.6, 0 - 60 quarter mile in 14.1 (Benz show 5.4 in their specs)
BMW 750iL 5.7, 0 - 60 quarter mile in 14.2
Jag XJ Super 6.0 0 - 60 quarter mile 14.5
Lexus LS460L 6.2 0 - 60 quarter mile 14.6
Audi A8 6.8 0 - 60 quarter mile 15.2

Note that Lexus, as usual, is more than the 5.4 the manufacturer CLAIMS to get by .8 seconds.

Also note the LS430 (prior model the LS460 replaced) was rated at 295 HP and was actually 278 when Lexus corrected their rating. And there were no refunds or apologies from the so-called "quality" car company. ABC - Always Be Careful what you buy from the (REPREHENSIBLE) Toyota/Lexus people.....

buttheadroy, are you EVER going to post some NEW words, instead of pasting in this same old crap over and over and over ad nauseum?

WTF CARES about drag racing cars largely used as LIMOs? even if ALL of those cars listed were capable of .9 - 1.0 g acceleration, in everyday use hardly any would be pushed beyond .5 g, if even that.