F Sport trim works wonders for Lexus' image

F Sport trim works wonders for Lexus' image

If Lexus finally reclaims the U.S. luxury sales crown this year after a four-year drought, its acceptance speech ought to include a special thanks to its F Sport models.

F Sport trim packages are available on nearly every model Lexus sells, and they're putting an exclamation point on the automaker's dramatic turnaround -- not just in image but in performance, too.

Customers are eating it up.

Through September, 71 percent of all RC coupe buyers this year opted for the F Sport package. About half of GS buyers and IS buyers checked the F Sport box.

And it's not limited to performance-oriented cars either. Lexus sells 30 percent of its NX compact crossovers with the F Sport kit and 34 percent of its CT 200h hybrid hatchbacks with it.

Based on that success, Lexus threw caution to the wind on its redesigned 2016 RX midsize crossover and added F Sport availability on its hybrid model for the first time.

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