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Toyota's high-end MPV has been very popular in China, largely because of its official scarce quotas and market price increases, which have made the car popular with target consumers for a variety of reasons. A few days ago, some domestic parallel importers gave the current price increases of Toyota Elfa and Lexus LM to see the current market situation of the car.

According to the current price increase of Lexus LM, a MPV model based on Elfa and one level higher than Elfa, some people in the industry said, "this price increase is really not low, setting the highest price increase record for a new car on Chinese mainland!"

According to the quotations of parallel importers, the current price increase of Lexus LM is between 62 and 800000 yuan. Although it is not as high as previously ridiculed online, the rate of increase has exceeded the imagination of many consumers and can be called the "king of price increase". For vehicles introduced through official channels, the extent of the fare increase is not yet known.

The Lexus LM went on sale on February 24 this year. The new car launched two models, namely, the seven-seat elegant version and the four-seater imperial version, with the manufacturer's recommended guidance price of 1.166 million yuan and 1.466 million yuan. The new car is equipped with a hybrid system composed of 2.5L engine and motor.

As the first MPV product built by Lexus, the Lexus LM is based on the same platform of Toyota Elfa and Wilfa, with the tough look of the Lexus family, and the huge spindle intake grille is the Lexus family style, decorated with chrome, and looks domineering. From the side, although the overall shape of the new car is similar to that of Elfa and will, the side lines of the Z model are decorated with chrome plating, which further reveals the luxurious style. Its tail has a huge through taillight set, and with through the chrome decoration strip. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 5040/1850/1945mm and wheelbase 3000mm respectively, compared with Elfa in terms of length and height.

The interior still maintains the usual design style of Lexus, offering black and black-and-white colors. Among them, the back row of 4 seats is designed for the big boss, with 26-inch display, 14L car refrigerator, back touch display, back seat massage and so on.

The official launch of the Lexus LM300h is only one power configuration, which is equipped with the same 2.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid engine as the Elfa twin-engine / Wilfa twin-engine, matching the electronically controlled all-wheel drive system.

Toyota Elfa is also a Toyota model with a large price increase in the Chinese market. According to the latest quotation from domestic parallel importers, the current price increase is between RMB3.6-120000, and the price increase varies with different models. Of course, the price is only for parallel imported models, which is different from those introduced through official channels.

At present, Toyota officially introduces only a dual-engine version of the Elfa model. The 2020 Elfa model went on sale on March 16 with a price of 81.90-870000 yuan, an increase of 14000 yuan compared with the 2019 model. Among them, the price of 2.5L deluxe version is 819000 yuan, and that of 2.5L premium version is 870000 yuan.

There is no obvious change in the appearance and interior of the new car, the configuration has been improved, and the power has also been upgraded. The 2020 Elfa twin engine continues to be equipped with a 2.5L hybrid system, which is composed of a 2ARFXE 2.5L Atkinson cycle naturally aspirated engine and motor. The system has a maximum power of 163hp, which is slightly higher than that of the 2019 model, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is still 7.1L/100km.

For Elfa and Lexus LM mark-up sales, industry insiders said, "anyway, it is just a set of figures for the target consumers." And many netizens said that they were already disgusted with the behavior of price increase.

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