Lexus

Lexus

Type	Division
Industry	Automotive industry
Founded	1989
Founder(s)	Eiji Toyoda
Headquarters	Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kazuo Ohara (MO) Vince Socco (VP, Asia Pacific) Andy Pfeiffenberger (VP, EU) Mark Templin (VP, U.S.)
Products	Automobiles
Services	Automotive financing
Parent	Toyota Motor Corporation (TYO: 7203) (NYSE: TM)
Divisions	F marque
Website	Lexus.com Lexus.co.uk Lexus.eu Lexus.jp

Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, Lexus is now sold globally and has become Japan’s largest-selling make of premium cars. As of 2009, Lexus vehicles are officially marketed in over 70 countries and territories worldwide.^[1] The Lexus marque has ranked among the ten largest Japanese global brands in market value.^[2]Toyota, Aichi, Japan, with operational centers in Brussels, Belgium, and Torrance, California, United States. The division’s world headquarters are located in

Lexus originated from a clandestine flagship sedan project that began in 1983. This effort developed into the original Lexus LS, which was the first vehicle to wear the Lexus marque upon its launch in 1989. In following years, Lexus added sedan, coupé, convertible, and SUV models. In 2005, a hybrid version of the RXF marque performance division with the arrival of the IS F sport sedan. crossover debuted, and additional hybrid models were subsequently introduced to the Lexus lineup. In 2007, Lexus launched its

From the start of production, Lexus vehicles have been consistently produced in Japan, with manufacturing centered in the Chūbu and Kyūshū regions, and in particular at Toyota’s Tahara, Aichi, Chūbu and Miyata, Fukuoka, Kyūshū plants. Assembly of the first Lexus built outside the country, the Ontario, Canada-produced RX 330, began in 2003. Following a corporate reorganization from 2001 to 2005, Lexus also operates its own design, engineering, and manufacturing centers, solely responsible for the division’s vehicles.

Since the 2000s, Lexus has increased sales outside its largest market in the United States through an ongoing global expansion. The division inaugurated dealerships in Japan’s domestic market in 2005, becoming the first Japanese premium car marque to launch in its country of origin.^[3] Further debuts in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and other export regions have since followed. The division’s lineup has also been expanded to reflect regional specifications in model and powertrain configurations.

Sayyed Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini

Sayyed Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini (Persian: روح الله موسوی خمینی, pronounced [ruːhollɑːhe muːsæviːje xomeiniː]  ( listen)^{[add stress]}; 24 September 1900^[1][2] – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Following the revolution and a national referendum, Khomeini became the country’s Supreme Leader—a position created in the constitution as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation—until his death.

Khomeini was a marja (“source of emulation”, also known as a Grand Ayatollah) in Twelver Shi’a
Islam, but is most famous for his political role. In his writings and preachings he expanded the Shi’a Usuli theory of velayat-e faqih, the “guardianship of the jurisconsult (clerical authority)” to include theocratic political rule by Islamic jurists.

In the Muslim world abroad he was described as the “virtual face in Western popular culture of Islam,”^[3] known for his support of the hostage takers during the Iranian hostage crisis^[4] and his fatwa calling for the death of British citizen Salman Rushdie.^[5][6] Khomeini has been referred to as a “charismatic leader of immense popularity,”^[7] considered a “champion of Islamic revival” by Shia scholars.^[3]

Khomeini is officially known as Imam Khomeini inside Iran^[8] and amongst his followers internationally, and Ayatollah Khomeini amongst others.^[9]