CNBC piece on Genesis

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Korea's Genesis tops auto ratings, but is unknown to US buyers. Here's how it plans to change that

 

[Starflyer]

How do you show a link like above with plain text. By the way, a nice catch. I think it's critical they need separate dealerships. And in today's world, they NEED the 2 SUVs that supposedly are coming soon. According to the link below, it was 6 years before Lexus offered an SUV in their lineup. That was then, now Genesis's timeclock in bringing an SUv to market is way behind if they want to compete as a luxury brand.

Of the thousands who were interested in opening a Lexus dealership, only 121 were chosen back in 1989. When the Acura line was announced, all the Honda dealers thought they would be selling them, but Honda wisely separated the Acura at "birth" from Honda. Well, almost. My wife had a '99 Acura and the windshielded clearly said it was a Honda windshield. My '16 RDX had NO branding for Honda that I found.

The History of Lexus | Lexus