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Special Interest Rate Offering
Added Value on 2009 RX350
by Dan Schmitz...New Car Sales Manager
Just announced....
2009 RX350
2.9% APR
up to 60 months*
Hurry, Inventory is limited
*T.Q.B. program ends July 31st, 2008
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Special Vehicle Purchase
by Dan Schmitz...New Car Sales Manager
US Women's Open
Special Vehicle Purchase
As the host dealer for the 2008 US Women's Open, we had the unique opportunity to hand pick over 30 vehicles used by the players and staff. These cars are brand new with only a few hundred miles on them. Stop or call today and let us show you a great value on one of these models.
ES350...RX350...RX400h
LS460...GX470...LS600h
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The Luxury is Positively Electric in the 2008 Lexus GS 450h
The GS 450h establishes a whole bunch of firsts for a hybrid.
Leave it to Lexus to break the mold with the GS 450h electric luxury sports sedan. It’s the first front-engine/rear-wheel hybrid, the first hybrid with 330 hp and certainly the fastest production hybrid on the planet. No question about it, the GS 450h makes a statement, and it caught practically everyone by surprise.
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2008 Lexus ES 350 Achieves Luxurious Comfort Without Losing Its Sport
The ES 350 oozes style and success.
You cannot conceive of a better escape vehicle than the midsize 2008 Lexus ES 350, a luxury sedan offering a tranquil decompression chamber that any harried executive will appreciate. There’s no better way to fight highway stress than a decked out ES 350. At an MSRP of $33,820, the ES 350 is not only competitively priced, but it may be the best value in the midsize luxury sedan class.
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The Lexus Learning Exchange presents
A Golfers Dream: How a regular guy conquered the Golf Digest list of America's top 100 courses
by Kyle Harris....Village Automotive Group HR Director
Monday August 11th, 2008
6:30pm Lexus of Maplewood
Registration is Complimentary
Author Larry Berle will speak about how he was introduced to the game of golf by his wife Annie in 1990 and has been an avid fan and player ever since. For his birthday in 1992, Annie took him to Pebble Beach where the dream to play the Golf Digest Top 100 was born. This story is about how he schmoozed his way on to the most exclusive golf clubs in America, the experiences he had there and storied history of these great courses. This, and the many lessons he learned from this great 10 year quest will be the topic of his talk along with featuring some wonderful photographs of these great courses.
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Reel Review: Movie Critic
Hancock ....Starring: Will Smith
by Paul Hawkins...Lexus Pre-Owned Sales
As everyone knows, Hollywood studios always like to release their biggest action and family movies in the summer. This summer is shaping up to be no different with one of the summer’s most anticipated releases living up to almost all the hype.
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The Shot Heard ‘Round Edina
2008 US Women's Open
by Eric Heimsness.......Lexus Sales and Leasing
It wasn’t Bobby Thompson hitting a walk-off home run Oct. 3rd, 1953 as the Giants defeated the Dodgers for the National League Pennant…it was bigger than that! It was the final day of the U.S. Womens Open at Interlachen in Edina. I witnessed a history making golf shot that gave me goose bumps, back to that moment later.
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Our Latest Arrival to the Sales Department
Say Hello to Jessica Roth
Greetings Lexus of Maplewood Customers! I have worked my way into new vehicle sales and leasing! Some of you may already recognize me from working as a night and weekend receptionist at the front desk.
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Summer Memories
by Greg Carlini...Pre-Owned Sales and Leasing
When I was a child and gas prices were significantly lower, my three brothers, four sisters, mom and dad would pile into the family wagon and go for a Sunday drive. We might go to the city park or go to the local lake and maybe even venture off to the mountains. It was an inexpensive form of entertainment, especially for a family with eight kids. Even today with gas prices over $4 dollars a gallon, it’s still a bargain and a great way to see our great country and get closer to your family.
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The Pantages Theatre
A gem in the downtown Minneapolis Historic Theatre Group
by Scott Shutes.....Lexus Sales and Leasing
The Pantages Theatre is located in Downtown Minneapolis and is part of the Historic Theatre Group. The Pantages offers smaller plays, concerts, ballets, and other shows. Although not used nearly as often as its sister theatres, the Orpheum and the State, the Pantages is just as beautiful and elegant, in the beginning it started out as an old Vaudeville theater.
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TAKE THE LEXUS HYBRID CHALLENGE
by Slater Lampman...Lexus Sales and Leasing
In spring of 2005 Lexus began selling the popular RX400H. For the Lexus brand the 400H was our first entry into the Hybrid market. While the initial fuel economy statistics were a bit optimistic, the RX400H continues to be a top performing vehicle for Lexus with fuel economy that far exceeds the traditional gas burning RX350.
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Horsepower is What You Pay For and Torque is What You Love!
So why do I feel like that’s just the “simple” definition?
The fact is almost no one can define horsepower and torque, but they know it when they feel it. There’s a reason why it takes mechanical engineers to define torque and its relationship to horsepower, much less how it is measured where it counts—at the drive wheels. It’s COMPLICATED! In fact, it is so complex that we are used to throwing around horsepower numbers and torque (in pound-feet, no less) that we can use the figures for comparison and still not have the foggiest idea what they really mean.
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Minnesota Lynx and US Bank Go Pink
A benefit for those affected by breast cancer in Minnesota
It's time to Go Pink for breast cancer research and support programs in Minnesota! Join us for the second annual U.S. Bank Lynx Go Pink carnival celebration Saturday, July 26th, 3:00 - 5:30 pm @ Target Center. Enjoy tasty treats, fun games, and quality interaction with Lynx players and coaches. All proceeds benefit the Minnesota Lynx Foundation along with the Jean Stankoski Scholarship Fund.
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The Great Outdoors
Local fishing report
by Tim Stearns...Lexus Service Manager
Lexus of Maplewood has a large group of people that enjoy the outdoors almost year round. With this article we hope to educate and entertain with helpful tips and stories from the great outdoors. This month we have combined fishing reports from local fishing guilds, bait and tackle stores and Lexus of Maplewood employees. Hopefully this will help everyone have a productive day on the lakes.
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Why......??
by Todd Hubbard...Lexus Sales and Leasing
We are a society that likes to ask “Why”? I believe that we can often find the answer by simply looking from within ourselves. A lot of the time we find it easy to look to others for either the answer or even to blame for situations in our lives.
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Fuel Economy Tips
10 Practical Ideas.....
by Larry Hirabayashi..Lexus Pre-Owned Sales
Here are some tips to help you reduce the amount of gas you use. If you already are following these tips you are probably getting the best mileage your car can deliver.
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Cal's Camera Corner
Where Do Colorful Sunsets Get Their Color?
by Cal Wicklander...Lexus Pre-Owned Sales
If it wasn’t for dirt, water, dust and pollutants in the atmosphere there would be no sunsets! To clarify, the dust in the air reflects red light (the fastest speeds of light) and absorbs blue light (the slowest speeds of light). The dust and some gases to in the atmosphere is blown up from the land by winds, and are the source of that old sailor’s rhyme: “Red sky by night, sailors delight; Red sky by morning, sailor’s warning.
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Introduction of Toyota to Nascar
by Scott Macziewski...Parts Specialist
The introduction of Toyota to NASCAR has been huge for Toyota lovers and NASCAR fans. It has raised eyebrows on how one Manufacture can come into a sport and in one year’s time go from having your best car running 35th in points to having 4 in the top 20, including 2 in the top 10 and one leading the championship standings. It’s pretty amazing on what they have accomplished.
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