I agree with OSX the RX is sold in many countries besides the US Here s a sample that took me about one minute to find Australia UK South Africa The US is only one market market among many for a Japanese vehicle The Lexus brand did not exist in Japan in the early years but the Lexus vehicles were still sold in Japan under the Toyota brand via badge engineering The almost identical Toyota Harrier was released in Japan about the same time as the original RX was released in the US talk