page_title: Compact executive car
section_title: Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Compact executive car / Japan
caption_attribution_description: English: 2019 Lexus IS 300h CVT 2.5 Taken in Leamington Spa
context_page_description: A compact executive car is a premium car larger than a premium compact and smaller than an executive car. Compact executive car is a UK term and a part of the D-segment in the European car classification.
  They may have performance and comfort features, and thus are often viewed as status symbols; a high percentage of the "executive cars" market share consists of corporate-owned cars, or vehicles provided by a firm for the business and sometimes private use of an employee.
context_section_description: An early compact executive car produced in Japan was the 1988 Mazda Persona / Eunos 300. The first Japanese compact executive car to be successful in overseas markets is the 1998 Lexus IS / Toyota Altezza.
  Other Japanese compact executive cars include the Infiniti Q50 (by Nissan),  Acura TLX (by Honda) and Mazda Xedos 6.
caption: 2019 Lexus IS
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