After outselling BMW and Mercedes for nine straight years, Lexus has fallen back in the luxury-import pack in 2009. Overall luxury sales are off, but Lexus - down 34.1 percent for the first six months compared with 2008 - has been hit harder than its two main rivals. In the first half, Toyota's prestige brand trailed BMW by 3,503 units and was ahead of Mercedes by fewer than 5,000 units. Last year Lexus led BMW by more than 5,000 units in the first six months and had a 17,000-unit margin over Mercedes.
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