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Lexus expanding on-demand program to New Zealand

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Lexus Australia wants to expand its Lexus On Demand programme to Encore Platinum members who will be travelling to New Zealand in the future.

According to CarAdvice, the announcement was made at the Australian media launch of the new Lexus LS sedan by Lexus Australia chief executive Scott Thompson.

Thompson says the brand has plans for the two-way travel bubble with New Zealand which he hopes will happen by the end of April.

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“We are anticipating that many Australian customers will be keen to experience international travel when the Trans-Tasman bubble opens,” Thompson says.

“So coming later this year, we’ve decided to expand Encore Platinum to offer our Australian customers the luxury and convenience that is Lexus on Demand when they fly across the ditch,” he says.

By using the Lexus app on their phone, Lexus Encore Platinum members will be able to book and collect a loan car for up to eight days at a time from a variety of New Zealand airports which are yet to be confirmed. 

The Lexus models available for loan in New Zealand are also yet to be confirmed.

Encore Platinum members can access a loan car up to four times over their three-year membership period.

Robert Barry

Robert Barry has been reporting on the Australasian automotive and transport sector since June 2003. A member of the New Zealand Motoring Writers Guild since 2005, Robert has also previously held the positions of secretary, vice-president and president. His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and on the web. He holds a Class 2 and a Class 4 heavy transport licence and knows his way around a manual transmission.

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