Japanese automaker reveals plans to make it's first luxury pickup truck

Lexus might be releasing it's first ever luxury pickup truck.

According to Makoto Tanaka, Lexus product chief, there is a possibility of the firm manufacturing it's pickup truck.

However, this might happen later rather than sooner because the carmaker is focused on making a compact crossover and seven-seat version of the RX.

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Tanaka says this truck might be based on the mid-size Toyota Hilux platform.

Motorauthority reports that the Lexus pickup will be made solely for the Middle East, Russia, South America and parts of Asia.

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Lexus' plan to build it's first truck comes after Mercedes Benz announced that it making a mid-size pickup truck with its alliance partners, Nissan and Renault.

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