Low end of luxury

Pricing for the Q50, which goes on sale this summer, isn’t out yet. (Tony Ding / Associated Press)

Jan. 15, 2013 5:40 PM PT

At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, German and Japanese automakers showed a flurry of new models at the low end of the luxury market.

The Lexus IS 250 and IS 350 will hit showrooms in mid-summer. (Stan Honda, AFP/Getty Images)

Lexus has yet not divulged prices for the IS 250 and IS 350. (Stan Honda, AFP/Getty Images)

The CLA will slot below Mercedes’ C-Class when it goes on sale in September. The base CLA will start at about $30,000, Mercedes said, comfortably below the $35,000 starting price of the larger C-Class. (Uli Deck/EPA)