She’s a frickin’ TEMP. How’d she afford that car, I wonder? That’s an awful lot of unpaid food vendors...
It’s not a recent Lexus. Ones of that model and era can be had for $3-6K even in today’s environment. I recently picked up the small (for an SUV) Lexus RX SUV that is a contemporary of that thing for $1800 in decent shape but needing a little work. They aren’t expensive.
The car is a model year 2007 to 2009 Lexus ES350. A quick look at LA Craigslist shows several examples available for between $6-8K with low miles. Not exactly expensive, and it’s still cheaper than the cheapest new car on the US market while still being very reliable.