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24697 messages, Last post on Nov 28, 2009 at 3:09 PM
You are in the Sedans Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens
Let's try to define this forum as being limited to luxury performance vehicles where the mainstream version in a typical configuration has an MSRP of at least $60k.
A luxury vehicle with a base price of $59k qualifies because it would typically be bought with some additional equipment, bringing the MSRP over $60k.
Vehicles like the E, 5, A6, M, or GS, even if available in certain versions over $60k, don't qualify because they are cars from companies that have higher end cars in their lineups.
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I guess this was missed in my previous posts, so it bears repeating: Lexus could become Ford or VW for a year, and still be Quality Standard. With Lexus sales up 10% a year, for the last deacde or so, I'd say these are exceptions, not the rule. I thank NV and SV for their testimonials, but at the same point, neither will say they regret buying the LS, and they haven't beat a path to the trade-in lot either. Lexus is not perfect. Just closer than the competition, that's all. The Pursuit continues!  DrFill
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Replying to: drfill (Jul 31, 2006 4:00 am) Until Lexus turns in JD scores of 0 PP 100, there will be the unlucky few with problems. That said, I've never heard of an SC430 with a broken top, and Ive never seen an LS being taken away on a flat bed. SL, S, care to comment? Didnt think so.
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Replying to: ljflx (Jul 21, 2006 5:44 pm) It is not my habit to respond to such an ancient and dated post as above. But it just turns out that your above assertions are not witty at all but are actually quite serious. Your business proposal above sounds quite opportunistic based on the stats below: 1)Only 19 % of CEOs in USA own a luxury car 2)The Average Price in US$ of the Primary Vehicle driven by a CEO in the USA is $25,000. SOURCE: Cars.com and CareerBuilder.com Based on the stats above I would not be surprised at all if a CEO during 2008 trades in his hybrid Lexus for a significantly improved Prius. I hope you dont mind if I steal your business idea (I have no intention of sharing my profits with you)? I will be starting my concession stand during 2008
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I already posted this in the LPS forum but I thought this may be of some interest to some of you who are obsessed with reliability: Here is a list of the least reliable luxury autos ?(there are no MBs, BMWs, Audis or Porsches on the list) link title
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Replying to: dewey (Jul 31, 2006 7:03 am) Here's a more world reliability view. Good results for Porsche, Jag, and BMW, and pretty good for Audi. Still very poor for Mercedes. Only the French cars and Fiat were worse. The M class came in an amazing 155th of 159 models. http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/11/stories/01/3.html
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Replying to: dewey (Jul 31, 2006 6:46 am)
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Replying to: lexusguy (Jul 31, 2006 7:49 am) |
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Replying to: syswei (Jul 31, 2006 7:51 am) |
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Replying to: dewey (Jul 31, 2006 6:46 am) How about the fact that they are leased by the company and driven by (or chafeurred for) the CEO's. Find me that stat. You think that is 25%??? Do you really think a CEO drives to (or is driven to) his $2-$20mln+ house in a Corolla like car?? It's easy to say you don't own a helm if it's a company car. It's the technically accurate answer and the morally inaccurate answer. Merc - I was really thinking the market share issue in the last 5 years. The post I was responding to used a 10 year time period.
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