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Sedans High End Luxury Cars
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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Replying to: designman (Aug 30, 2006 9:37 am) |
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Replying to: designman (Aug 30, 2006 9:37 am) I'm a BMW person so what I say is colored by that point of view. It's expected. I am not being paid by a newspaper to give a supposedly unbiased review which turns out to be nothing more than a personal vendetta against Lexus. I came away with absolutely nothing from that review except that the reviewer is biased against Lexus as a company. The LA Times should not have printed it. It is a disservice to their readers who are about to shop this vehicle. There is a higher principle at stake here. It's called journalistic integrity. I may personally dislike the LS, but I will surely defend the right of someone who wants to shop this car to be able to read a comprehensive, unbiased review that will help him in his decision-making. If I am running a newspaper and one of my music critics hates Verdi, why would I send him to review Aida?
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Replying to: hpowders (Aug 30, 2006 9:49 am)
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Replying to: hpowders (Aug 30, 2006 9:49 am) I would be perfectly happy if newspapers didn't have auto reviews. Most of them register zero on my Richter scale. |
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Replying to: houdini1 (Aug 30, 2006 10:13 am) Perhaps AutoWeek will review it in October. If I see a date, I will post it.
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Replying to: hpowders (Aug 30, 2006 10:26 am) headline news: hpowders stands up for OBJECTIVITY!  TagMan
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From BMW Magazine: "Strategic Vision's Total Quality Index is a measure of new vehicle owner satisfaction. It asks buyers to rate all aspects of the ownership experience, from buying and owning to driving." "For the second year in a row, BMW's 7 Series topped the Luxury Car segment of SVTQ Awards. BMW repeated as the highest scoring brand, its seventh time to do so in eight years." Always good to read, although I have never heard of SVTQ. Has anyone heard of these guys? Probably 4 BMW middle-management guys sitting at a table. |
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Replying to: tagman (Aug 30, 2006 10:28 am) I can't believe the editor allowed the Lexus hate-speech to be published under the guise of a "review."
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Replying to: hpowders (Aug 30, 2006 10:35 am) |
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Replying to: hpowders (Aug 30, 2006 10:35 am) Yes. And you know I agree with it . . . to a point. Journalists do have a little subjective latitude, as it goes with the territory. But a blatent biased misuse of that latitude is shameful, IMO. Even the car rags are sometimes guilty, and I have to wonder why. As I've said before . . . stay with the truth and the facts please. TagMan
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