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Sedans High End Luxury Cars
24700 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 12:24 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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HELCS are associated with affluence? Think again. "The Millionaire Next Door" has been written ten years ago and here is an update about which car brand is Numero Uno among millionaires. They don't drive away wealth. The No. 1 make of car owned by millionaires in 1996 was Ford. Today, it's Toyota, according to Stanley's new study. Luxury brands do not top the list, and many millionaires, 37 percent in 1996, bought used cars. "There's certainly something about buying used cars," Stanley said. "Today, they're a little more likely to buy new cars. But what they'll do is buy a $22,000 Toyota and keep it a long time." 2) And how do BMWs rank among millionaires? In fact what is written below is relevant to not only BMWs but HELCs in general: Stanley's research shows high-priced cars seem to be wealth-repellant. "What's interesting about spending is that everybody thinks all the millionaires in America have BMWs. Even among the highest income levels, about 60 or 70 percent have never owned a BMW," he said. "I think BMW is a great car. I'm a car guy. But I won't buy one because there is a relationship between wealth and how much people spend for cars. There's no doubt about it. It's a significant relationship." They don't care about the Joneses. "In a lot of the surveys we've done, you find people making 200 grand a year, which is in the top 2 percent of American households, and they're not happy," Stanley said. "Those are the people who are living in neighborhoods where the median income is $300,000. That's the problem. I don't think people really understand that. The people who try to keep up with the Joneses and ahead of the Smiths, well, they are the Smiths. They don't get it." SOURCE: COURANT
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Replying to: dhamilton (Dec 18, 2006 5:26 pm) Dont worry on this side of the border all liberals wear their beliefs like a badge of honour. |
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Replying to: dhamilton (Dec 18, 2006 5:26 pm) Which sign? Uh-h... Merging Traffic? I can assure everyone I will not be going into the Astrology business. 
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Replying to: dewey (Dec 18, 2006 5:35 pm) Here check this one out. When you look at global wealth I think many of us should consider ourselves very fortunate. …assets of just $2,200 per adult place a household in the top half of the world's wealthiest. To be among the richest 10% of adults in the world, just $61,000 in assets is needed. If you have more than $500,000, you're part of the richest 1%... Global Study on Wealth
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Replying to: designman (Dec 18, 2006 6:29 pm) Now if only I bought a used Toyota instead of a BMW I would be even richer 
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Replying to: dewey (Dec 18, 2006 5:35 pm) Yeah. It's the same old story. Who said money and happiness correlate positively? My son-in-law makes 10 mil a year and always looks miserable. How many of the mega-buck show business types are walking train wrecks? Lucky are the folks who glow from within.
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Replying to: designman (Dec 17, 2006 4:58 pm) Sorry to take so long to get back to you on this... but, like merc, I am also an Aquarius. TagMan |
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I'm leaving with the family 4am Wednesday morning, and I'm busy with last minute stuff. Yes, this year it's Christmas with the in-laws and the wife's relatives. Pray for me. Anyway, if I can sneak a post in now and then I will. Otherwise I'll visit back shortly after the New Year. So... in that case, it's Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year from TagMan to ALL of you good folks here at the HELC(M) forum... hosts included. Hope 2007 is good for all of us, and I know I'll be more careful with my driving from now on since my astrological sign might be prone to speeding. So THAT explains it. God bless to all and your families, too. TagMan
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Replying to: tagman (Dec 18, 2006 8:56 pm)  And speaking of inlaws, I came across this joke. Q: What is the definition of mixed emotions? A: Watching your in-laws go off a cliff in your new (insert your preferred HELC here).
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Replying to: hpowders (Dec 18, 2006 6:46 pm) Me & the Mrs? Acura and Lexus. So no BMW. Soon, maybe I'll be the Millionaire Next Door? Nah, probably buy a Bimmer first... 
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