Honda and Lotus won't be operating in the same price segment, so the question seems a little redundant. Its Lotus vs Porsche vs Range Rover vs BMW vs Merc.
Why not? The new one looks quite sporty, and it's no less fun than another AWD crossover. Why pay more for the same thing? Mainstream cars are quite luxurious now:
Quite. Every car of the same type drives the same? I'm calling BS. It still has nothing on an actual premium car.
An average father/mother won't find much difference between these cars during a mall commute, maybe except for CRV having better visibility and more comfortable ride. So, what's it lacking? White leather from an endangered antilope species for kids to fuck up? Gear selector that looks like a dildo (XC90, I'm looking at you)? Third LCD?
DONT, TOUCH SWEDISH SAFE MASTERPIECE breath in REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE --- Post updated --- no it lacks of "handcraft by bentley in crewe,england badge"
And what does that have to do with anything? Luxury SUV's sell, whether you think they should sell well or not has no relevance on that matter what so ever. People in the market for an $80k Lotus, are not in the market for a $40k Honda, the same is also true in reverse. They are not competing products.
I'm not saying they don't sell. I'm saying there's no big difference. It's all brand that matters. Put a Lotus badge and a doubled price tag on the CRV and you have a strong fighter in the luxury crossover segment. Families always were target market for SUVs.
We're talking about gearhead families, the folks buying SQ7s, AMG Mercs, BMW M sedans/SUVS, Quadrifoglio Verde Alfas, etc.
Gearhead families? Do they even exist in scale large enough to be a target market? People who buy the cars you mentioned buy them because they want others know they can. Quite often their car knowledge doesn't go beyond "expensive=good".
Agree,they aren't "gearheads" if Civic will cost about $100000 they will buy it,cause it looks cool and it's expensive which means I can show off
That's a very elitist viewpoint. You don't need to know how something works to appreciate how nice it feels. If someone likes driving, or has an interest in cars, does it really matter that their knowledge is only surface level? They are having a good time, enjoying how nice everything feels. If people didn't care, they wouldn't spend their hard earned money on it. --- Post updated --- And this is exactly why car culture is so shit. It's just full of people hating on others to try and prove how they are the one true petrol head. Get over yourselves.
Where did I say these people are bad or anything? All I said was that the majority of expensive performance car buyers aren't gearheads.
I didn't say that you said that. But you seem to be insinuating that people who are not interested in cars are buying nice cars because they don't know better. For example, the crux of your following statement is that people are only spending money on expensive cars because they are expensive and not because of the merits of the cars themselves. I'm not going to claim that the hierarchy of pricing tiers isn't a part of their decision, but these expensive vehicles are expensive for a reason, its because they are genuinely really nice cars. Not because of your suggestion that people are to dumb to realise that they are being conned into buying a car twice the price with no advantages other than a badge. Cheap cars have progressed hugely over the past 10-20 years, these days they are genuinely nice places to be in, but luxury cars have too, and they are even nicer.
Different people have subjective experience with car culture, and then formulate their opinions. There is no point in arguing with another persons world view, you will not change it. /thread topic at current time Audi bringing back the Horsch brand name as a competitor to Maybach... http://www.autospies.com/news/Audi-To-Take-On-Maybach-With-W12-Powered-A8-Under-Horsch-Banner-97308/ Any thoughts?
