Well Sush
In my face all you want. You've obviously never driven an AMG car for any length of time. I have. In fact, I own 6 Benzes, including a 25 year old diesel with 250,000 on the clock- and going strong, for a total mileage between them all of about 975,000 miles. One of them is esentially a factory race car, with the usual power everything and air conditioning. The cars you are talking about are utilitarian at best. The Lexus is still oriental in every way. They try to copy the Benz or the Beamer style, but lack in personality. As for the commercial - no commercials on AMG cars. It is all real world measurements.
I know, I know, you'll say that Lexus has personality. And it's cheaper, And it's more reliable. Than a Ferrari too. Or any other car that has hand crafted parts, like the engines, suspensions, etc. Or has the first of just about every modern technology on board. It's easy to copy. It's not easy to come up with something original. Is the Lexus deisgned so that in a full frontal collison, the brake pedal moves away from the driver? Does Lexus have a number of teams that go out to major car wrecks and study the failure mode components to make them better, and study occupant injuries to help them better survive a tragedy? I could go on-and-on about it.
You're a celebrity maven. What about the car that Diana was in? Hit a concret post at something like 90 mph. She was too good to wear her seat belt and paid the price. The driver however, had his on and survived (he's the one closest to the collision point). That Lexus would not end up with the same result. The Lexus has nowhere near the percentage of high strength steel in it as a similar Benz model.
And like I said, it simply does not ride, steer, accelerate, stop, etc like a Benz. Don't talk about stuff you know nothing of. Yes, AMG has a taught ride. As it should. If you want mush, drive a Lexus. Or a Caddy. or a standard Benz. A taught ride is not a harsh ride.
A buddy gets a new Lexus every year. He brags about how he has no problems, but I also happen to know how often it is in the dealer. Of course, he'll never complain, because that would mean he made a $60,000 mistake. My used up Benzes have far less trouble than his less-than-one-year-old Lexus. I have yet to see a race prepped Lexus take on anything at Nurbergring. Never will either. Unless they take the body off and put it on a real chasis. I can't stand to be the driver or the passenger in his wonderful Lexus. It is YUK. Not enjoyable to drive at all.
And where did you get your knowledge of reliability? Consumer Reports? That's an honest organization. Let's be clear on reliability. Of course, the reliability of a car with NO options -should- have better reliability than a vehicle that has 25 computers, won't let you skid, won't let loose traction, won't let you hit the garage wall, stops better than all production cars of the same weight, and any of many other safety systems.
Tell me about Toyota quality. Consumer reports glasses over the fact that Toyota's customers had to replace about 100,000 engines due to bad design before Toyota finally stepped up to the plate and started fixing them. At first they blamed the customer, who had to pay. What's that I hear - GM Deja Vu? Total affected engines - in the millions.
I would say that people that buy Benzes love to drive, and people that buy Lexuses like to brag how reliable their copycat car is.
But Sush - get off the car buying thing. You finally got a good paying job. Max out your 401(k) contribution, and then take another 10% and play your own investment game.
YOU DON"T NEED A NEW CAR! Start sockin yer money away. When you start making more on investments than by payroll, then you can go buy some toys, but CASH ONLY!
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