How are these Japanese luxury brands doing these days?

#11

I think the lack of Lexus cars in Europe is due to the fact that European
drivers are interested in the driving and not the gadgets as we Americans
are. Lexus is built for the American market that wants comfort and
reliability at the expense of driving fun.
"norak" <k.norak (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Lexus has the highest sales in the US, higher than any other luxury
car maker, but in Europe people don't tend to like Lexus. It's hard to
know why, but in Europe automotive tastes seem to differ
significantly. E.g. virtually everyone in Continental Europe drives
with manual transmission and if you don't people look down on you. In
America most drive automatics. Lexuses tend to be more reliable and
refined than other luxury cars, so perhaps the difference in sales
reflect American consumers' utilitarianism and individualism versus
the European consumers' snobbery.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus

#12

Really the European cars have gadgets that work and do right. The
Japanese gadgets are just not the same - they just don't do right!
Engineering for show, not go is the Japanese moto from Mr Moto.

#13

On 7 Apr 2007 10:08:29 -0700, "mcbrue" <mcbrue (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Really the European cars have gadgets that work and do right. The
Japanese gadgets are just not the same - they just don't do right!
Engineering for show, not go is the Japanese moto from Mr Moto.

I've heard BMW's i-Drive is very popular.

#14

On Apr 8, 12:20 am, Gordon McGrew <gmcg... (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On 7 Apr 2007 10:08:29 -0700, "mcbrue" <mcb... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

Really the European cars have gadgets that work and do right. The
Japanese gadgets are just not the same - they just don't do right!
Engineering for show, not go is the Japanese moto from Mr Moto.

I've heard BMW's i-Drive is very popular.

If I compare Lexus (with IS,ES,RX,GS,LS,SC,LX and GX series), Acura
(EL,TL,RL,TSX,MDX,RDX), or Infiniti (M, G, FX and Qx series) with
Mercedes Benz (MB), MB has much more products to offer.
There are A,B,C,E,S,SLK,SL,CLK,CL,SLR,CLS,ML and G series car that MB
offers, in comparison to the Japanese luxury brands.

#15

On 14 Apr 2007 18:38:57 -0700, aniramca (AT) yahoo (DOT) com graced this
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On Apr 8, 12:20 am, Gordon McGrew <gmcg... (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote:
On 7 Apr 2007 10:08:29 -0700, "mcbrue" <mcb... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

Really the European cars have gadgets that work and do right. The
Japanese gadgets are just not the same - they just don't do right!
Engineering for show, not go is the Japanese moto from Mr Moto.

I've heard BMW's i-Drive is very popular.

If I compare Lexus (with IS,ES,RX,GS,LS,SC,LX and GX series), Acura
(EL,TL,RL,TSX,MDX,RDX), or Infiniti (M, G, FX and Qx series) with
Mercedes Benz (MB), MB has much more products to offer.
There are A,B,C,E,S,SLK,SL,CLK,CL,SLR,CLS,ML and G series car that MB
offers, in comparison to the Japanese luxury brands.

you're so right. Run out a buy one.

#16

aniramca (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:

Quote:

If I compare Lexus (with IS,ES,RX,GS,LS,SC,LX and GX series), Acura
(EL,TL,RL,TSX,MDX,RDX), or Infiniti (M, G, FX and Qx series) with
Mercedes Benz (MB), MB has much more products to offer.
There are A,B,C,E,S,SLK,SL,CLK,CL,SLR,CLS,ML and G series car that MB
offers, in comparison to the Japanese luxury brands.

....but because of Mercedes' naming convention, there is overlap in those
model, that is, there aren't as many series (Mercedes calls them
"classes") as there are model names.

--
St. John
Felson's Law:
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from
many is research.

#17

On 14 Apr 2007 18:38:57 -0700, aniramca (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:

Quote:

On Apr 8, 12:20 am, Gordon McGrew <gmcg... (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote:
On 7 Apr 2007 10:08:29 -0700, "mcbrue" <mcb... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

Really the European cars have gadgets that work and do right. The
Japanese gadgets are just not the same - they just don't do right!
Engineering for show, not go is the Japanese moto from Mr Moto.

I've heard BMW's i-Drive is very popular.

If I compare Lexus (with IS,ES,RX,GS,LS,SC,LX and GX series), Acura
(EL,TL,RL,TSX,MDX,RDX), or Infiniti (M, G, FX and Qx series) with
Mercedes Benz (MB), MB has much more products to offer.
There are A,B,C,E,S,SLK,SL,CLK,CL,SLR,CLS,ML and G series car that MB
offers, in comparison to the Japanese luxury brands.

And GM loves people that think like you do.
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#18

I have owned MB, Jaguar, Ford, GM, & VW. I think the Lexus overall is better
than any of these. The only problem I have with Lexus is the softness of the
paint job. It seems to suffer more from road rash than any (Except Jaguar)
of the other cars that I have owned.

Quote:

On 7 Apr 2007 10:08:29 -0700, "mcbrue" <mcb... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

Really the European cars have gadgets that work and do right. The
Japanese gadgets are just not the same - they just don't do right!
Engineering for show, not go is the Japanese moto from Mr Moto.

I've heard BMW's i-Drive is very popular.

If I compare Lexus (with IS,ES,RX,GS,LS,SC,LX and GX series), Acura
(EL,TL,RL,TSX,MDX,RDX), or Infiniti (M, G, FX and Qx series) with
Mercedes Benz (MB), MB has much more products to offer.
There are A,B,C,E,S,SLK,SL,CLK,CL,SLR,CLS,ML and G series car that MB
offers, in comparison to the Japanese luxury brands.

And GM loves people that think like you do.
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#19

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:54:32 -0500, "W. Wells" <otf70 (AT) nc (DOT) rr.com>
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I have owned MB, Jaguar, Ford, GM, & VW. I think the Lexus overall is better
than any of these. The only problem I have with Lexus is the softness of the
paint job. It seems to suffer more from road rash than any (Except Jaguar)
of the other cars that I have owned.

"road rash"? You lowsiding your cars?

#20

You are obviously not a DRIVER. The Lexus cars are nice but not for DRIVERS.
Tracking and steering are way off. Pick up from 50 is poor.
"W. Wells" <otf70 (AT) nc (DOT) rr.com> wrote

Quote:

I have owned MB, Jaguar, Ford, GM, & VW. I think the Lexus overall is
better
than any of these. The only problem I have with Lexus is the softness of
the
paint job. It seems to suffer more from road rash than any (Except Jaguar)
of the other cars that I have owned.

On 7 Apr 2007 10:08:29 -0700, "mcbrue" <mcb... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

Really the European cars have gadgets that work and do right. The
Japanese gadgets are just not the same - they just don't do right!
Engineering for show, not go is the Japanese moto from Mr Moto.

I've heard BMW's i-Drive is very popular.

If I compare Lexus (with IS,ES,RX,GS,LS,SC,LX and GX series), Acura
(EL,TL,RL,TSX,MDX,RDX), or Infiniti (M, G, FX and Qx series) with
Mercedes Benz (MB), MB has much more products to offer.
There are A,B,C,E,S,SLK,SL,CLK,CL,SLR,CLS,ML and G series car that MB
offers, in comparison to the Japanese luxury brands.

And GM loves people that think like you do.
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