Which car brand prices the most amount of money for the least amount of quality?

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I personally want to know which car brand people think prices their cars more than they should because of the quality given (in example, things like comfort, how practical the car is, mileage, speed, etc.).

For example ...

Maserati prices their cars decently because of ...

Or ...

Maserati overprices their cars because of ...
 
If I was to look at this objectively, I would say Bentley by a wide margin.
Subjectively, though, I would probably say Mercury or Chrysler.
 
I suggest some tiny wannabe supercar maker somewhere in the world takes the price. His car will cost quite a bunch of money, squeak and rattle everywhere, fail all the time and will probably not even look very good.
 
Lexus overprice, because I can get it 100 times better in a Holden Caprice for much much less.
 
Audi

Oh wait, let me put on the fire suit.

Seriously, Audis are far from cheap, yet they always take a beating from the JD Powers Surveys and have low rankings by Consumer Reports. Used Audis are maintenance nightmares what with all the electronic gadgetry and the high cost of audi parts.
 
I completely agree on the Audi point. They're nothing but over-glorified Volkswagens in most cases, and I rarely (if ever) can rationalize the difference in most cases anymore. Mercedes has had issues with it as well, their quality in the interior department has been spotty (to say the least) as of late.

At least in terms of a particular model, I'd have to say the Cadillac DTS. Compared to its sister car, the Buick Lucerne, I just can't justify the price difference in any way.
 
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I completely agree on the Audi point. They're nothing but over-glorified Volkswagens in most cases, and I rarely (if ever) can rationalize the difference in most cases anymore. Mercedes has had issues with it as well, their quality in the interior department has been spotty (to say the least) as of late.

At least in terms of a particular model, I'd have to say the Cadillac DTS. Compared to its sister car, the Buick Lucerne, I just can't justify the price difference in any way.
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Not to mention the Lucerne is perdy.
 
Robin.
Mercedes
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This person speaks a great deal of truth. The only car in their current lineup I'd ever consider owning is the C class.

But I'll agree that the upstart supercars take the cake.
 
MINI's get this way pretty quick in the upper end. You can spend almost $50k on a fully optioned out MINI Cooper S with all the JCW goodies on it. I love my car and I love the brand but there is no way on the god's green Earth that I would pay the same price for a MINI Cooper S that I could get a Lotus Elise for, and a NEW one at that.

If you keep them around the $20-$25k range they are great cars but I don't think I would pay any more then that for one since you can get the ugly 1-series for $28,000 at the attached BMW dealer.
 
Perfect Balance
Aren't TVR's known to be unreliable.
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Ssshhh, you might attract their attention; they wont appreciate, that remark, however.


:dunce:

I haven't heard of many people touting the reliability of a TVR product. I don't think I've heard of anyone touting their reliability.
 
M-B most definitely.

The interior materials and fit/finish on the lower-end models is something you'd expect to see on something much, much cheaper. As an example: The interior of an Explorer (yes, the blowout special) uses materials that feel far less "cheap", and is overall nicer, than the first-gen ML.

Sad.
 
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The interior materials and fit/finish on the lower-end models is something you'd expect to see on something much, much cheaper. As an example: The interior of an Explorer (yes, the blowout special) uses materials that feel far less "cheap", and is overall nicer, than the first-gen ML.
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If I would be mean, I'd say this boils down to where the car was built:
A road test on the BBC programme Top Gear revealed that the presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, could put his fingers into the gap below the rear lights and above the rear bumper. This improved over the years, especially after a mild facelift for 2002. However, owners are often unhappy with the car's quality — for example, the car was placed last out of 142 cars in the Top Gear Motoring Survey 2004. DaimlerChrysler spent US$600 million on improvements at the Alabama factory before launching the second-generation ML in 2005.
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:D :p
 

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