re: Which, if any, of the following luxury vehicle brands are not “uppity”?

Posted by Tempratt

Member since Oct 2013

14885 posts

Posted on 1/26/21 at 6:16 am to PenguinNinja

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Cadillac

Tend to have a certain ethnicity associated with them.

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BMW

Down own one out of warranty.

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Mercedes

I just love seeing models of these that are driven by people that bought them used with 100K+ plus miles on them and think they're special. Add spinners.

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Acura
- Lexus

These are probably the highest quality.

This post was edited on 1/26/21 at 7:25 am

Posted by ApexTiger

cary nc

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 6:23 am to StealthCalais11

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Acura’s are luxury?

MDX is

Posted by Vestigial Morgan

Member since Apr 2016

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 6:55 am to Travis Scott

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Cadillac - I’m black

I would drive a CT6 ...even if i were required to have the obligatory fraternity license plate cover

Posted by Mizz-SEC

Inbred Huntin' In The SEC

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 6:56 am to PenguinNinja

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a friend who I’m married to and is crazy.

Pics???

Posted by Gaston

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 7:05 am to Tempratt

Nothing’s cooler, IMO, than absolutely stock old German cars. Takes a good bit of time and money to keep them performing and looking the part. A 20 year old car, if kept dead stock, can still be something very desirable if the initial quality was high enough. I’d drive this:

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Posted by lowhound

Effie

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 7:22 am to PenguinNinja

Acura & Audi

Posted by jfw3535

South of Bunkie

Member since Mar 2008

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 7:27 am to PenguinNinja

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Argument is it’s not about the price tag...it’s about the message you’re trying to send.

I drive one of those vehicles and I'm not uppity or trying to send any message. The Germans make a far superior vehicle imo and I have the money to afford it, so why not? It was barely more expensive than the Tahoe I had previously, but a vastly better vehicle overall.

Posted by Mo Jeaux

Member since Aug 2008

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 7:28 am to lowhound

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Audi

Why?

Posted by OweO

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 7:30 am to PenguinNinja

I have never thought of a vehicle as "uppity".

And I know Acura is consider luxury, I have never considered it luxury.

BMW & Jaguar shouldn't be luxury.

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Posted by yellowfin

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Member since May 2006

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 7:32 am to DiamondDog

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Interiors and technology are a ton better. Toyota’s interiors are reliable. Lexus interiors are higher grade. Tech is a lot better.

I thought the Lexus interior was terrible when we test drove a gx460. Dated technology and that horrible front grill were the two reasons my wife passed

Posted by Obtuse1

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Member since Sep 2016

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 7:40 am to OweO

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BMW & Jaguar shouldn't be luxury.

Gonna have to expand on that. Do you mean they shouldn't be considered a luxury or due to their sporty DNA they should not be built as luxury cars?

Posted by USMEagles

Member since Jan 2018

11811 posts

Posted on 1/26/21 at 8:04 am to OweO

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And I know Acura is consider luxury, I have never considered it luxury.

Acura is very conservative with introducing new models and features. That's not a bad thing nor is it necessarily a non-luxury thing.

Posted by Dirk Dawgler

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Member since Nov 2011

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 9:02 am to USMEagles

I don’t think of any of those as uppity. I think of Aston Martin, Maserati, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, etc. as uppity.

I have an Audi A7 that I drive and my wife has a GMC Yukon Denali. We trade some days if I have a lunch or dinner with 2-3 people from a client planned. I drive the Audi when I business travel to cities within 4-5 hours of my home. It gets 36 mpg. I get a nice car allowance that covers the car note and then some. I don’t look at that car as a status symbol. I always drove trucks before I took the job I currently have and wanted to get a nicer daily driver for once in my life and have always leaned to a German car if the day arrived where the car was appropriate for my needs. BTW, I love the Audi but haven’t owned any of the others so I can’t offer a comparison.

Posted by mmmmmbeeer

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 9:15 am to PenguinNinja

BMW makes a damn nice car, which is why I'm a repeat buyer. All it takes is a test drive and you'll feel the quality of the ride, likely dismissing the idea that all BMW owners prefer them because they're "uppity".

Have owned MB and Audi, as well. Nice rides but not impressive enough to want to keep returning to them for future vehicles.

Posted by cyarrr

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 9:31 am to USMEagles

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The only really uppity brands there are BMW and Mercedes. Infiniti and Land Rover are leverage-driven ripoffs- you buy into something fancy, but it's not going to last and the banks / insurers know that.

We've owned 2 Infiniti's and have never had a problem with either. Will likely buy again.

Posted by White Bear

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 9:34 am to PenguinNinja

It’s not the brand but is instead the douche/douchette driving that’s the issue, baw.

Posted by kywildcatfanone

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 9:42 am to PenguinNinja

Tesla is luxury?

Posted by IAmNERD

Member since May 2017

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Posted on 1/26/21 at 9:47 am to PenguinNinja

Isn't Jaguar owned by and Indian company now?

I just have a hard time classifying anything coming from India as "luxury". I know they probably aren't being manufactured in India, but I do know the reputation of Jaguar had been steadily declining before and fell off a cliff after the Indian company bought them.