[s-cars] Q7 ramblings

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

>Things have changed for Lexus, they are now ranked 5th in 07 by Consumer
Reports

Remember, consumer reports is the same magazine that brought us the
"Excellent" ratings for Datsun 280Z brakes and body....hmmm how many rust
free 280Z's have you ever seen outside of a hermetically sealed chamber?
Any magazine that thinks that either has idiots working for them or they are
on the take.  On top of that there is an issue with some new Sony LCD TVs
that hundreds of people have written to them complaining about and they
won't change their rating.  Hmmmmm....I wonder why?

--Calvin


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Ez Veedub
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:06 AM
To: t44tqtro at gmail.com; DGraber460 at aol.com
Cc: quattro at audifans.com; s-car-list at www.audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings


Things have changed for Lexus, they are now ranked 5th in 07 by Consumer
Reports. They were 1st in 06. And MB in at the bottom at 36. Audi is ranked
12th just to let you know. And yes, Lexus sells car very well in the US, and
ONLY the US. LEXUS (Luxury EXport US)
Ezveedub


>From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
>To: "DGraber460 at aol.com" <DGraber460 at aol.com>
>CC: quattro at audifans.com, s-car-list at www.audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:47:48 -0500
>
>Except that Lexus does better than MBZ, BMW and Audi and they don't use a
>stupid
>MMI/iDrive/COMAND system. They are probably the best at gauging the US
>market
>anyway.
>
>I think all of this crap that the Germans are foisting on us is eventually
>going to bite them
>in the butt. Give me the RS5 Clubsport edition- no MMI, manual heat/air,
>manual transmission,
>manual seats, no sunroof, no back seat, ceramic brakes, aluminum/CF body.
>:-)
>
>BTW, I saw a recent R-M Auction that brought much more reasonable prices- I
>think the
>Barrett-Jackson bubble is going to burst (which is a good thing, as a $35k
>'69 Z-28 is a
>much better proposition than a $110k car at B-J).
>
>Taka
>
>
>On 3/2/07, DGraber460 at aol.com <DGraber460 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > One thing we must remember is that these engineering designs and
>decisions
> > are NOT based on the desires of loyalists such as this group. They are
> > driven
> > by  marketing research data. If the "Premium brand" marques are moving
>in
> > a
> > given  direction and sales do not drop (and the press praises it), it
>will
> > flourish. It is cutting edge. It is market positioning and image.
> > In  building and
> > selling high end cars there are 3 critically important  factors:
> > Image.
> > Image.
> > Image.
> > Long term you have to deliver the goods. But _today_ you must impress
>and
> > dazzle with "new" and bragging rights type "stuff", even if that is more
> > complicated and detrimentally complex.
> > The "Bangle Butt", I-Drive, and Barrett-Jackson prove that the
> > buying  public
> > can be an illogical, image driven, herd of sheep.
> >
> > I am sort of old school, and love a dash full of switches and dials and
> > gauges.
> > Let me control everything and give me a bank of toggle switches  and I'm
>a
> > happy camper.
> >
> > Dennis
> > No longer the  target market!
> > Denver
> >
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