Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
Okay I'm going to make one more comment on the price thing and then it's back to the topic.
A nicely equipped $42k BMW 330i is a ridiculously better car than a $35k Infiniti G35 with more options on it than the bimmer.
The balance of the chassis, the quality of the materials, the feel of the controls, the overall composure of the whole thing, there's just no comparison.
Lucky for BMW there's enough people out there that care about those things, or they just care about the brand, that BMW is having no problems sellin gplenty of cars. For those people that don't see the value in it, there are ofhter choices.
Now back to the original topic.
OK one comment and I'll get back to topic.
The same wine in the USA is often few times that of some other western countries because of the snob factor. Not saying it's bad wine, but the pricing is determined by its pretentious imagery associated with it in the USA. There are people who cares a lot about wine, but don't want to pay for the imagery that's embedded with wine. In German VW cars are pretty expensive, yet they aren't in the USA (well they are, but not as). Pricing sometimes has very little to do with the product, the quality of the product is of course the most important.
A H2 is charging over 50K. But most likely you aren't going to say it's ridiculously better than a 42k Bimmer. Bad comparison, but H2 is selling as its product based on imagery and not much on actual product. Bimmer and Benz (some can say Lexus, too) sell most of their product because of the imagery. They are fine cars, but I am saying that the hefty pricetag has a lot to do with the "fine" and "luxurious" image that's associated with them.