Re: How are these Japanese luxury brands doing these days?

On Mar 23, 1:33 am, anira...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> I am trying to gauge on how well are these three Japanese luxury car
> makers doing at the present.

Don't know your age group, but when I was a kid in the fifties, an
Oldsmobile super 88 was the supercar, way before the Pontiac
Bonneville appeared on the scene.  Why?  Because it performed close to
a muscle car of the sixties, otherwise the drive train was identical
to a Chevy's.... would I buy a supercar today, yes, I would opt for a
Mercedes, had two in fact before my Lexus GS300.... why did I pick
Lexus or rather Japanese over the Germans, because (1) Everything was
included essentially in one package, no funky long list of options
especially like on a GM or BMW product, also (2)  Going back to the
dealer is expensive, and Japanese cars essentially are change the oil
and rotate the tires... if you need a (3)  Higher resale value, which
may be moot when talking about the Germans, but certainly a propos
when thinking of a domestic product...

/N.