Comments on: Car Stereotypes: BMW, Lexus, Mercedes

By: Showardno112

Showardno112 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:15:00 +0000

LEXUS GETS A LOT OF PUBLICITY,BUT THEIR CARS ARE NOT THAT GOOD.ALSO YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND YOU SPEND ALL THAT MONEY,AND YOU ARE STILL DRIVING A JAPANESE CAR.NO PRESTIGE.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:31:00 +0000

Benz had them in 1991 on the 600SEL =D….. Why argue over Benz and Bimmer??They are both great manufacturers. Mercedes fits the owner who wants to display his wealth and show that he has arrived and values comfort and prestige, whereas BMW is for the owner who doesn’t want to lose the drive and dynamics. If anything, it should be BMW vs Audi and Mercedes vs Lexus

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Auto News, Auto Parts and More - What Cars do Lawyers Drive? — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:59:07 +0000

[...] attorneys like to drive one of the “Big Three” – BMW, Mercedes, or Lexus. While these cars are not the most expensive that money can buy, [...]

By: DasdaAd

DasdaAd — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:47:00 +0000

Do me a favor and stfu… you dont know what you want, navigation, sound system, korea cars, german cars, london, america, magna steyr… i dont think i have ever read so much BS in my life
Just buy the old volkswagen beetle and enjoy

By: POES

POES — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:43:00 +0000

BMW HAS HAD SOFT CLOSE DOORS FROM THE EARLY 90′S!
CHECK THE BMW 850!

By: IchLiebeMeinE38

IchLiebeMeinE38 — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:36:00 +0000

If you want a luxurious appliance that gets you from point A to point B without much emotion, and more tolerant of neglect, by all means Lexus is the car for you. If you want a safe and luxurious ride and want to feel richer than most of the people on the road you share with them, Mercedes-Benz may be the ride for you.
If you want an eye pleasing, smile-inducing, head-turning high performance machine with safety and luxury thrown in it, then definitely get a BMW. But be warned though, BMW is not very fond of neglect. It requires some TLC from its owners. A well taken care of BMW will give you lots of love and driving pleasur in return, but mistreat and neglect it, and it will bite you in the butt, taking your wallet with it.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:17:00 +0000

Are you kidding me … Lexus are extremely reliable…I’ve have owned a IS300, IS350 and LS460 and not one problem.

By: London

London — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:27:00 +0000

Not disagreeing with your initial argument, but a broken water pump and a hose doesn’t sound like 4k in repair. Performance cars like BMW’s require regular maintenance. Unlike Lexus, but thats the sacrifice you make to drive something that feels like a mommy car haha.

By: John

John — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:52:00 +0000

Back up cameras=more technology! Undbelievable that anyone in there right mind would think so. How hard is it to strap on a camera, some wire and a screen. Have you ever thought of comparing the engines or other ‘key’ components? NO im not talking about horsepower and all those ‘noob’ details that anyone can look up online. But take a look deeper into what you are buying. I would love to see a Hyundai technician work on a BMW! They would be lost! And don’t say that I don’t know what Im talking about because I have been a BMW Tech for the past 6 years. When you look at what goes into a BMW and the design, production, and quality of what it really is that you are buying, you would be amazed of what you truly are driving. An ultimate machine to say the least!

By: Kalafat

Kalafat — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:22:00 +0000

Mercedes fixed most of their quality issues on the newer models, the time between 2001 to 2007 for mercedes spells out poor quality (as in less quality then expected by customers)

By: Kalafat

Kalafat — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:22:00 +0000

Mercedes fixed most of their quality issues on the newer models, the time between 2001 to 2007 for mercedes spells out poor quality (as in less quality then expected by customers)

By: Kalafat

Kalafat — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:18:00 +0000

you don’t know your cars, better go and study bit more…

By: Ken S

Ken S — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:28:13 +0000

Wade,
You sound like a hater! My girlfriend has the X3 and it’s much nicer than a Toyota or Honda that I drive. Hyundai steal’s all of it’s ideas from German engineer’s teaches robot’s how to build it and you think that’s great. Maybe you’re just the typical American cheapskate who will do anything to stretch all you can out of every penny.

All car’s have problem’s German cars are the best but in many way’s but will breakdown in certain area just like the knockoffs’ you like

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:05:47 +0000

Did you know Mercedes used to own Chrysler? I didn’t see any Mercedes underneath?

Did you know the BMW X3 is a Magna Steyr car?

I wouldn’t consider BMW and Mercedes premium cars. They are just luxury automakers. On the other hand, Bentley, Maserati, Maybach, they are premium luxury automakers. You have some mixed definitions between the luxury car segment and the premium luxury car segment.

I have owned several cars between 40k-60k, who happened to be BMWs. Driving felt just like a Japanese car. In fact, my Civic had more technology than my current X3. When you own a 40k-60k BMW, it is going to feel like you are driving a Camry.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:51:11 +0000

How do you like your X3? I have one.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:49:33 +0000

Toyota has that too. The second generation Lexus LS had that too.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:43:04 +0000

Have you driven an X3? I own a BMW X3 and the driving is horrible. That is the most uncomfortable ride. I previously owned a BMW X5 that I exchanged for a more technological Honda Civic (at least the Honda’s navigation system didn’t talk while the music was playing, plus the sound system was much better). When I bought my X3 I fully loaded the car, I paid for premium sound, and it is worse than the Camry sound. I really don’t understand why a 25K Hyundai has back up cameras and more technology than a BMW X3. Did I mention the Hyundai is 23 thousand less? I don’t see BMW as an innovative automaker. I see BMW as a bad experience of an expensive car that has a 3 color Navigation system with an annoying transmission. For the record, my BMW is 2008.

As a response to Lawrence, BMW is not as reliable as you might think. How do you explain 36k miles of warranty? I remember there was a problem in Europe because the BMW 3-series from 1998-2002 didn’t back up, they had something wrong that made the cars not to back up when put in reverse. Since most of the BMWs experienced that after they reached 100k or 5 years, BMW did nothing about it. I remember a friend from London telling me about it. it is an old story, but I am sure you can find more information on the internet.

For people who didn’t know, the BMW X3 is not even built by BMW, it is a Magna Steyr car. Built under contract for BMW.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:05:07 +0000

Lexus/Toyota used older tech in their cars because it is reliable. That is coming from my friends that work in the Toyota/Lexus plant in Cambridge, they all don’t or wouldn’t drive a Lexus because they know what the car is really about, you’re paying a premium price for a car that is not cutting edge like a BMW. So what if you don’t have to maintain it as much or it doesn’t have as much service visits, when i spend 40k-60k on a car I want something that is the latest and greatest, not yesterdays standard. By definition you can’t even consider Lexus a true premium car considering that it is really just a Toyota underneath and is full of outdated tech, BMW and Benz are the only “true premium cars” out of the major luxury car brands. They have the most cutting edge tech and best engineering in their cars and they may be prone to more service issues however the true premium buyer isn’t concerned with a cars reliability, their concerned with having the best performance, safety and engineering.

By: W202

W202 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:43:52 +0000

The S-Class has had “soft-close” doors since 2001!

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:30:48 +0000

If you want reliability you wouldn’t buy BMW or Mercedes, or just about any other luxury car for that matter. Other than Lexus and Cadillac, the rest of them are far below average in reliability. Additionally, repairs are costly no matter what you get. They aren’t likely to fall apart as soon as you drive it out of the lot like a Hyundai or a Kia, but some repairs should be expected.

If it’s just reliability you want, get a Toyota or a Buick or maybe Honda but I don’t think they’re all that reliable in the past 15 or so years…

As far as luxury goes, I’ve driven many older, upscale cars (’81 and ’84 Buicks for example) and I would take those interiors over just about anything on the market today. Today’s cars are all made of cheap plastics. But if you like the standard European car interiors (BMW, Mercedes), they’ve generally kept their interiors pretty much the same over the past 35+ years.

Also the reason you see more BMWs on the street than Lexus’s is quite simple – 20 years later, what’s worth keeping? A 1989 Lexus? I could just as well get a car 10 years newer and a whole lot more luxurious for the same price. Lexus has got better recently, but they had no appeal when Toyota first launched the brand…