[mbesto]

> $5 in a supermarket is neither rare nor luxurious, by definition

Nor is buying a Lexus (by Ferrari's standards) since its essentially just a Toyota with a nicer interior and more gadgets.

People are dumb.

[discreteevent]

The price of a Lexus is nowhere near that of a Ferrari. A Mercedes is also essentially a Toyota with nicer interior and more gadgets - if you want to put it that way.

[mbesto]

> The price of a Lexus is nowhere near that of a Ferrari.

This is exactly my point. Lexus is sold as a "luxury" car.

> A Mercedes is also essentially a Toyota with nicer interior and more gadgets - if you want to put it that way.

You missed the point - which is Toyota and Lexus share the same owner and are literally the same platform of a car: https://www.quora.com/Which-Toyota-model-is-the-same-as-a-Le...

[yourapostasy]

Same platform, but I thought the manufacturing process was more stringent to increase the quality to luxury brand levels?

[hn_go_brrrrr]

Lexus is Toyota's luxury brand, so the two have a fair amount of similarity. The connection to Mercedes is far more tenuous.

[wruza]

It seems like you’re putting additional meaning into luxury beyond “much more money and looks like that”. There is no inherent value for that extra, afaic.

[mbesto]

No, I'm not. The parent made the point "is neither rare nor luxurious, by definition".

Lexus (レクサス, Rekusasu) is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota.[0]

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus