[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?