Luxury car – how to understand correctly?

Do a Google search, there are many definitions, and all in all, a luxury car offers a higher level of comfort, equipment, convenience, quality, performance than conventional cars, and with a higher price.

Most of us have not clearly visualized the difference between luxury cars and premium cars. The difference is based on design, performance, construction, performance, comfort, technologies and price factors. According to these criteria, the Luxury car always needs to outperform the rest of the cars in most of the above parameters.

For example: Toyota Camry should be considered Premium because the equipment is separate from economy class, so using the word “economy” is no longer correct. Its Luxury version is the Lexus ES. Looking at the ES, we will I find it has everything better and more expensive, ranging from more powerful engines, luxurious design, meticulous interior with higher quality materials, and of course the comfort equipment is also at a higher level. This is an example of a luxury car and a “near luxury” car.

Another example: Mercedes, BMW or Audi. The C180 or BMW series 3 have small engines but are still luxury cars? Or is the tiny A200 too? Put these cars next to the mainstream cars next to the segment, and we will see the Camry vs ES story again.

So what about car models that don’t know who to compare with? For example, the Beijing X7 is very comfortable and well-organized, so what prevents it from becoming a luxury car? The factor here to make it not a luxury car is performance and Handling. If the 200 hp BMW X5 is still a luxury car, why can’t Beijing with more amenities be? BMW is a luxury car company, they don’t simply make 200 hp models in the past or 300 hp today, they also have huge engines for these models, engines that bring performance different from the usual. . That is, on a model there is always a Luxury version – undisputed. Two big factors that prevent the X7 from becoming a luxury car again are the brand and the price.

Perhaps the selling price will be the easiest to understand classification for luxury cars. Luxury C-size cars are twice as expensive as ordinary C-size cars. With this amount of money, the manufacturer will paint the car many things to make it meet the luxury car standard. Jeep is not considered a luxury car company, but they have models that go beyond the conventional products. For example, the Jeep Grand Wagonner or the Ford F-150 is a typical example of a luxury car produced by a “non-luxury” company. What is different from the rest of the models is that these cars are fully equipped and the selling price is doubled. It is also understandable because it is impossible to equip fake items and sell them at sky-high prices.

Readers Vinh Nguyen