Quote Originally Posted by melvin walker
It's call reputation., Porsche has a sterling reputation when it comes to building outstanding high performance cars for the streets and the race track. Neiman Marcus is one of the finest high end stores in America. Chanel products is world renown.

Mr. Marcus in his book "The quest for the Best " comes up with conclusions about the future of quality products and whether or not a consumer should have to settle for inferior products.
We all make purchases due to name identification. Unless you have been living in a cave for the last 50 years , you should know the difference between a Porsche and a Toyota
One is for those who care about the best the other is for those who don't.
One man's opinion.
Melvin sometimes I think you pick these examples for pure provocation potential. Just as I wouldn't let my plumber even attempt to fix me a gourmet meal I wouldn't let a haberdasher pick my vehicle. He's uninformed.

The 928 wasn't even "the best" during it's time, much less now. Regardless of its pricetag it was mired with problems and fifteen years later it isn't going to be any better. It's not a delicate red, it doesn't improve with age. It wasn't even "good" by modern standards unless your definition of "best" is unwieldy, ugly, bulbous, creaking, groaning, prone to stalling, prone to throwing rods and prone to spending half its life in the shop. How is something that spends half its life under maintenance the "best"?

I was priveledged enough to ride in an Aston Martin Vantage once. An amazing vehicle with a menacing growl upon ignition that literally raored Ferraris into submission. On the other hand, the Lagonda was a piece of junk. It was, and is if any are still driveable, the 928 of of Aston Martin. I knew a mechanic that put a kid through college on one sophist's Lagonda. How is that the best?



Maybe if I buy a Fiero and scotch tape a 914 emblem on the hood I'll have the second-greatest, since "best" seems to be a function of q rating.