7, 令人信服嘅自大 -- 自大通常會令人反感，但當你係消費者，需要有D嘢而令自己型象同信心提升嘅時候，去買件產品” 代入” 型象，好似比自己去自大得體。Benz 嘅廣告口號 “The Best or Nothing”, BMW 嘅 “The Ultimate Driving Machine”, 簡簡單單幾個字，就帶出呢個型象，陷入消費者嘅潛意式
1. Safety - once you own one, going back to Japanese cars you will feel the big difference in body strength. I want to protect my family;
2. Nice to drive;
3. Engineering innovations.
As for brands, higher price etc I am not buying them to show off. I buy them to enjoy.
However I must point out German cars are not necessary more reliable. You need to service it properly. There are lots of electrical issues in the 2000's era cars, which are not common among Japanese cars.
Also both German and Japanese cars drop value faster these days, so when trading in will lose more money.
The feeling you got when you close the doors makes a big difference, and that's due to the overall chassis stiffness and the anchor of the door. However, I have to say, the passive safety difference between German and Japanese car nowadays is way smaller than back in the 80s. Crumple Zone matters more during a serious crash.
I have owned a few Japanese cars and was very happy with them (2 Mazda, 1Honda). When children arrive in the family I had a Volvo V70. At the same time I also had a Corolla. There was noticeable difference on the feeling of safety between the two. Since then for my family's safety I prefer to be buy as safe as I can afford. I had own MB C-class, E-class and now back to C-class. My other car is a Toyota at the moment which I respect as it is well built and cost little to maintain.
I must say I had a fair bit of mechanical problem with my European cars. I made good friend with my "personal" mechanic as a result, and learn so much about cars each time I have to spend more money with them.
don't hit your head into the wall, at least you learn something everytime :l ...
I do learn. Now I can change engine oil and filter on my Toyota. Changed air-filter, and also the air-con filter. Next time my neighbour will show me how to change brake pads.
I enjoy those days when I was living overseas with a house and a garage. I have a floor jacks and some jack stands and I can work on my car myself.
Change brake pads is at a different new level compares to what you have done before, and definitely will be more satisfied once you completed it. Enjoy and let us know how you do it! :)
I don't have special preference to German cars but I do have preference to "West" European cars over Japanese cars. American cars......sorry.
With all respect to Japanese cars' reliability, the appearance design is not exciting, handling in general has no difference between models, brands. In recent years, Mazda tried their Zoom Zoom strategy, I kind of like the M6.
For European cars, British, German, Italian, French all have their own characters and I like particular models of different brands.
I'd say the long history and diverse cultures of car making enables European to produce more interesting cars
wow.......it is my dream. When I was abroad, I was a poor student. The max. I can afford was a parking space.
But I still remember diy the rusted door with mixed adhesive in winter, haha
While some out of the 10 points may be applicable to different markets, like point 8 in Chinese society, I think points 2 and 5 are commonly improper perception.
British and Italian have more racing heritage than German. Majority of F1 racing teams have their base in Britain. Mercedes Benz F1 team is one of them. Lotus and Ferrari are the top 2 winning the largest quantity of GP championship. When Alfa and Bentley were sweeping the race circuit, only Merc was the strong competitor from Germany
Engineering, I'd say British and Italian are on par with German but German's attitude to pay attention to reliability and precision pushed up the image of engineering excellence over the two. Again the F1 example is an indicator. In civil car realm, Rover's VVC, Jar's V12, Fiat's common-rail diesel, multi-air, all are good examples out of a lot of others that are unknown to non experts
Thanks for Report.
The rich group will all appreciate the European car.
The people not so rich will enjoy the Japenese / Korean vehicle.
Nevertheless, those are all good points.
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I don't think German cars are much better, may be they are better, but not by too much. The fact that they are very well received is because German's pursit of engineering excellence, with quality a top priority. Personally I think Jaguar and Land Rover are among the best in their respective sectors. By the way, VW has to thank the vast Chinese car buyers for their helps to propel VW to the throng of the biggest car manufacturer in the world.
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