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What are the Top 10 luxury cars that are completely overpriced considering the poor workmanship and lack of features?
There are a number of luxury cars on the market that are completely overpriced considering the poor workmanship and lack of features. Ford, Buick, Lincoln, Dodge, Jeep, Chevrolet, Chrysler, GMC, Ram, Tesla, Cadillac, and Volvo are all examples of cars that fall into this category. While these cars may have a certain level of prestige associated with them, they simply do not live up to the hype in terms of quality or value. In many cases, you can find cars that offer better workmanship and more features for a fraction of the price. So if you’re looking for a luxury car that won’t break the bank, be sure to do your research before making a purchase.
The following is a list of 10 luxury cars that are completely overpriced:
1. Ford: Despite being one of the most popular automakers in the world, Ford’s luxury cars are seriously overpriced. The company’s flagship sedan, the Lincoln Continental, starts at over $45,000, but it lacks features like heated seats and an advanced infotainment system that are standard on other luxury cars.
2. Buick: Buick’s lineup of cars is generally fairly priced, but the company’s top-of-the-line model, the Enclave Avenir, starts at a whopping $53,000. For that kind of money, buyers expect a lot more than what the Enclave Avenir offers.
3. Lincoln: Lincoln has long been known for its luxurious cars, but its recent offerings have been severely lacking in both quality and features. The Lincoln Navigator starts at just under $80,000, but it doesn’t even come standard with heated seats or a sunroof.
4. Dodge: Dodge’s Charger Hellcat may be one of the most powerful cars on the market, but at $70,000, it’s also one of the most overpriced. The car lacks features like adaptive cruise control and lane keep assist that are becoming standard on other luxury cars.
5. Jeep: Jeep’s Grand Cherokee Summit is one of the company’s most expensive models, starting at just under $60,000. However, it doesn’t offer much in terms of luxury features. The vehicle doesn’t even come standard with GPS navigation or blind spot monitoring.
6. Chevrolet: Chevrolet is generally known for its affordable cars, but its top-of-the-line model, the Corvette ZR1, starts at an eye-popping $120,000. For that kind of money, buyers expect a lot more than what the Corvette ZR1 offers in terms of luxury features and performance.
7. Chrysler: Chrysler’s 300C is one of the most expensive cars in the company’s lineup, starting at just under $50,000. However, it doesn’t offer much in terms of luxury features or performance. The car doesn’t even come standard with GPS navigation or blind spot monitoring.
8. GMC: GMC’s Yukon Denali is one of the most expensive SUVs on the market, starting at over $70,000. However, it doesn’t offer much in terms of luxury features or performance. The SUV doesn’t even come standard with heated seats or a sunroof.
9. Ram: Ram’s 1500 Laramie Longhorn is one of the most expensive trucks on the market, starting at just under $60,000. However, it doesn’t offer much in terms of luxury features or performance. The truck doesn’t even come standard with GPS navigation or Blind spot monitoring..
10 Tesla: Tesla is generally known for its high-quality electric cars, but its Model S sedan is seriously overpriced at just under $100,000. The car lacks features like adaptive cruise control and lane keep assist that are becoming standard on other luxury cars..
Volvo and Cadillac round out this list as two more manufacturers whose cars are completely overpriced considering the poor workmanship and lack of features offered.”
I’ve had nine Lexus over the years. I stopped buying them because their technology seems out of date. The reason the technology is out of date is because Lexus is not out to be on the cutting edge of anything, but instead would rather refine what they have and make constant improvements to existing products. You can buy the same model in two different years and it’s not the exact same car. It’s been refined from the prior year.
I’ve never owned a more reliable brand or one with a more predictable ownership experience. Everything from the dealership on through service is very well done. I consider it to be an outstanding brand. Others do too.
Lexus isn’t for everyone. There are more exciting cars to drive, but when it comes to safe reliable cars, it’s by far my most trusted brand.
While Cadillac ranks a little higher in the JD Power ranking, it is still one of the lowest ones with Land Rover, Volvo and Acura worse. While Volvo might not be considered luxury they certainly have some models price at a luxury price. I tend to believe that JD Power uses a bigger sample than subscriber based Consumer Reports information.
Above ranking are by brand and each brand would have some variance based on models. For the most part within brands the higher volume models are more reliable than lower volume ones.
in past years there was a time frame when Cadillac was considered the luxury brand of any American car companies. They still include the goodies and technology that would classify them as such. Escalade made the 20 Cars To Avoid At All Costs In 2021 list and was not the only luxury vehicle to make that list.
It is hard to understand why they would be so lousy in terms of reliability. Many of those who valued what Cadillac traditionally offered (quiet, smooth, road isolation, luxurious interiors and luxury technology) moved to Lexus where the brand and most of their models are at the opposite end of the reliability list. Luxury is not luxury if it does not work frequently.
Addition replying to several comments:
There have been a number of questions about differences between the above lists. I believed that it was due to methodology differences. The following two links get into what type of questions for each and what they measure.
Essentially JD Power is an incident report whereas Consumer Reports records what members said were problems they considered serious. Every incident is not necessarily serious. For example I had a new Lexus that soon after delivery developed a 1 pound per week drop in pressure in one tire. That was an incident. It was caused by the tire being improperly seated on the rim at the factory. It was fixed immediately and I would would have considered that an inconvenience not anything serious.
There is also a massive difference in sample size with Consumer Reports having 470,000 and Powers about 33k. With the former sample size over 14 times the latter, it should be more statistically accurate. They indicated average response of three hundred per model. That is not as good of info as the manufacturer’s bean counters have, but it is probably as good as it gets for the consumer.
Of the two sources Consumer Reports drills down more about specific types of problems. When the owner is out of warranty the type of problem can be important as different categories vary significantly in cost.
There is a reason for the large variance in drop in residual value between different brands and different models within those brands. Some turn into money pits and as a result are not worth hardly anything when you try and sell them. That is good on any vehicle. It is particularly bad on a luxury car.
I mentioned Cadillac in my above response based on my feeling that no matter how many luxury trappings they offered, if the vehicle frequently did not work it would not be a luxury vehicle (it just would be a vehicle that offered much what Honda offers in tech, but one that did not work).
Vehicles that frequently do not work are only luxuries for the mechanics that work on them (JOB SECURITY IS A LUXURY) and luxuries for the dealer or maintenance company (PROFIT IS A LUXURY). Personally I would prefer not contributing too heavily to those two luxuries.
The average price of a new vehicle purchased in the states is US $36K. That may not represent luxury, but it represents something that the purchaser expects to work. Is there any real reason the expectation should be different just because the vehicle costs more and may have more luxury trappings or better performance? If your answer is no to that, the logical conclusion would be that ANY luxury brand that had a reported history of more problems than less expensive brands is not worth it. That includes too many of them IMO.
Addendum:
I am basing this knowing that we all have criteria that is important for the vehicle we select. I currently have two cars one is a German convertible and the other is a Lexus.
I recently drove my sister in law’s CTS.
Even being used to a soft top convertible that tend to be more noisy, it was one of the most noisy cars I have ever driven. The few I have driven were more noisy to accentuate the sound of the exhaust. The amount of noise is not typical Cadillac. Historically they were one of the most quite on the market. Cadillac wanted a younger buyer group. They tried unsuccessfully to emulate BMW.
In comparison my sister in law had commented about how quite my wife’s Lexus is. Lexus was not satisfied. The current model has 30% more sound deadening materials.
I am not trying to make a case that lack of sound is the only factor in considering, but is is one more issue for Cadillac’s primary market.
Are Lexus cars underrated in comparison with Mercedes, BMW, and Audi? If not, why do many owners who own Lexus and German cars have good experience with Lexus? By Tom Nault
I’ve had nine Lexus, three Mercedes, three BMWs and no Audis. Lexus is by far the higher quality car among these brands. The others are not even close. However if you’re looking at cutting edge technology, the Lexus falls behind the others. The other three are more advanced. Lexus is a very conservative brand that spends more time on matters of reliability than cutting edge features. It all depends on the kind of experience you want in a car.
If you plan to keep the car a very long time, Lexus would be the only consideration. If your plan is to keep it three years or so, then the other brands would be a stronger consideration because they offer more for about the same price. Lexus depreciates less overall, except with the LS which they have trouble selling new. It’s a boring car. Well built, but dull as hell to drive. If you don’t like or care about cars, but want a good one, the LS is your baby.
But, if you’re looking for overall driver experience, the Germans are excellent at that.
What is the comparison useable lifetime of combustion fuel cars versus estimated lifetimes of electrical cars or EV? It now looks like 12 years versus 25. By David Filmer
The problem is… besides the driveline, an EV is just an ordinary car with ordinary car parts, and few people want to drive a 12-year-old car (much less 25 years old), even if the engine works perfectly. The electronics (which once seemed amazing) will be dated. The dash will rattle. The paint will be blistered. The upholstery will be worn and stained. The carpets will be rotten and stink. The door seals will be dried out. There will be rust on the undercarriage. Corrosion in wiring harnesses may cause intermittent problems which are difficult to diagnose. These are all typical 12-year-old car problems that get worse as the car continues to age.
The average life expectancy of a US automobile, from showroom to scrapyard, is about 13 years, and it’s not just the driveline. The whole car will be worn out.
In the future, as EVs begin to age, expect to see a variety of EV “kit cars” to repurpose the durable (and expensive) motor, battery, and inverters into new bodies with updated electronics/telematic packages.
We may even see a variety of novelty coachwork, as we do with the humble Volkswagen Beetle. Your Tesla might someday look like a Delorean or a classic American roadster!
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What are Programming Languages used for Autopilot in Self Driving Cars like Tesla, Audi, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Volvo, Infiniti?
Most self-driving cars on the market today use C programming language for their vehicle software. This is because C is a very robust and stable language that can be trusted for mission-critical applications. In addition, C is relatively easy to learn and has a wide range of features that make it well suited for automotive applications. However, there are some drawbacks to using C for self-driving cars. First, it is not a very concise language, so the code can be quite long and difficult to read. Second, C does not have built-in support for object-oriented programming, which is becoming increasingly important in the world of autonomous vehicles. As a result, many carmakers are starting to explore other languages for their autopilot systems, such as Java and Python.
Whilst it’s technically correct that Tesla most likely uses the C programming language for their vehicle software, it’s worth clarifying that the actual language would be MISRA C which has several constraints on the language to provide better control over its features .
Low-level communication requires using C. Especially for embedded systems, sensors and IoT software.
To develop software for supporting devices in the system C++ is the best option.
However, Python is the language to enter the game when it comes to using AI.
Lidar uses light to measure distances. But we know you can measure distances using a “stereo pair” of regular cameras with (by 2020 standards) very simple software processing.
Lidar requires mechanical scanning of the scene – implying moving parts that will make it less reliable.
Lidar sensors are quite costly compared to cameras. A digital camera costs less than $1 in quantity. Lidar units are in the hundred to several hundred dollar range.
Radar and ultrasound both do a lot of what Lidar does – they are cheaper, and because they’re operating outside of the spectrum of visible light, they can see things that cameras and Lidar can’t – so they add more value than Lidar.
Lidar does have a few odd “artifacts” – some objects don’t reflect light very well – very shiny objects reflect it only in a narrow direction that doesn’t return the light to the Lidar sensor. Processing to eliminate these artifacts is comparable in complexity to the stereo-camera solution.
Lidar can’t REPLACE cameras – so you still need them for image recognition. For example, you can’t read the wording on a road sign using Lidar.
Waymo (previously Google) are using much more clever sophistication – and having a wider variety of sensors helps them. But with only a small number of actual cars collecting driving data – training an AI is tough. They’ve only driven about 20 million miles with their test cars.
Tesla are using brute force AI. They’ve invested in a massively powerful AI computer in each car (two of them, actually) – and a billion dollar data center for processing AI learning. With a million cars collecting data for them, they can collect a BILLION miles of training data every month.
With the Tesla approach, less is more.
With the Waymo approach, sophistication is king – and the more data you can get from your sensors, the less processing you have to do.
Programming languages are used for Autopilot in Self Driving Cars. These cars have software that uses the C programming language. The MISRA C standard is important for the quality of this software. There are some core features of Autopilot, such as adaptive cruise control, lane centering, and autonomous parking. Some cars also have other advanced features that add to the convenience of the driver. Drivers can get these features by either buying a car with them included or by installing aftermarket Autopilot systems. Programming languages are also used for other purposes in these cars. For example, some companies use different languages to develop their infotainment systems or autonomous driving systems. Additionally, some companies have open-source projects for their vehicle software where they allow anyone to contribute code. Programming languages are thus an integral part of self-driving cars.
To conclude:
Programming languages are used to give instructions to a computer. High-level programming languages are easier for humans to read and write than low-level languages, which are closer to machine code. Programming languages can be compiled or interpreted. A Compiled language is converted into machine code that the computer can understand before the program is run. An interpreted language is read by a software program called an interpreter, which then converts it into machine code that the computer can understand. Some programming languages are more suited to certain tasks than others. For example, FORTRAN is often used for scientific or engineering applications because its syntax is designed to produce code that is easy to read and understand. Finding the right programming language can be a challenging task for any programmer. When it comes to writing software for self-driving cars, there are a few important factors to consider. First, the language must be able to handle the large amounts of data that self-driving cars generate. Second, it must be able to handle the real-time processing requirements of autonomous vehicles. And third, it must be able to meet the safety requirements of the automotive industry.
I doubt it could operate well in the complete absence of light, but that situation can not arise. And it works extremely well in at least one very difficult seeing situation. Let me relate my experience.
On our recent road trip from San Diego to Clinton, Iowa, it was near dark as we reached the city limits of Clinton. Just as we did it started to rain heavily. A few seconds later the sky opened up and the heavy rain became what we call in Iowa, a Gully Washer. I was using Navigate on Autopilot, driving on the main road which led to the side street where our hotel destination was situated. I could see through the windshield by watching a 2 inch wide strip of cleared glass created as the windshield wiper passed back and forth. Other cars kept going and as I couldn’t see the road, I followed the car ahead of me. (Autopilot made that much easier than trying to stop as it even kept within the lane pretty much.) I could not see but I guess the cameras on the bumper below the headlights could see well enough. When the navigator told me to turn left in 200 feet, I couldn’t do that because I couldn’t see at all out the side window or the corner of the windshield. That is, nothing but flowing water, so I continued, to which Autopilot directed me to make a U-turn. On returning to the intersection of my turn, I caught a glimpse of a street sign and so, moving very slowly, turned around the sign. Water was flowing at least 6″ deep across the intersection but after a 50 or 100 feet, the crown of the road emerged and I realized that the rain was letting up.
We made it to the hotel parking lot which was full, shoes soaked getting into the door, and after checking in, waited the storm out which didn’t take long.
The point of this whole story is that the Tesla Autopilot will never have the opportunity to operate in the dark. The headlights provide enough light for the autopilot which can (in this case) see much better than a human driver. And if the battery is down to where the lights go out, I doubt the car will drive very far anyway.
Autopilot-like functions are becoming more and more mainstream as technology improves. By late 2022, most car manufacturers will be offering some sort of more advanced self-driving capabilities.
When evaluating autopilot-like self driving systems, the main thing to look out for is Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and whether it handles starting and stopping at all speeds and on what kinds of roads. Then learn how well the vehicle can identify roads and stay in the center of the lane, called Lane Centering. Most manufacturers tout “Lane Keeping Assist” (LKA) as a way to help automate steering, but that’s different from Lane Centering and often a far cry from something like Tesla’s Autopilot system or Cadillac’s Super Cruise that are able to stay steadily centered in the lanes while driving.
If you’re not sure, check out videos on YouTube – enthusiasts and professionals often test out the systems to provide their opinions and real-world examples.
Also, ask the dealer how the system can be updated since technology and software changes so quickly. In Tesla’s case, the Autopilot system is continually updated over-the-air with software updates. Most other auto manufacturers require the updates to occur at the dealer during regular service updates.
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