maybach

A bit like deciding whether to open a Toyota dealership in an area dominated by Maybach dealerships.

And the kind of quality that sets Maybach cars apart, is not something most people want to spend money on.

Kids from households making $200,000/yr may not be Maybach rich, but they don't need Pell Grants.

It would be kind of difficult to buy a Maybach with $100,000 given that even a used one costs more than that.

And both the Phaeton and the Maybach brands were failures, latter is already gone.

You could put a Mercedes Maybach above/below your server and nothing would happen.

It's a bit like saying a 2025 Lexus is superior to a 2025 Maybach because Mercedes' first car in 1886 was a rickety afair.

If your being driven around in a Maybach no one cares.

I find it difficult to get more worked up about millions for a painting than millions for a Maybach or ostentatious yacht/mansion/jet.

He was in good spirits however, boasting that he had beaten cancer, and was on his way to pick up one of the last hand made Maybach cars.

Or, again Mercedes, with Maybach luxury cars.

In many cases, they are viewed more as a branding exercise by their parent companies, somewhat like luxury brands like the Phaeton (VW) or Maybach (Mercedes), which are also usually not profitable.

Trick question, for enterprise projects it's called "Maybach factor".

No one says "I'm going to stop driving my Maybach and get a Ford Focus" unless they go bankrupt from buying too many luxury cars.

Kanye actually addresses this in an interview, where he talks about "who is really free?" when comparing an up and coming artist in a Maybach to a homeless man on the side of the street.

There are extremes (anything over $120k: Bentley, Maybach, etc.) but those are out of the reach of the masses.

After all, you might or not be able to afford the shiny Maybach.

There are nearly no exceptions - Daimler began as Daimler plus Maybach; BMW began as motorized vehicles garages production plus motors business; Renault began as aviation motors business, made automobiles to make additional cash.