Why do maintaining a luxury car costs more? Shouldn’t they be more reliable than the cheaper ones?
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1. Many of them are manufactured overseas, so shipping the parts can be more expensive.
2. They often have more things that can break–your average Toyota Corolla doesn’t have 12-way multi-position heated seats, TVs for each back-seat passenger, and hydraulic auto-closing doors.
3. Since less of them are sold, volume pricing comes into play. If a company orders 5,000 widgets to repair their luxury cars, and 100,000 widgets to repair their cheap cars, they can manufacture or buy the 100,000 widgets at a lower cost per widget.
4. Any mechanic may know how to repair a Toyota Corolla, but few mechanics know how to repair a Lamborghini Aventador. So, skilled mechanics for luxury cars can often charge more money to repair them.
5. And ultimately, the “luxury” of cars is often based far more upon appearance and features than upon long-term reliability.
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