Just got my Lexus a couple of weeks ago. My first "luxury" car, and it is a step above everything else I've had before. Most of the gadgetry I can get for less dollars, but the overall feel, fit and finish is in a different class.

But I'm honest enough to admit that there's an element of impressing my friends that drove me towards buying a Lexus. Tell them you got a Toyota or a Nissan, and they'll say, "Okay, that's nice." Tell them you got a Lexus, and it's a totally different conversation...

 

If its a Lexus its a luxury car. Even the HS is a luxury Hybrid.

 

Luxury is like pornography.
Can't define either one very well, but we know it when we see it.

 

Great, I'm riding in a pimp mobile.

Happy New Year!

 

The lines of luxury were pretty clear in the past but today, its pretty blurry as all cars have pretty much improved and its pretty tough to find a terrible vehicle. On top of that we have some non luxury brands making some pretty luxurious cars.

As many here have stated its a combination of factors, build, features, quality, feel, desirability, looks, options, image, service etc etc.

 

If a Hyundai can be consider as a luxury vehicle, then the lines have indeed become pretty blurred

 

The same was said about Toyota some years ago. I bought an RX 350 because I wanted a crossover, but if I were in the market for a sedan I would have seriously considered the Genesis.

 

How about if the suv sells for more than 40K it's luxurious?

 

Sorry, Leo, that's just marketing.
A luxury item is characteristically more expensive than available alternatives, but the converse is demonstrably false. Expensive items are not inherently luxurious.

 

I dislike Hyundai. IMO.

However, if Hyundai can continue to do well, they can be one of "lux" soon. In 1986-1989, Honda/Nissa/Toyota came out with Acura/Infiniti/Lexus. Who would believe they can manufacture the luxury vehicles?

 

Give me an example of a car that is expensive but not luxurious.

In fact to do that you have to define what luxurious means.

 

Mercury Grand Marquis
Jeep Liberty
Dodge Viper
Cadillac CTS
GMC Surburban
. . .

 

Hummer
Corvette
Tundra
SHO
Grand Cherokee
........

 

These cars are expensive but not luxurious? Hmmm.
I have had two new Grand Cherokees. I don’t consider it expensive. Cadillac CTS is not luxurious? I guess luxury is a perception.

 

The top of the line Grand Cherokee can cost as much as your new RX350.