Maserati Quattroportes in my area (Seattle) is driven pretty much exclusively by non-car people who want to be car people and think they are buying a car people car, or their second owners who want a car to flex on the gram.
The original owners sell it as soon as they realize they bought a flashy shitbox and get a real car people car (like an M3 or RS4), to a the only group of people willing to buy it (flexlords) who typically have a fraction of the original owners annual salary.
I think a good analogy to this is (no offense intended here) many “Flagship” phone buyers. They want the most current, awesome one they can get, don’t give two shits about what its worth after 3-5 years, that’s not part of the equation. People who buy used 3-5 year old flagship phones are an entirely different crowd than that.
One way to think about this:
In the case of a Porsche 911, that’s pretty much the same person. In the case of a BMW 7-series, those are two very, very different people.
So true. Very, very few people who are new 7 series buyers give one shit about owning it past the warranty.
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Maserati Quattroportes in my area (Seattle) is driven pretty much exclusively by non-car people who want to be car people and think they are buying a car people car, or their second owners who want a car to flex on the gram.
The original owners sell it as soon as they realize they bought a flashy shitbox and get a real car people car (like an M3 or RS4), to a the only group of people willing to buy it (flexlords) who typically have a fraction of the original owners annual salary.
I think a good analogy to this is (no offense intended here) many “Flagship” phone buyers. They want the most current, awesome one they can get, don’t give two shits about what its worth after 3-5 years, that’s not part of the equation. People who buy used 3-5 year old flagship phones are an entirely different crowd than that.