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The super rich buy supercars for the increase in their own perceived value (i.e wow look how rich this dude is)

The average joe buys a car because of the value it gets them (because every dollar matters)

I think that most car buying is motivated by far far more than delivered value. There's so much status and image wrapped up in cars that thigh there are some who care little about the car, nearly everyone chooses something that fits their perception of themselves.

The reason that there are so many super-expensive pickup trucks on the road is not because people are hauling around things that require a pickup, for example. And when combined with the face that pickup beds are becoming increasingly useless...

What do you mean the beds are becoming useless?

The height of the base of the bed, the height of the sides of the bed, and the lengths of beds are becoming more for show than for practical usage.

Yes that's why car market isn't much practical.

Umm, except the cars the average joe buys depreciate in value, while the supercars the rich buy usually apreciate in value, kind of like art, so wouldn't it make more sense that panel gaps are more important for that market?

Does having tighter panel gaps help with the resale value for the average joes?

This isn’t true. Your average super car does not appreciate in value when you consider factors like maintenance and the fact that you have to buy a bunch of other garbage to even be put on the delivery list for a desirable car’s production. For example, actually buying a top spec 911 isn’t feasible if you don’t have a good relationship with your dealer.

Notwithstanding the fact that the market for super cars is nothing like the market for Teslas or 5ers.

Supercars absolutely depreciate in value minus select limited releases (which holds true for non-supercars as well). Look at standard Lamborghini Gallardos, Ferrari F430s/458s, and Aston Martins of any model and you will see that some of these cars are worth less than half what their original buyers paid for them.

Fair point, that was a bad example on my end. Edited.

But my point stands, that panel gap as a benchmark alone is no measure of quality or any other metric.

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