Apple cars would aim more for the (1) bracket than the (3). Apple products are status items. Same particular utility can be had much cheaper.
How can an official suit and tie be a status item if most men have one?
How can a good beard be a status item if it grows for free?
A beard definitely isn’t a status item. That’s like saying black hair are a status item
Hmm good question
You can make your own conclusions about people who are affected by such status statements.
This is an incredible achievement of Apple marketing.