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minus-squarestarchylemming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·5 天前bmw is like every fourth car here. you can joke they come without turn signals but its just a run of the mill car brand for all kinds of people only a certain kind of personality gets a porsche
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·5 天前That tracks in America too, but a better example here is pickup trucks.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 天前There a similar effect with Mercedes in the US: they mainly export their high-end cars here, not their economy cars. Therefore Americans associate the entire brand with rich assholes. It’s true enough within the US, but may not hold outside it.
bmw is like every fourth car here. you can joke they come without turn signals but its just a run of the mill car brand for all kinds of people
only a certain kind of personality gets a porsche
That tracks in America too, but a better example here is pickup trucks.
There a similar effect with Mercedes in the US: they mainly export their high-end cars here, not their economy cars. Therefore Americans associate the entire brand with rich assholes. It’s true enough within the US, but may not hold outside it.