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0 pointsJoof9y ago0 comments

Calling it a logical fallacy that a premium car takes longer to build because it is premium.

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The premium car will have lot more parts, like 26-speaker sound system etc, additional soundproofing, double-pane glass, heated _and_cooled seats etc. That takes work to install.

Next, the QA on a premium car has to me more stringent, simply because the expectations are higher.

So I can't imagine luxury car not taking more time to make than a budget car.

makomk9y ago

By all accounts, Tesla neither have particularly stringent QA nor a premium car level of interior.

hatsix9y ago

By which accounts? I've honestly never heard anyone complaining about QA or "Not Premium Enough"

For example, Top Speed suggests that all other manufacturers are still playing catch-up. That it'd be nice if the seats had been updated a bit, but otherwise things are great.

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/tesla/2017-tesla-model-s-ar1729...

gozur889y ago

Oh? Don't you think buyers of premium cars expect more in the way of difficult-to-manufacture details?

DasIch9y ago

Buyers of premium cars expect details that are expensive to manufacture. That doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be difficult to manufacture them or that the productivity has to be low.

JoofOP9y ago

I do. It just doesn't mean it's true or necessarily a requirement. Nor does it mean the car is better.

A better locksmith takes less time to open a door.

sp5279y ago

Did you just utilize an analogy concerning destruction to make a point about production?

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znpy9y ago

Most of the assembly labour in order to create a Ferrari is manual labour. This is one of the reasons because they cost so much.

Oh, that and the fact that such cars can easily reach 300 km/h.

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