Comparing a well taken care of used entry to mid-level luxury car to a likely abused (even if low mileage) rental car that is probably a mid-level sedan isn't an entirely fair comparison. I will also say one should chose one's domestic sedan with a little care. Not all are built the same. Lexus is top notch don't get me wrong but one is paying for that (nothing wrong with that). Personally while I like cars I have greater passions so I try to find a solid domestic sedan that is unloved (read steep deprecation) to minimize my transportation costs. I currently drive a Lincoln MKZ which is roughly equivalent to a Lexus ES I think. Is it as good as an ES no, but then I could not get a fully loaded five year old used ES for $11.5k when I bought my Lincoln in 2015 (new it was $40k). Heck I could not have got a five year old base Camry for that. A used ES would have likely been 2-2.5x more at a minimum and it is that much better in my eyes.
Good to know. My experience with American cars is limited to rentals a few times per year for many years. I have found late model low mileage American sedans to be inferior in most ways to a 10 year old high mile Lexus in terms of durability, rattles, squeaks, etc not to mention driveability.
Now if I was buying new and they were close to the same price then that is an entirely different discussion.
Statistics: Posted by THY4373 — Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:47 am — Replies 43 — Views 2430