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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
I disagree. If you want to show off, you can buy a much flashier car for $100,000. You buy this car because you like performance without advertising it.
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Yeah you can buy a flashier car, but anyone driving an M5 has a circle of friends who know exactly what it is and he's showing off to them. He's also showing off to the other rich guys on the road.
Snobbery, exclusivity and performance are what these cars are marketed with and that's why people buy them. It's a more subtle form of showing off than driving a canary yellow Corvette, but it's still showing off.
This M5 has nothing on the S65 by the way. You could get two M5's and an Excursion for your wife to drive for the price of one of them. And I don't think that's an S65 in the picture actually.