I'm driving a 99 Ford. "Luxury" is not in my dictionary. The purpose of a car is to get you from point A to point B. I'll squirrel the savings away for retirement.
So do I..A perfectly good, disposable 99 Taurus..I have a long commute. It is an unremarkable, solid, reliable car that I can park anywhere, with decent economy (~30mpg), and reasonable acceleration.
It's my WIFE who has the Jaguar Problem. In fairness, I spend about the same amount of time working on each. (The Ford gets a LOT more miles on it, and the language is MUCH worse under the hood of the Jag.)
Time for the "Lucas, Prince of Darkness" jokes. Nothing ever serious, just "Being pecked to death by ducks"..loose connectors and onboard computers that really NEED to talk to each other.
Never had a Mercedes. I like things that were put together by people who speak some approximation of my language. It makes reading the manuals easier.
My definition of "luxury" in a car is one that DOES get you from point A to point B, on a regular basis. The cars described in this article don't even come close to providing "luxury".