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Originally Posted by rhinocaster
I've come across many posts over the years on the subject of "Quality" and I have to say that I'm still confused by the term.
We generally refer to items based on their quality. In a perfect world, the higher quality item would have a higher price. This certainly isn't the case in the world we live in. You can pay higher prices for a name, for an image, for desirability, for rarity, for hand work or for higher quality.
I can't say that on an operational level a Ferrari is of higher quality than a Toyota. A Ferrari may (and probably does) require more tuning and I would be surprised if they're more reliable than an economy level Toyota. However, when I think about "Quality" I'm certain that Ferrari is higher quality than Toyota. Why?
I must be figuring performance into the equation. Or tolerances. Or any of the other things I've mentioned. Or.....?
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According to most practical standards of quality, a Toyota is higher qualilty than a Ferarri. That doesn't prevent Ferarri from being faster, which is only better when speed is the standard. My understanding is that if you look closely at Ferarris (and other similarly go-fast limited production cars), you start noticing the sorts of flaws that would cause a Toyota to fail quality assurance.