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Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by Joof on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:29PM (#12134436)
Calling it a logical fallacy that a premium car takes longer to build because it is premium.
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by carterehsmith on Thursday July 21, 2016 @03:12AM (#12135271)
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.

Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by makomk on Thursday July 21, 2016 @07:04AM (#12136038)
By all accounts, Tesla neither have particularly stringent QA nor a premium car level of interior.
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by hatsix on Thursday July 21, 2016 @01:53PM (#12138666)
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...

Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by gozur88 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:46PM (#12134488)
Oh? Don't you think buyers of premium cars expect more in the way of difficult-to-manufacture details?
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by DasIch on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:57PM (#12134527)
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.
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by Joof on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:51PM (#12134506)
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.

Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by sp527 on Thursday July 21, 2016 @12:34AM (#12134678)
Did you just utilize an analogy concerning destruction to make a point about production?
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by a13n on Thursday July 21, 2016 @02:04AM (#12135064)
Did you just use the word utilize to make your argument sound more coherent?
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by sp527 on Thursday July 21, 2016 @02:10AM (#12135079)
I utilize comment sections to keep my writing and argumentative faculties sharp. This is not how I'd normally communicate. I don't care about karma.
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by a13n on Saturday July 23, 2016 @09:47PM (#12151837)
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by Joof on Monday July 25, 2016 @02:06AM (#12156781)
Yes. I can find another analogy if you like, but the message is the same.
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by jacalata on Thursday July 21, 2016 @02:30AM (#12135134)
Do you think locksmiths destroy the locks they open?
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by sp527 on Thursday July 21, 2016 @02:32AM (#12135140)
No. That phrasing was more pithy. Not wholly inaccurate if you think in the abstract, however.
Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by znpy on Thursday July 21, 2016 @02:37AM (#12135163)
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.