Comments by "" (@williamlong2682) on "" video.

  1. Green on green on green! You guys might as well call this Will Long spec🤤 A personal anecdote as to how I’ve come to look at Genesis models. One of the earliest and most formative moments of my budding car enthusiasm came when I was 12-13ish years old and I watched Alex on Autos review the previous gen Hyundai Genesis (before it became the Genesis G80) and the Kia K900. Alex had (and still does, but not as strongly now imo) such a value-oriented view of cars, EVEN IN segments like the midsize luxury segment, and he came away so impressed first and foremost by the value proposition and case for themselves that those cars offered in the market. I specifically remember him ending the Hyundai Genesis review by saying that “I know that brand is a big deal in the luxury segment, but it just isn’t for me, and this would be my personal choice in this segment because of the features, functions, looks, etc. etc. of the car” and ending the K900 review with the question of “Why are you buying a luxury car? Because it’s $90,000 and has a Lexus badge? Or because of the way it coddles you and your passengers, the way it handles and the way it accelerates?” He genuinely encouraged shoppers to ask themselves how much the brand was worth to them. He was probably one of the very, very, very, very, very few people offered that kind perspective on those vehicles, and little did 12 year old me know how much of anything about the the “average luxury car buyer’s” shopping habits, but it made so much pure logical sense to me to judge the merits and qualities of the car and not the badge. And even if he was the only person on the entire planet to review those cars the way he did, I will be eternally grateful for those videos for teaching me to simply not care about the brand and to just judge the car.
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  2. I will also add that I appreciate the minimized level of discussion in this review around “image” and “brand perception” compared with the X5 Comparison video you guys did last year. It makes me sad that that’s even a factor in the car market at all, but it’s one that I wish reviewers would not talk about or at least not hold against cars in car reviews. No, of course that won’t make it make it go away entirely, but as people who enjoy keeping up with this industry and experience the reality of what these cars are like, we should set the example that they should be judged on their merits and concrete qualities. If enough reviewers and car enthusiasts did that, I really think it could culturally shift the way we look at cars for the better. Would be curious to hear you guys elaborate on this - do you think issues of “social stigma,” “brand perception,” “image,” etc. should be discussed in reviews by car reviewers, and if so, in what way?
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