Cheers hermann..
How can anybody consider a crappy asian car like Lexus a luxury item? I test drove one of those once and it doesn't even compare to a car in it's class like the C class, not to mention a relatively cheap 3 series handles better.
Putting Lexus in the same sentence as rubies or diamonds makes me cringe. It's like comparing a broken peice of glass to a diamond, the former just tries to imitate the latter.