The author explores how our perceptions of brands have evolved, questioning whether judging people based on their possessions is becoming outdated. They illustrate this with personal anecdotes about their fridge and how car brands are no longer as clear-cut in terms of social status.
Would you judge somebody by which brand of phone they use? Or by who made their TV, or fridge, washing machine or dishwasher? I think not. I’m not even entirely sure I know what make my fridge is and I see it more frequently than I see my family. I know how I got it: the old one broke and I found a used one, advertised by a nice elderly couple nearby.
That part, the human side of things, I remember well, but the brand name on the front? Despite seeing it several times a day for the past decade, I’m not sure. Maybe it’s a Bosch. Hold on: I’ll check… Yes, it’s a Bosch Classixx, to the fridge enthusiast presumably a name synonymous with keeping food cold and having a light on when the door’s open. I wouldn’t like to be judged on who I am as a result of having a Classixx, beyond being thought of as someone who doesn’t like rapidly souring milk. I am, however, the kind of person who, if not quite judging people, thinks they can tell things about others by which car they drive. That used to be fairly common. So common and easy that I think most of us did it: boy racer drives x (a BMW probably), slow duffer drives y (a Skoda, perhaps) – preconceptions that held easily because it’s not like someone was cross-shopping one against the other. Until, that is, they were. I’m told a story of a 1990s Hyundai manager saying he wanted buyers to put the H-branded key on a pub table and for it to be as respected as if it were a Mercedes or other premium brand. How, of course, his audience laughed at the time. Now, though? Now I just made a video comparing a Hyundai with a Porsche. Earlier this year, a mate of mine had on his £1200-a-month company lease shortlist a Lotus, a Range Rover and a Kia. Lotus once made only sports cars and Kia just made value family cars. Today, they meet in the common ground of £80,000 electric SUVs, and I honestly couldn’t say which of them is more highly thought of in the field
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