They say prestige is in the good name and reputation of a brand, but with Lexus is top quality, reliabilty, incredible luxury, and high resale value among other its good qualities, is not it what they are referring to as ''prestige''?

Yep, and its a marvellous car, l lov it!:)

Just a 'Glorified' Toyota

Early Lexus is where pretty much a copy of mercedez, only they did some things better technically, but carried it out with less charisma, the newer models have been receiving much more good press because Lexus has finally figured out how to put unique character & soul into their cars. Before they had a stolen identity (merc), now they finally have earned their own.

as far as perceptions r concerned, regular people seem to love lexus is because of their glitzy style, ''car'' people like myself r finally warming to them though, with their 8 speed transmissions & swoosh-o-matic suspensions, as well as their legendarily low interior noise levels,

look up a brit named ''Jeremy Clarkson'' & read some of his car reviews, he does a excelent job explain what im trying to get at

prestige is importance based on the past reputation and achievements.You are only going to hear what Lexus advertises..If you would like to see that every auto including Lexus has its downfalls.using your search..type in lexus problems..and read what people have complained about,.

Lexus Is 300 rocks

Yes, Lexus is the best in the market.

Yes it is. Those who say that Lexus r not prestigious r those who hate Lexus for it is major success that their favorite brands have not been able to achieve in their several decades of selling cars. For example; Mercedes, BMW, & Audi have not sold as many cars as Lexus per year & they've been around for fifty or more years when Lexus has only been around for less than twenty. They feel threatened that a new comer to the luxury market can gain so much respect & success in such a short time when it took their favorite car brand several decades.

Lexus is known for great reliability and luxury

indeed.