Lexus reliability, resale value, and service should be factored in somewhere. They lead the industry in all, imo.

yeah. my older brother has a lexus and another friend has a lexus too (es300s). they're pretty old es's too. but as a loaner, my brother got an IS300 when he took his car in for service. my other friend has gotten an IS, GS, and an RX. and they don't even have to refill the gas on them! so my friend took the rx to vegas and back.

let's see loaner wise for my camry (my cheaper ES!) i got some random crappy pick up truck when i needed a loaner. for my rx-8, i got a ford taurus. sigh. i dunno how bmw is though. both were done thru rental places so i had to refill gas and pay for insurance. Sigh.