People who can afford to buy and own high end cars do not complain about their price. In the scheme of things Ferrari doesn't make many cars. Neither do Lamborghini, nor any of the exotic vehicles we read about. And it wasn't that long ago that a new Ferrari was not known for its reliability. In fact they were down right unreliable, and cost a fortune to keep them running, and still do, but they are a lot more reliable these days.
All exotics were of the same caliber years ago, not reliable, always needing work done on them and high priced. You may not put Harley in the same circle but in a way they are. Compared to Harley, Honda dwarfs them by a hundred times. They sell millions and millions of bikes to a couple hundred thousand that Harley sells. You say how can that be, I see Harley's everywhere I go. And so do I. Could be that many of those Harley's are old, many are vintage and are still turning over the odometer and keep chugging onward.
I was at my local Harley dealer today and saw a couple Sportsters that were 12 to 14 years old selling for almost what they sold for when new. I don't know if they qualify to be in the same circle as Ferrari and that ilk, but then why not. They are making much better engine and drive-trains on their bikes and the quality has improved greatly, because it had to. As did Ferrari and others or they weren't going to sell their product. Honda didn't always produce top quality product, but they realized that it would be necessary and cost effective to build quality into their product. Something Americans may not have ever done without that push from the Japanese builders.
I do agree, and have stated so earlier, that the Livewire is a mistake. Decent idea but price is way out of line. 30k is not practical in my opinion, but then it takes people with money to buy for the price to come down. I just don't see that happening with the livewire.