Cars vs Cigars
jadelt
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Cars vs. Cigars
OK I was out relaxing with my cigar and got to thinking about all the brands of cigars and started to mentally compare them to car makes. I didn’t get into the various ‘models’ just car lines and here is what I kind of came up with….
Kia – Primeros Regionals,
Ford, Chevy, Hundai – 5 Vegas, Gurkha, La Perla Habana, Man O’ War, Ccom, Don Rafael,
Toyota, Nissan – Oliva, Rocky Patel, Punch, Romeo y Julieta,
Cadillac – Macanudo, Don Pepin Garcia,
Mini Cooper – Nub,
Lexus, Acura – Montecristo,
BMW – **COHIBA**
Mercedes – Padron
Harley Davidson - Diesel **(ADDED)**
Now keep in mind this is kind of from a marketing / quality perspective and I have not smoked all of these. This is just kind of how I pictured things……. Feel free to comment and change things, but it was an interesting smoke to say the least !!
There are so many cigar brands and many that I will probably never smoke but I would actually like your input to adjust as you see fit !
(BTW I am a Ford F150 kind of guy anyway)
OK I was out relaxing with my cigar and got to thinking about all the brands of cigars and started to mentally compare them to car makes. I didn’t get into the various ‘models’ just car lines and here is what I kind of came up with….
Kia – Primeros Regionals,
Ford, Chevy, Hundai – 5 Vegas, Gurkha, La Perla Habana, Man O’ War, Ccom, Don Rafael,
Toyota, Nissan – Oliva, Rocky Patel, Punch, Romeo y Julieta,
Cadillac – Macanudo, Don Pepin Garcia,
Mini Cooper – Nub,
Lexus, Acura – Montecristo,
BMW – **COHIBA**
Mercedes – Padron
Harley Davidson - Diesel **(ADDED)**
Now keep in mind this is kind of from a marketing / quality perspective and I have not smoked all of these. This is just kind of how I pictured things……. Feel free to comment and change things, but it was an interesting smoke to say the least !!
There are so many cigar brands and many that I will probably never smoke but I would actually like your input to adjust as you see fit !
(BTW I am a Ford F150 kind of guy anyway)
Comments
I also have a Harley Road King Classic
working with very high end cars for a living taints your perspective greatly. I compare Fuente to Ford. Good at everything with some great everyday go-to's but if you know what you're doing, there are some real hot models. Opus, Anejo, Don Carlos Anny. In the same way Ford has the GT Supercar, Mustang Boss 302, and Raptor.
Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi – Drew Estate (fun, usually driven by younger drivers, solid construction, makes you look cool but far from a muscle car)
Dodge, Jeep, RAM, Subaru - CAO, Man 'O War, Diesel (solid car, solid construction, usually won't let you down. Although the new Dodge Challenger is a true muscle car, the Dodge Caliber on the other hand loses its value as soon as you take it off the lot.)
Hyundai, Nissan, Kia – Gurkha (well known, a lot on the road, nice cars but not always worth the price and they sometimes let you down)
Ford, Chevy, Toyota – Macanudo, 5 Vegas, Rocky Patel (you either love em or hate em)
BMW, Cadillac - Montecristo (luxury vehicles, classic style yet always hip, proven brands for years and years)
Mercedes - Davidoff (luxury vehicle, when you see one you almost always look to see who is driving it)
Volkswagen - Cohiba (long lasting car, name and brand - once a VW fan always a VW fan)
Rocky Patel (now) = VW Jetta. Same name, associated with a great car, but now the car's a POS.
"You have your Ford, Toyota, and GM, who make very good cars that are mass-marketed and sold to the public. You're not going to fight with them — they are too powerful and too big. And then you have a company like ours, which is like Ferrari or Bentley. They only make a small amount to assure the utmost in quality and construction. The person who smokes our cigars wants a luxurious cigar they can smoke on a Friday or Saturday night, or during a very special occasion."
Mr Gurkha is a marketing genius, and thats the image that they push. It is what it is. And I think it kind of stinks becuase some of their cigars are pretty good. The problem is that there are too many, and thats just it, their pretty good cigars. They aren't the ferarri of the cigar world, so when you pick up a cigar after reading the advertising your pumped, and then after smoking a pretty good cigar its hard not to come away dissappointed.
I just wish they'd cut the fringe lines, focus on only one blender, stop going over the top on boxes, quit calling themselves the rolls royce of cigars, and focus on the core lines that they put out and do what they do best, mild to medium smooth cigars. Its a good thing to focus on your strengths.
Harley Davidson = Diesel
Maybe HD can have the Man O War Line instead then, becuase there really is something in there for everyone and its all about no frills, old school power . . . and noise.
Gotta love setting off every car alarm on the road.
I can agree with MOW and HD. Not really a fanboi of Harley but you can't deny th well rounded success and badass attitude much like a MOW