> the car would have been done sooner and cheaper if they had released it with regular doors, and I doubt the customers would have minded IME, and speaking ver

> the car would have been done sooner and cheaper if they had released it with regular doors, and I doubt the customers would have minded IME, and speaking very generally, when businesses take the approach that 'customers won't mind', their products revert to the mean, to commodities. If you want to have a special brand, to charge a premium, you need to thrill customers, not do things in a way that the customers 'won't mind'. Consider Apple and their 'obsessive' focus on small details. Consider the Beatles - they didn't say, 'lets just do it the easy way; our listeners won't mind'. Also, I think customers do notice these things, even if unconsciously. It applies to any craftsmanship. Most people can distinguish a cheap men's suit from an expensive one, even if they can't consciously name many reasons. The cheap suit is made to the standard of customers 'not minding'; it's a commodity and nobody cares about the brand.