Glossary / General

diminishing returns

10 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

“Diminishing returns” means that after a certain point, paying more doesn’t improve things as much as you’d expect. Here, it’s asking when better interior quality stops being worth the extra cost.

Technical Definition

“Diminishing returns” here means the idea that as you spend more money, each additional dollar buys less improvement than the previous dollar did. In this context, it’s about when interior build quality improvements slow down relative to price.

Hear It Discussed

"At what price point do you start getting diminishing returns on interior build quality? Good question."
Durango Hellcat Review; Waymo vs Taxi; Mercedes Update The Smoking Tire 34:37

"It's just when they've reached the point of diminishing returns because there's not enough"
Automotive Experts - Don't Just Use The Cheapest Gas Without Knowing What It Is Under The Hood show 07:43

"this chasing these numbers, we're at this point of diminishing returns, right? So I think that some of these manufacturers are realizing"
Why Modern Cars Lost Their Soul | Aerospace Engineering, Toyota & Driver Feel Full Throttle Talk 55:02