Yes? We are talking about luxury automobiles. There is a component of practical utility in these things, but most of the dollars are allocated to something more akin to fashion, which is expressive. It doesn't make sense to call out a fashion decision as "petty". You could just wear a Dickie's janitor jumpsuit to work, but you don't: you pay some extra amount of money, expressively, to signal something different.

I drive an ICE Audi. I like the car, and it's zippy and smooth and fun to drive, but I'm not going to pretend there isn't an huge element of fashion to it. If Audi decided to lean into Nazism, it wouldn't be petty of me to ditch the Audi, just like I wouldn't wear a Fred Perry shirt.

If you think about it, the car you drive is one of the stronger social signals you send in American society.