I think quality is all too frequently mixed up with specification - and as ever motoring journalists are in the vanguard of this mis-understanding.
Quality is simply whether or not something behaves in the way you expect it to.
As an example, despite its low specification, a burger bought from a large fast food chain is much more likely to conform to expectations than a meal at a posh restaurant, and it is therefore the burger which is the higher quality product.
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