Oh, No! It's the Ford vs. Chevy thing brought into the musical world! LOL!
Tony Polecastro is an excellent player and reviewer.

Being a confirmed Martin Man and owner over the years of about 50 high-end Martins, in 2006, upon my reentry into guitaring, I'd read the Taylor hype, and without even trying one pronounced myself a "Taylor Basher." Then, I tried my first Taylor in a store and thought, Hmmm, there's something here. Finally, later in 2006, I bought my first Taylor. with the new at the time magnetic pickups-based Expression System. I didn't like the amplified tone and returned it. Being the idiot I am. I purchased several more Taylors over the years but just wasn't enamored with the Magnetic-based Expression System. Finally, in 2013, Taylor revamped their Expression System, now called Expression System 2, with a rear of saddle piezo-based system that sounded much more acoustic-guitar-like as compared to the slightly electric-guitar-sounding original Expression System. Around this time, Taylor started developing refinements on their bracing systems and introducing new guitar models. All these changes really brought Taylor guitars into more acceptability with more players. Since 2006, I've owned about 25 Taylors.

Let me add, c'mon in folks, the Taylor water is fine!

Current Stable Of Guitars:
Larrivee C-03R TE Tommy Emmanuel
Republic Duolian Resonator
Emerald X20 (Element VTC)
Epiphone DR-500MCE (Shadow eSonic2)
Huss & Dalton TD-R
Larrivee D-40M Legacy
Martin D-18 (Schatten HFN Artist Plus 2)
Taylor 717e ES2
Taylor 618e ES2
Taylor 614ce ES2
Taylor 356ce ES2
Taylor 322ce ES2
Ovation Elite Plus Contour (OpProStudio)
Yamaha LL-TA TransAcoustic

Current Stable Of Banjos:
Vega No. 2 Tubaphone
Vega 12" Old Tyme Wonder
Deering Sierra Flathead
OME North Star Walnut
Eastman EBJ-WL1 Whyte Laydie
Rickard 12" Maple Ridge Dobson
Pisgah 12" Walnut Tubaphone
Bart Reiter Regent Whyte Laydie