It's obvious (to most) after a few tries that you need to ignore the real-world implications and treat them as abstract objects for the purposes of the test.
That being said, there's no reason why they should have used real-world objects for that test to begin with - trying to intentionally throw off a person's natural response when comparing an airplane to a car isn't testing anyone's "logic" skills. The "logic" part of the test is in analyzing the scales displayed and deducing that "A implies B implies C".
That's not the only puzzle in the game that was poorly designed. There are some good puzzles that really do exercise the skills they claim to, and then there are others that have virtually nothing to do with the category they're in.
Not to mention the fact that ALL of the puzzles are testing your skills with an xbox controller FAR more than any other mental skills. But I guess there's not much they can do about that.