$55k - Which luxury sedan would you buy?

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Originally Posted by Noir

If you had $55k and wanted to buy a luxury sedan. Which would you buy?

A friend of mine is in the market for a luxury sedan and was looking at the Mercedes Benz E320 and E350 gas along with diesel. Apparently alot of people's having problems with the recent quality of their cars. What other options are there. BMW, Infinity, Lexus?

I figure since you guys pay attention more to cars than I do, you'd have a better idea.

My Dad has an E320 CDi (Diesel). It's an awesome car, but I'd rather have an SVX.

Worst thing about it is the brake assist computer. Sometimes you touch the brake pedal gently and it slams on full brakes. It happened to me and I was like WTF??? Scary. There's no way to disable that system, so I always feel uneasy driving it since then.

And I don't understand why they bother putting 10 speakers on such a crap sounding CD player.