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$55k - Which luxury sedan would you buy?
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. |
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You may as well throw Audi and Jag in there.
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my first choice is the acura rl. i briefly pondered trading in all of my cars and owning only one vehicle for a change.
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hehe, Cadillac?
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Does your friend like sporty premium sedans or just luxury sedans?
For 55K I'd have the upcoming Audi RS4 on my shopping list. It may cost a tad more, but from all reports, it's worth it! The new Infiniti M45 is within his price range and mixes luxury and sport pretty well. If your friend is more into luxury...then the awd Acura RL, or a new BMW 5 series would probably suit him/her pretty well. Heck, a Jaguar S-type won't be great reliability-wise, but the ammenities are second-to-none! -Chike
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In all seriousness though, the CTS-V and STS-V are some serious performance sedans and can match their German competitors in every way at the track!!! -Chike
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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. |
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Personally, if I bought a 55K Mercedes, I'd be pretty upset with this silly quirk! -Chike
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It would have to be the M45 with the change left over, you could upgrade the wheels and tires and the anti-roll bar and it would stomp all over the 535i.
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This is a good review on the new M45 by freshalloy: http://www.freshalloy.com/site/cars/...6/m45/home.asp The lines of the new M45 are supremely sexy and the quality of materials is definitely on par with offerings from Lexus, Acura, BMW and Mercedes. -Chike
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Even Jeremy Clarkson on TopGear complained about the Mercedes brakes in the latest episode.
"nothing...nothing...nothing...I've just torn my face off"
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