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Sedans High End Luxury Cars
24700 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 12:24 PM
You are in the Sedans Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens
Let's try to define this forum as being limited to luxury performance vehicles where the mainstream version in a typical configuration has an MSRP of at least $60k.
A luxury vehicle with a base price of $59k qualifies because it would typically be bought with some additional equipment, bringing the MSRP over $60k.
Vehicles like the E, 5, A6, M, or GS, even if available in certain versions over $60k, don't qualify because they are cars from companies that have higher end cars in their lineups.
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Replying to: tagman (Aug 29, 2006 7:15 am) I believe the MB CL will be the quietest car in the world even quieter than the new Lexus LS(I dont know about the hybrid LS). In addition electronic parking assistance will be a a MB CL feature. In otherwords Lexus is not going to monopolize the self parking tomb segment of the auto industry.  SOURCE: GERMAN CAR FANS link title
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Replying to: ctsang (Aug 29, 2006 12:55 pm) If you are going to refer to words I used in a previous post,It would be nice if you could press "reply." That's what the "reply" thing is there for. Do you know what DECORUM is?? |
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Replying to: ctsang (Aug 29, 2006 12:55 pm) No! But I do know what an Ultimate Driving Machine is.
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Replying to: dewey (Aug 29, 2006 1:52 pm) In addition electronic parking assistance will be a a MB CL feature. In otherwords Lexus is not going to monopolize the self parking tomb segment of the auto industry. But, only one of those tombs might actually be suitable for a dead driver! lol. Couldn't resist, and I'm gonna catch heck for it. TagMan
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Replying to: tagman (Aug 29, 2006 1:59 pm) King Tut would definitely choose the Lexus 
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Replying to: dewey (Aug 29, 2006 1:56 pm) There is no more Ultimate Driving Machine, Dewey. With the advent of iDrive and adaptive steering, BMW can now proudly call itself the "Company of Ideas." They never said the ideas had to be good ones. Very smart of them!
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Replying to: hpowders (Aug 29, 2006 2:01 pm) 
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Human touch puts Lexus ahead ....a level of build quality that would do Rolls Royce proud. ....the LS manages to be remarkably stable when cornering. On tight and twisting Austrian mountain roads, the car tucked in nicely into the turns. It's never going to have sports car handling but for its size it kept a very impressive line and even on the tightest bends it never felt unwieldy. On faster motorway runs the ride quality throughout our two-day test drive was sublime. ....the LS has previously failed to sparkle in terms of driver interaction and enjoyment. The new LS goes some way to rectify that, though it's still very much designed to waft the occupants to their desired destination. Even after two relatively long journeys behind the wheel of the new LS we never got out feeling tired or jaded. That's perhaps the greatest compliment that can be paid to a luxury saloon. If there is any criticism of ride and handling, it's that at higher speeds the handling seemed too neutral for our taste, lacking the feedback you get from some competitors. That's a feature common with cars designed for the US market and given that it's the biggest sales arena for the LS, it's hardly surprising the development was honed to meet US tastes as much as European ones. ....All this add up to the greatest threat yet to the German dominance of the luxury car market. Where once we regarded Lexus as an also-ran, the new LS signals a serious effort to turn it into one of the leader's in this class. |
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Replying to: merc1 (Aug 27, 2006 1:10 pm) Besides all this my wife says I can't buy any more cars. This is #19 Mercedes. See all these problems with MB posted. Bought my first MB in 1971.....a 280SL. Have had several of most models..SL,S,C,E,SLK,6 diesels. Guess I am just lucky as I have never had a bad one.
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Replying to: pat (Aug 29, 2006 2:03 pm) My comments are confined to the vehicles discussed here. Of course there are some HELM that are, well, "more ultimate." Sure! Expand the list! 
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