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Sedans High End Luxury Cars
24700 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 12:24 PM
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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: brightness04 (Oct 18, 2006 8:31 am) BMW's quality has noticeably improved over the last several years. The only BMW car that CR doesn't have at average reliability or better at this time is the BMW 7 Series. I drive a lot and I can't remember over the last, say 3 years, seeing any vehicle stuck on the side of any road. The average reliability of all vehicles is extraordinary compared to about 10 years ago. The only ones over there are usually those fire engine red sedans being checked out by ol' smokey and his "money pad." Leasing works for me not only because I avoid potential maintenance headaches, but also because I enjoy driving a new vehicle as often as I can. I love cars, but because I am not Jerry Seinfeld or Reggie Jackson, both of whom have many cars, I can at least change the one I do have every couple of years. Maybe the one year lease will be created just for me. I would pounce on that! |
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Replying to: dewey (Oct 18, 2006 8:48 am) Even some Lexus salespeople direct their customers to leasing companies or banks outside of Lexus that offer better leasing deals than Lexus does.
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Replying to: lexusguy (Oct 18, 2006 12:57 am) 
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Replying to: hpowders (Oct 18, 2006 10:31 am) BMW is better with lease deals while Lexus is better with purchase deals.
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Replying to: dewey (Oct 18, 2006 11:29 am) I wasn't talking about Lexus purchase deals. They discourage leasing through their artificially low residuals. If I ever decide to change my behavior one day and actually purchase for the long term (5-10 years), it would probably be a Lexus vehicle like the LS. But not at this time.
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Replying to: dewey (Oct 18, 2006 8:43 am) |
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Replying to: drfill (Oct 18, 2006 4:10 am) See Doc, you can't believe everything that you see, hear, or prescribe, maybe not even YOUR on postings. The A4 has sold 36k units at the time of this writing, compared to a paltry 32k units for the beleagured IS. And the G35 is outselling it too! Now basing your logic on 5 YEAR OLD can't comparos can't get your foot out of your mouth on this one 
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Replying to: houdini1 (Aug 29, 2006 2:18 pm) Up until now, I've stood back and let you ponder around about the greatness of this brand. But now the gloves come off. After all that, you can't tell me what the "most exclusive" car in the USA possesses over it's "valueless" peers? Furthermore, how is being the most selling car in it's class being exclusive? Just because it's not in other countries, doesn't mean it's more valuable than the Taj Mahal! Oh, and newsflash, the car is sold in other countries, Japan for one, but it flunks miserably there. I guess it's not exclusive enough..... |
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Replying to: hpowders (Oct 18, 2006 11:41 am)
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