You really have to come up with some more specific challenges, like at least a country of origin for stuff like this. Otherwise five spots are instantaneously lost to a W220, E38, some 3-Series, a Lexus IS and a Jaguar XJR. I love all of those, except the 3-series and the IS, to no end but, come on...

I've got a question for a W220 expert, if you don't mind sharing your knowledge.

You may be right but, if I was in charge of Lincoln or Cadillac I would make beautiful BIG chrome clad cruisers with names like Fleetwood and Eldorado until all the money ran out and the government wouldn't give me any more. And then I'd bow out with my head held high knowing I made vehicles with class for discerning…

Say it with me people: Cadillac. And not one of those new fake Cadillacs that drive like BMWs, are named like Infinitis, and would be more appropriately sold as Pontiacs. I'm talking big, brazen, brash, gas guzzling, unapologetically large, bodies in trunk stacking, lazy Corvette LT1 V8 powered, wreath on crest…

I don't see how a shorty model is more desirable. And apparently these early models have MMI issues. A friend of mine just started working at an Audi dealer and the whole service department laughed him out of the building when he started discussing the prospect of an 05 A8 L with 113k miles at the BMW dealer next door.

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I guess it might have something to do with my dads 1989 Acura Integra. It was a complete POS with no air conditioning, manual windows, manual locks, completely devoid of options. But it was bright red and had a little sewing machine of an engine and it was fun to ride around because it sounded awesome.

Oh, absolutely. You haven't the foggiest idea of how much of a dip shit he actually is.

Has anybody made the comment about that "very durable" engine hurling you into oblivion off an overpass if you try to use the cruise control yet? Am I the first?

Damn, if only it wasn't clear across the country on the west coast my dad would be all over this. Since the salvage title Vanden Plas has worked out so well he's been talking about wanting another beater Jaaaaaaaag to swap in.

Oil changes and air filters are easy, and that I have no problem with.

If I may impart some wisdom from owning one of these for four years: I don't know where you live, or if yours has lived in a garage it's whole life, but watch your undercarriage like a hawk. That picture is a few years old, and you can't really see it today because of those chrome runners along the bottom of the car,…

Lovely cars, but the Mark V will always be my Continental.

Finally, a challenge my personal car can compete in!

Is that a Caddy hood ornament...on Frankenstein's C-Class?

Two things:

The long lost and forgotten first rule of the luxury car: BIG

We've designed it with a single principle in mind: How small can we make it, but still compete in the A8/7-Series segment.

I hate to double post, and I know these are horrible and from the dark ages for Maserati, and it's got the domestic market 'tax special 2.0' but I love a 1980's Maserati interior.

AH! The 1980's! A few years before my time yet, I love it! Wide peak lapels on double breasted suits, silk braces that matched your tie, and gold watches so big that when you finally screwed over the wrong person they didn't need to bother with the cement shoes when you went in the river. Ah, to be a yuppie in their…