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You forgot the Nissan Cima/President/Q45! I'd take that one in a jiffy, it's gawgoos. Oh, and Hyundai Equus, Ssangyong Chairman and GMH's WM (Statesman, Caprice, Park Avenue, L4X, you name it)
This time I went practical rather than ideological. First of all, I wouldn't have any of them new. Secondly, a few get the boot from the outset:
W221 is unbelievably ugly and an insult to the nameplate. The autobox's column stalk tops the pile of manure with a rotten cherry.
Jag XJ is killed by the hideous old and cheap interior detals - I love Jaguar, but this is just too much.
The DTS is both old and ugly.
The Lincoln Town Car is an enticing choice, but the last round of touch-ups didn't end up too well for it. And yes, I know it's the oldest of the bunch.
Quattroporte will be my eternal love, but I can't forgive Fiat for letting so much cheapness in the interior linger for so long. Still the best-looking saloon EVER.
Lexus LS has matured very well, but Toyota's insistence on recycling such embarassing elements as the four-digit LCD displays from the 1980s, as well as the new "we are here to capture your Earth" interior design theme does not sit in will with me.
The three left - 7er, A8 and Phaeton - are all good choices, practical, modern and reasonably good-looking. I think I'd choose the Phaeton because of both interior and exterior styling, exclusivity (not much chance to meet another down the road) and humongous depreciation (remember I'd buy used).
This time I went practical rather than ideological. First of all, I wouldn't have any of them new. Secondly, a few get the boot from the outset:
W221 is unbelievably ugly and an insult to the nameplate. The autobox's column stalk tops the pile of manure with a rotten cherry.
Jag XJ is killed by the hideous old and cheap interior detals - I love Jaguar, but this is just too much.
The DTS is both old and ugly.
The Lincoln Town Car is an enticing choice, but the last round of touch-ups didn't end up too well for it. And yes, I know it's the oldest of the bunch.
Quattroporte will be my eternal love, but I can't forgive Fiat for letting so much cheapness in the interior linger for so long. Still the best-looking saloon EVER.
Lexus LS has matured very well, but Toyota's insistence on recycling such embarassing elements as the four-digit LCD displays from the 1980s, as well as the new "we are here to capture your Earth" interior design theme does not sit in will with me.
The three left - 7er, A8 and Phaeton - are all good choices, practical, modern and reasonably good-looking. I think I'd choose the Phaeton because of both interior and exterior styling, exclusivity (not much chance to meet another down the road) and humongous depreciation (remember I'd buy used).