European Luxury

[bjl584]

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Here is an anti-frugal slide show of some of the new European luxury cars hitting the roads this year. Most of these none of us would ever be able to get near. Enjoy!

[kork13]

I love nice cars... It's a weakness. So thanks for posting this, this was the first good summary of Geneva's concepts that I've found. Alot of spectacular cars (and some..."others"), but a few of my stand-outs:

- Bentley SUV: A waste and an embarrassment to a classy car company. I will always maintain that SUVs and luxury companies should never meet. BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, and so on... It's a travesty, really. Stick with the sporty coupes and styled sedans that made you famous.
- Mercedes A-Class: Very interested in this. It's good to see luxury companies competing for the (relative) low-end of the luxury market... BMW with the 1-Series, Audi's A3, now Mercedez with the A-Class. The only question in all of them is if (and how far) they slide their standards of quality to reduce the price?
- BMW M6: I'm a huge fan of BMW's M- editions (One day I will own an M3), and this one is no different. Only complaint is that BMW has a tendency for VERY heavy cars, so if/when they can make their best cars less portly, they'll have an even better-performing line of outstanding cars that are still potentially within reach of non-millionaires.
- Land Rover Evoque: Holy Ugly, Batman! Land Rover is the singular exception to my prejudice against luxury SUVs, because the company became great making them. But it's sadly obvious that venturing into the car/convertible field is just not for them.
- Audi A3: Again, luxury cars competing for the bottom, which I think is great. Not sold on the body style of the revision, but I would like to see this hatch make it to the US.
- Hey, speaking of Batman, the Lamborghini Aventador!
As for the rest (Maserati, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Porsche, etc)... Exactly what the world expects: Fabulous cars for all of us to salivate over from across the freeway.

[AccountantSalary]

I haven't done so myself, but there are luxury car renters that you can rent many of the high-end models, if you want to know what it's like to drive one of these beauties.