Help with new car decision!


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Jokeshopbeard

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I'm looking to replace my DD (currently a battered old Honda Accord) with something a little more luxurious/powerful and am hoping you guys might have some ideas of good cars to look into.

So far I've been looking down the route of an older 5/7 series BMW or Audi A8, so you get a bit of an idea of what I'm after, however I'd really like to go for turbo power. The criteria my DD has to meet:


1. It's gotta be big. Not 4WD big, but a big saloon big (as mentioned 7 series/A8 kinda size if poss). Space and comfort level are major factors here.

2. It's gotta be a sleeper. I want something that's not gonna get noticed by the police, or anyone else for that matter.

3. It's gotta be reliable. I'm not so concerned about maintenance costs, and I appreciate that not much is as reliable as Honda, but decent reliability is a must.

4. I want it to have a stonking turbo engine (which is where the German possibilities fall down). I know there are some Lexus out there that come with a solid turbo engine, but no idea which.

5. EDIT - Forgot the most important part!! Budget is anywhere up to £6000, but obviously the cheaper the better!!


So if any of you guys have any good ideas, I'd love to hear them!!

Cheers!
 
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toyota sorara i reckon think they've got v8 or big v6 alto an skool m5 would be a sweet cruising beasty or 530i with m package
 
toyota aristo; can go big turbo, sleeper car, luxury inside(in some models) and cheap if you look around. just a consideration.
 
Twin turbo soarer would be my bet or if you can find one a cresta or chaser would be cool also think they are both have tt engines.
 
Something like this
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^^ I'm sorry but that car is just awful that is going to get loads of attention and not in a good way nice wheels and some subtle lips mayb but that car whould have looked better with color coded oem bumpers and exhaust.

Id probably say lexus gs300 /toyota aristo but im not so sure on what engines are availble
or
A Toyota soarer 2.5 GT-T ok its not 4 door and huge but its pretty big and you can get single or twin turbo engines and it also has a digital dash what more can I say :p

To be honest I dont know alot about these models just a quick suggestion from some googling and other images I have seen.
 
Wow ^^ that's a real sleeper that is
exactly what he wanted !
I presume were talking petrol diesel not tdi?
Are AMG mercs turbo'd ?
 
honda legend

big, comfy, luxurious, cheap, honda, reliable
 
you should buy that BG-5.
o i forgot you dont want a 4wd.
than you should look at a Chaser jzx100
its a 2.5 T vvti
around town do 300mile, motorway do 400mile +
5 speed manual is expensive
very easy to convert full time drift machine
i have own my jzx90 near a year now, its 1000 time better than nissan, i play with nissan over 10 years tho.:secret:
the photo up there was a Jzx100 Cresta ( look **** tbh)
best looking JZX100 Chaser, than Jzx100 Mark2
you dont want a jzx90, because its drinks alot.
this is my jzx90 Cresta
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this is my jzx100 Chaser
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i can talk how good they are for very very long.

if you want pop down to mine, and i will let you have a test drive on both.:welcome:
than you will know.
 
VW MK4 Golf Anniversary?

Diesel version?

Or even a MK4 Golf GT Tdi?

Have 6 gears and pretty comfortable and reliable.
 
Saab 9-3 2.0T Aero or 2.8T V6 Aero . Decent solid cars . Really comfy ;) Specailly on long drives .

And as far as noticabilty gos i had mine for 2 years and a bit years and was never stopped , it was also modified :D . Not the fastest 2.0 turbo in the world but it wasnt slow surprised alot of people Lol . Oh and uber loads of torque !
 
A Toyota altezza 280t toms edition if you can find one of them in your price range. Have a look on wrc-sales.co.uk some cars on there you might like.
 
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