13' BMW M5?
12' Audi S4?
12' Lexus IS-F?
12' Audi S5?
12' C63 AMG?
07/08' GT3

No tuner cars of the sort. No STi's, no Evo's (POS mitsubishi), nothing like that. I don't like the R35 GT-R (I think it's junk). Please only choose the cars in this selection, I'm not considering anything japanese other than the Lexus.

 

psst... IS-F is a tuner car.

LFA if you want to get serious.

 

M5. You can't go wrong.

 

gt3.

 

A sponge.

 

i would go either GT3 or C63AMG....hmmm, tough choice

 

The GT-3 seems like an odd choice for a "luxury" car...maybe the Panamera?

Otherwise; M5 hands down

 

i voted gt3 but i hardly see that as a luxury car. just bc it says porsche doesnt make it uber comfortable.

otherwise i would go m5 then c63. gl with the choice!

 

LOL @ that LF-A. I just need to pull $400k out of my stripper thong, haha. I don't see the IS-F as a tuner car, but thanks for the opinions keep em comin.

The GT3 while not a straight luxury car has a nice interior, great stock performance, but is a little stiff. The one I drove I fell in love with as a DD and it's really docile under high speed and cruising, the handling is point and shoot. It looks like the girlfriend is leaning towards my first choice which is the new M5, tt's going to be hard to beat the 560 HP V8 twin turbo. I don't really care to track or anything and I guess that's the one big deal killer for her (she loves to auto-x and road-course), I just want big and luxurious now.

I also should've added the older CLS55k I love those. I think right now its between the M5 and the CLS. I want to lower the M5 if its not low enough and put ADV-1's on it.

 

If you only need 2 doors and 2 seats, the GT3 is an obvious choice. Might also want to consider the AMG Black Series.

The car I would pick out of that lot would be the IS-F, just because I know I can trust it to be running in the morning.

 

bmw m5!

 

Interesting that your only criteria is "no tuner cars"?

What else did you have in mind--- or is it just the cars image thats the key driver here?

 

ORLY?

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-f-200/

I personally know two people that have modded the crap out of their IS-F. They go to meets and events within their community as well.

I guess I need to know what you mean when you say, 'tuner car'. How do you define it? A piece of **** econo-box that people tinker on or a Japanese car that's modified?

 

My only criteria isn't really no tuner cars, I just assumed you'd get the idea from the list of cars that I included. I really want decent performance, amenities, bluetooth phone, 3G navigation updates, rear camera's, and something that looks good, rides well, and does not need a butt load of modifications to go fast.

I want something that is docile in both cruising and performance situations. Yes, I want image with the car but it is not the key driver. I think the key driver for me is that it looks GOOD, as in I walk out to my car when it's time for me to drive it and I think to myself "Sweet mother of god! That is mine." I want technology, features, looks, etc. That's what all of the cars listed above come with.

@ golgo13 any car where the mass of the community is pulling their engines and doing big builds is a tuner car. Any car that has multiple cars of the same model modified for drag strip/street racing performance is a tuner car. I don't want an Evo, STi, Mazdaspeed, Cobalt SS, etc. Wheels and basics like exhaust etc. on cars that I listed are not tuner cars. While modified there aren't too many people throwing thousands and thousands of dollars to increase the HP by double the factory's HP.

 

I see. You are shooting for a performance car that's over a certain price point.