Which is the most luxorious car in the world

#11

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote

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Badger <brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

I eventually bought a chrysler 300c Hemi

How to ruin your credibility to comment on the driving characteristics
of cars in just seven words.

They do have a certian appeal, though.

However, driving dynamics and trim quality aren't part of that appeal.

--
SteveH
In Dudley

#12

Badger <brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

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I can honestly say I'm happy with my Hemi.

I didn't suggest that you weren't. But it doesn't handle well not by a
long, long way. It doesn't even handle as well as the E-class that it
was based on, and that was hardly a class leading car.

If you want a car that handles like a waterbed, it's fine. If you think
that an XF or XJ handles like the X-type then you're wrong. And your
comment about Jag build quality was umm a bit wide of the mark
especially if you're comparing it to the Chrysler plastic fantastic with
pimpmobile external styling.

#13

Steve H on the road <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

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"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1j7sf1h.163cml786x8zxN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk.. .
Badger <brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

I eventually bought a chrysler 300c Hemi

How to ruin your credibility to comment on the driving characteristics
of cars in just seven words.

They do have a certian appeal, though.

However, driving dynamics and trim quality aren't part of that appeal.

It's more the "Look at me, I'm one of the Sopranos" appeal. Either that
or "Look at me, I run a pub in a slightly rough part of the city."

#14

Rob wrote:

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SteveH wrote:
Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:

Charles Hamilton <dyolfknip (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

IMHO there isn't another car in the world that can compete with our
good old
RR when it comes to out and out luxury.
The original post was spam designed to encourage people to click
throught to a particular blog and get the hit rate for that site up. I
doubt that the OP is interested in the answer.

Anyway, the Royce isn't a British luxury car it's a German
interpretation of what a British luxury car used to be; as is the
Bentley. The best of British luxury car features is found nowadays in
the Range Rover and in Jaguar cars. Jaguar have led Rolls-Royce for a
long time in the construction and trimming of luxury cars and manage to
make a car that's good to drive instead of just being a truck with posh
carpets and some nailed on wood.

Agree with you about Rolls Royce, and Bentley have only just crossed the
line, having stopped production of the Arnage - the new 'posh Phaetons'
just aren't the same.

Range Rover are crack-dealer chic, as are new VAG Bentleys.... which
leaves Jaguar, who have totally lost their way with the XF and new XJ -
both of which look like they were styled by the Koreans and the
interiors designed by Matsui.

I think the pinnacle of luxury British car design was the Bentley Turbo
R, followed by the Arnage Red Label and the old shape aluminium
XJ-series.

A £30,000 copycat Rolls-Royce? It must be made in China

The Lolls-Loyce ;-)

#15

"Dean Dark" <dmdrake (AT) gmailNOTTHISPART (DOT) com> wrote

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On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:14:19 +0100, "Badger"
brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
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Badger <brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

I eventually bought a chrysler 300c Hemi

How to ruin your credibility to comment on the driving characteristics
of cars in just seven words.

Lol, each to his/her own, it's seriously quick, extremely spacious, comfy,
reasonably well put together (bear in mind the Euro versions were built at
Magna-Steyr in Austria, not Canada) and handles pretty well for its size
once you ditch the standard P7 tyres.

It's built on a Mercedes platform

Wrong. The LX platform is to a Mercedes/Chrysler joint design, but with a
lot of Mercedes engineering input. It is not, however, a Mercedes platform.

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and I read that Alfa Romeo is now
going to build a sedan on the same platform.

Given the "sporting" credentials of Alfa-Romeo, I don't think they'd put
that name on something that didn't go round corners at least acceptably, do
you?

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Chrysler cars' *styling* since the "merger" was always a bit iffy,

Like I said, love it or hate it, lol.
Badger

#16

"Steve H on the road" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1j7sf1h.163cml786x8zxN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk.. .
Badger <brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

I eventually bought a chrysler 300c Hemi

How to ruin your credibility to comment on the driving characteristics
of cars in just seven words.

They do have a certian appeal, though.

However, driving dynamics and trim quality aren't part of that appeal.

I would agree re. the driving dynamics on the original equipment tyres
(P7's), but not with decent rubber fitted. All of a sudden there is grip in
corners, feedback from the steering and a lot less perceived body roll. I
reckon a lot of what is perceived as body roll with the P7's is actually
tyre squirm and flex.
The trim isn't up to BMW or Audi standards (I can't comment on Merc as I've
never owned one), but it is acceptable for the intended market sector and
cost of the vehicle and probably of equivalent quality (if not feel) of
current Fords.
Badger.

#17

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote

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Steve H on the road <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

They do have a certian appeal, though.

However, driving dynamics and trim quality aren't part of that appeal.

It's more the "Look at me, I'm one of the Sopranos" appeal. Either that
or "Look at me, I run a pub in a slightly rough part of the city."

Lol, but mine's a practical family estate, the Touring, not the Saloon
version which does, I admit, look a touch mafia staff car. It has immense
"road presence" but is nowhere as big as most people seem to think it is,
just look at one parked next to a Mondeo, there isn't a lot in it.
Badger.

#18

The date being 17 Oct 2009, Medianext <medianext05 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> decided
to write:

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Which is the most luxorious car in the world
Everybody has a different pick.Americans,Japanese,Europeans or
Japanese the choice is different.
http://www.latest-cars-in-the-world.blogspot.com

I'm surprised that noone has yet mentioned the one British luxury car
marque that's more exclusive than Royce or Bentley, and that's
Bristol.

--
Richard Porter
rich@ / www. richardporter.me.uk
"You can't have Windows without pains."

#19

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote

Quote:

Badger <brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

I can honestly say I'm happy with my Hemi.

I didn't suggest that you weren't. But it doesn't handle well not by a
long, long way. It doesn't even handle as well as the E-class that it
was based on, and that was hardly a class leading car.

Rubbish! You've obviously never driven one that's had decent tyres fitted
then, if you've even driven one at all. And I don't just mean a run round
the block.

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If you want a car that handles like a waterbed, it's fine. If you think
that an XF or XJ handles like the X-type then you're wrong.

I never said they did - I haven't driven an XF and I don't like the look of
the new XJ so wouldn't be interested in driving that either.

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And your
comment about Jag build quality was umm a bit wide of the mark
especially if you're comparing it to the Chrysler plastic fantastic with
pimpmobile external styling.

No, listen to what I said - I run my own garage and work on these cars
regularly and I can quite categorically state that the build quality of the
X-type is utter rubbish compared to a lot of other vehicles, the new Mondeo
included! And lets not even mention the appaling build quality and
unreliable engines (cam chains) of the XJ40 style jags.....
You are, of course, entitled to your opinion on style, the world would be a
boring place if we all shared identical taste - God forbid, we may all have
to suffer renaults, lol.
Badger.

#20

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:23:43 -0700 (PDT), Medianext
<medianext05 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Which is the most luxorious car in the world
Everybody has a different pick.Americans,Japanese,Europeans or
Japanese the choice is different.
http://www.latest-cars-in-the-world.blogspot.com

If I was looking for luxury transport it wouldn't be a car or anything
I had to stoop to move around in.

It would the best F'in tour bus I could get with a driver, chef and
waitress.

Quote: Chuck Berry
"I want a full murphy bed in my back seat"

Quote: Eddie Cochran
"Make my dad pay the bill, yeah man, that's heaven to me"
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