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Old 05-16-11, 10:26 AM
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Default Friend has $100k to spend on a new car! Help?

So my friend just asked me for an opinion. He has $100,000 to spend on a BRAND NEW car. He's looking for sport/luxury and a coupe. I told him to get a GT-R and he's looking into it...only concern was a cheap interior! Can anyone throw any idea out? He's not a fan of the M3 either...
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Originally Posted by InspireME
So my friend just asked me for an opinion. He has $100,000 to spend on a BRAND NEW car. He's looking for sport/luxury and a coupe. I told him to get a GT-R and he's looking into it...only concern was a cheap interior! Can anyone throw any idea out? He's not a fan of the M3 either...
gtr =/= luxury, period.

m6? i wonder if you can get sl500 for that price?
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Old 05-16-11, 11:03 AM
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the sl550 starts above 100K

tell him to get the new 2012 cls...its a coupe too right?

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Originally Posted by InspireME
So my friend just asked me for an opinion. He has $100,000 to spend on a BRAND NEW car. He's looking for sport/luxury and a coupe. I told him to get a GT-R and he's looking into it...only concern was a cheap interior! Can anyone throw any idea out? He's not a fan of the M3 either...
A7, CLS, excellent choices...

I prefer the look of CLS myself... although A7 looks a lot better than on pics, i cant believe they paid for those...

Maybe Panamera? I know it is not an Coupe but it is Porsche.
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Old 05-16-11, 11:20 AM
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Dodge Viper or Porsche 911 Carrera?
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Porsche Cayman or a Carrera......talk about luxury & sporty!!!
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Old 05-16-11, 11:21 AM
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RRS enough said.
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Old 05-16-11, 11:25 AM
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A Carrera would be fine. I assume he has another couple of cars for mundane duties.
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Old 05-16-11, 11:29 AM
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GT-R or CLS if he is into the 4 door coupe thing.
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wow 100k gives you such a broad range...

RS5, C63 coupe (coming out in sept), porsche carrera, jaguar xk,...

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Does he have to spend 100K? Seems you could buy a C63 AMG, CTS-V or IS-F and have extra change left over for mods or a second DD car
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Old 05-16-11, 12:50 PM
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Although there are (admittedly) some reliability concerns with Jaguar products, have him look at an supercharged XKR coupe. An absolutely stunning car. I had the chance to test-drive an XKR convertible last December (I wrote up a review on it), and driving it was like dating a supermodel.
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Old 05-16-11, 01:29 PM
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What about a Corvette ZR-1?
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if the guy is looking at Sport/Luxury, then he is looking at CLS and its competition.
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A little hard to throw out recommendations when we don't know what his current garage consists of...

With that said, e63AMG, M5, or a Carrera would be fantastic additions to the sporty luxury
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