to be decided - 5 seater luxury rocket?

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Fri 15 Apr 2011 12:41
to be decided - 5 seater luxury rocket? - guygamps

What if wanted to replace my fabulous Jag XJS ( unlikely, but what if?)

I would need 5 seater.
Coupe/ 4 door / 5 door / don't mind
Plenty of wood/leather and luxury all around
Awesome sports performance
Manual gearbox

Old enough design that I can pick up a used one in clean nic for under £8K
Modern enough that it won't disintegrate and be reliable
Perferably smaller (quite a bit smaller) than my Jag


Based upon recent experiences:

1. a Jag 4 door XJR saloon would be on of my list, but no getting away from the Arthur Daley image as far as Mrs G goes, so probably a non starter
2. BMW 5 Series not for me I'm afraid, theres too much BMW in my street, and everytime I have driven one I have not enjoyed it,
3. My old Merc CLK320 was the most uninspiring drive ever, I wouldn't go back to that
4. Going back further, my Nissan 200SX Turbo was too lethal in the wet and too easy to put in a ditch
5. Suburu Imprezas / Mitsubishi EVOs are just too low rent interior wise, and too boy racer image wise

Here's some ideas:

Rather large:
cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUBARU-LEGACY-3-0-R-Spec-B-Auto-SAT...f

Still a Golf!
cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-R32-FSH-THIS-C...c

Could definately be tempted:
cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-54-AUDI-A3-3-2-V6-QUATTRO-SPOR...f

Would I be mad? (Crap listing, terrible photos, but always been a car I fancy)
cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maserati-Quattroporte-3-2-V8-auto-E...5


Any more ideas?

GUY

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Fri 15 Apr 2011 14:11
to be decided - 5 seater luxury rocket? - daveyjp

Golfs and A3s are not 5 seaters.

S type Rs can be picked up cheap enough and worth a look - a real Q car.

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Fri 15 Apr 2011 14:21
to be decided - 5 seater luxury rocket? - guygamps
it only needs to be 4 plus the occasional 5th squeezed in for a short run once a week or so

S type! interesting idea, hadn't thought of that,

Looks nice:

cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-54-Reg-JAGUAR-S-TYPE-4-2-V8-R-...8
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Fri 15 Apr 2011 15:02
to be decided - 5 seater luxury rocket? - jamie745

Top motors. Also check out the X Type 3.0 V6, can pick up an early one now about 10 years old for 2-3k now.

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Sat 16 Apr 2011 00:00
to be decided - 5 seater luxury rocket? - Avant

Guy - it has to be another Jaguar surely? You need something that appeals to you (heart) and the rest of the Gampses (head) - so if an XJ is too near the XJS in length, it's between an S and an X. You need to be happy with the looks of the S-type and not to mind that there are Mondeo parts in the X-type - but I'd almost bet that you'll end up with a 3-litre X or (probably) a 4-litre S-type.

If it were me I'd have a fast Audi A4 on my list (smaller than a big Jag but more room for the family than an A3), but would it give you the same thrill as a Jaguar?

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