"Best" Modern Sedan Under $75k

[Qubes]

From roughly 2000 on, what would you offer as the "best" modern sedan under $75,000 in the following categories:

* Exterior aesthetics
* Interior comfort (front AND BACK seats)
* Performance (power / braking / handling)
* Overall value (extra points for being a markedly better buy used than an equally priced new car)

[Zeitgeist]

211 chassis E320 CDI

[Shane]

Used...
S 55
E 55
LS 460
Town Car (yes, you jack ass)

New...
Hyundai Genesis
Hyundai Equus
C 63
IS F
M 3

[Zeitgeist]

[Shane]

Some people don't want to be a pussy. No offense.

[Zeitgeist]

I'm not shocked by the idiocy

[Qubes]

Extra, extra bonus points for being able to accommodate *tall people.


* Recall that we've defined tall as over 6' 4".

[JimSmith]

Originally Posted by Zeitgeist

211 chassis E320 CDI

I am in your boat on this, and I would take any of the later model E Class units with the CDI engine. For me a car has to provide utility at that price. True examples of great engineering and craftsmanship coupled with an enduring style just can't be had for $75k or less.

Jim

[PilotAlan]

A one year old Jaguar XFR or XJ.
The used value drops like a stone. We got our XF as a 10 month old service loaner with 9k miles on it. New: $57,000. CPO with a 7 year, 100k mile warranty: $39,500.

2000 and on Jags are extremely reliable. We put over 400k miles on four Jags (the last a 2003 XJ8 with 110k) and didn't have one bit of unscheduled service on any of them.
All are fast as a stabbed rat, comfortable, stylish. But buy one new and you'll take in the shorts the first year.

[Shane]

Diesel is just so dog gone cheap in N. America.