BMW’s 5 Series epitomizes the description of the mid sized sports sedan and is every bit of their marketing slogan “the ultimate driving machine”. If you were to picture the definition of sports sedan in the dictionary could be it.
Mercedes has long been a brand that is synonymous with luxury and when it comes to their cars the E-Class sedan has set the standard for mid-sized luxury.
The Aston Martin Rapide is somewhat of a conundrum. So what is a Rapide or what is the Rapide? It’s a four-door sedan that is produced in limited numbers. Many find its understated elegance appealing and they wouldn’t be wrong.
The Chevrolet brand is not one typically associated with luxury but the automobile landscape has never been more convoluted as premium luxury brands introduce entry level sub $30,000.00 models, and brands of the everyday people introduce $100,000.00 plus models. Consider the high performing Corvette representative of the latter statement as their top of the line C7 Corvette Z06 nicely equipped will cost you over $100,000.00 for the right to say you are the owner.
The Infiniti brand was introduced to the US in 1989 as a Japanese auto luxury brand created to compete against the more noted German luxury brands of Mercedes, BMW and Audi. Similar to BMW they focus more on the driving experience and from day one their performance and value proposition has been a hit and the M37 certainly delivers on that formula.
There aren’t many brands in the world that are as recognizable as the Ferrari brand. Most people know what it stands for, exotic Italian performance cars built for both the streets and racetracks. They are arguably the most recognized and sought after exotic car brand in the world and the 360 Modena certainly upholds that part of the equation.
Many would argue that any BMW convertible would be an acceptable means of transportation and you’d get little argument from me but of all their convertible offerings there is a special one. Many of you define special in a number of ways but this kind of special is the M6 Convertible model.
In todays ever changing automotive world there seems to be a new model entry almost every year. However, there are still a handful of cars that have never wavered and have stayed true to their heritage since inception. It can be argued that the Porsche 911 is the most iconic of them all as for more than fifty years it has stayed true to its mission and form.
It can be argued that the Porsche 911 is the most iconic of all cars as for more than fifty years it has stayed true to its mission and form. Porsche is synonymous with high performance and their 911 sports cars are the vehicles most associated with the Porsche brand even today as they now build sedans, SUVs and crossover vehicles.
Remember when real men drove manuals? If you are younger than twenty-five you are probably lost right now but keep reading, as you are about to be enlightened. I’m talking manually shifting your car’s transmission. This was part art and part science so in other words it required skill and knowledge.