The full-sized luxury market used to be a small pond before the Lexus LS appeared. Up to then all Mercedes had to worry about was the German brand known for their delightfully crude 2002. Jaguar? 1980s Jags spent so little time running they were more garage ornament than transportation. Fast forward to today and BMW is the new Mercedes and the full-sized luxury segment is getting crowded with entries from Audi, Porsche and an XJ that spends enough time running to count. Where does that leave the S-Class’ old foe? BMW tossed us the keys to their most popular 7 to find out.
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wmba - I find the title of this article and its content repulsive. I’m not sticking up for Lang, generally skipped his articles on how to...
Wheeljack - If memory serves, Ford proudly touted that Porsche helped with some of the development of the 2.5-liter V-6 that launched in the...
John Rosevear - Keep it up and Girsky will just have the whole place bulldozed, guys.
blppt - Hmmm, I wonder whatever happened to that story from years ago in which GM and Ford teamed up to jointly develop a 6 speed...
Secret Hi5 - A cream-puff 2000-year old Veyron might be worth a lot of money! (Or whatever form of “currency” is in use two millenia from now.)
Athos Nobile - Happy Birthday mate. Can’t be bothered with the RS2, but I’d love to drive a 500E. I am also with you on the 993. Regarding this:...
Robert Gordon - “This post is riddled with grammatical mistakes…” Yes that’s as maybe, but I would prefer to see genuine articles about cars like this warts and...
luvmyv8 - Is it me or does this car REALLY look odd, I mean really disproportionate? Maybe it’s the overly small tires that look like they’re sunk...
jim brewer - Good for them! Those Ford guys don’t bat 1,000, but they try real hard, that’s obvious.
BrianL - I don’t see your point in much of this Derek. You speak about the Ford Fusion and say how it is 4th. But, are the sales over last years or...