Went to Detroit and Columbus, was shopping at both, the Wife went with me to Columbus.
We are shopping for the wife, I have fallen for the Lincoln MKZ, sat in it in Detroit and in Columbus now. The wife wants a luxury type of car. Audi had nothing there (A7 locked up, Q5, and an A5 vert.) BMW had the usual, and sitting in many 3 series now they are complete cheap junk on the inside, they are so plain. Every Lexus, Acura, Audi, Hyundai, Nissan I have sat in has a nicer interior. The MKZ destroys the 3 series in terms of interior. And pricing one fully loaded with the 3.7 AWD and Glass panoramic roof at $47k retail and I think I can get A Plan pricing on one through a family member I'm trying to persuade the wife to like it. We sat in it first and then sat in BMW, Lexus ES, Acura ILX, and then Sat in the MKZ again and we really like what Lincoln has done with this car. I really like the exterior as well, it's got really nice lines.
I'd like for the car she buys to be a car both of us want to drive, she never drives if we are together, only to work and errands. So right now my car gets driven all the time. I'd like to see her car share that time. The MKZ I think is more on par with the 5 series, but doesn't carry the 5 series price. The 5 series START at $47k, The back seat of the MKZ is larger than the 3 series and seem to be the size of the 5 series.
Other car I really liked was the Lexus ES series. They are really nice on the inside and I like the new Lexus front ends.
The ILX was really nice to.
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I love that there is no shifter in this car it looks so clean with the push button selector. Also I like the tunnel is hollow underneath for storage. And the Roof glass is pimp.