'Luxury' mile muncher

[sam_jw]

Hi all

Looking for a bit of advice and opinion from the PH faithful. Doing about 20k per year for work/personal and I've previously had a work van and a weekend car, but now looking to combine the two and get a 'luxury' car to do both. Would likely run this car as my sole car for around 2/3 years.

Requirements are fairly loose:

- Company pays for all fuel when commuting so not bothered about MPG/efficiency.
- Nothing less than 6 cylinders and preferably a petrol.
- Budget up to £22,500.
- As much power and refinement (excessive road noise is a real hate of mine) as I can get for the money.
- 2010/2011 is probably as old as I would like to go, exceptions can be made on this though.

Obviously there are the usual contenders like 5 series etc, just wondering if I've missed any slightly more unusual/more interesting options?

Thanks in advance!

[sam_jw]

Thanks for the swift replies all.

Now, is there anything that should stop me going out and getting one of those S Classes today ?

In all seriousness, the S Class or an SL probably represents the exact sort of car I am after, so it looks like finding the perfect one will be order of the day for the foreseeable future.

[sam_jw]

Mammasaid said:

Merc CLS

Audi S4

Infiniti Q50

Jag XF-R

That CLS is tempting me, these are based on the E class aren't they?

How much of a step down would a CLS be from an S class? Has anyone here had an experience from both?