Ballin' in '83

[Vinsanity]

[MexicoCityM3]

5er, no contest here.

Why no Merc in the poll?

[Vinsanity]

5er, no contest here.

Why no Merc in the poll?

Merc W123 is the first option. Is the photo not showing up?

[MexicoCityM3]

Merc W123 is the first option. Is the photo not showing up?

Right. Pic doesn't show up.

[Onslaught]

The Merc would probably last forever. But I'd take the BMW.

[68_427]

That exact bmw plz

[Payman]

Yep, 5-er all the way.

I remember reading in C&D a long time ago that some guy's worst nightmare was being stuck in traffic with an Audi 5000 behind him and a Ford Pinto in front of him. 

[93JC]

The BMW, Audi, Volvo, Toyota and Datsun/Nissan don't belong in this poll. These were not 'ballin' cars. These were the sorts of cars that yuppies and stuffy old college professors drove. It wasn't until later in the '80s that BMWs became ballin', and not until the '90s that Audis did so. I would argue that no Volvo, Toyota or Nissan should ever appear in a poll like this.

The Chrysler was in the vein of a ballin' car, but was a little too downmarket by then. There wasn't much separating a Fifth Avenue from a Dodge Diplomat. The Lincoln was in the same boat, being a little too close in execution to a tarted-up Ford LTD. Which it was.

The Mercedes-Benz and Cadillac are the only true ballin' cars here, and being that the Seville was a pile of shit the choice is obvious.

[Vinsanity]

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have put the Cressida and Maxima in the poll, but they were kinda the precursors to Lexus and Infiniti, so I figured what the hell.

[93JC]

The premise of the poll is "pick a 30-year-old car"; you're kind of reaching here as far as desirability goes anyway.

[sportyaccordy]

Dude that W123 is awesome

I would totally do one, with AMG cosmetic treatment, wagon back and a lil mo boost

[Cookie Monster]

E28, no question

[Rupert]

There is only one right answer, and it's BMW.

[Pommes-T]

Audi Quattro On The Summit - Original Ski Jump Commercial

Although if I had lived in the USA, I'd chosen the Caddy! 

[cawimmer430]

In terms of styling the bustle back Cadillac Seville beats all of them by a billion years. 

But the W123 is the best car here. Those things are indestructible. The best Mercedes' ever made.

[hotrodalex]

5er, though the Benz wouldn't be bad either.

[2o6]

W123. It IMO epotimizes a good luxury car of the 80's.



The Audi I never really considered a luxury car on the same level as MB (same with Volvo).


The Seville I have admired for the design risks it took in the 80's, but we all know it's a terrible car.

The BMW is a close second, but I like the MB more.

No thankyou to the Continental.

The 5th Avenue I can't equate as a luxury car in my mind.

The Cressida doesn't have the badge to back it up, nor the Datsun.

[CALL_911]

Easily the E28.

[cawimmer430]

Porn. 

[Vinsanity]

Sadly I think this looks more interesting than the actual XTS



lower the decklid so that it doesn't look so much like a parody, and give it vertical taillights to conform to their design theme, and I'd say they have something that would turn heads in a good way.

[S204STi]

Audi Quattro On The Summit - Original Ski Jump Commercial

Although if I had lived in the USA, I'd chosen the Caddy! 

Yes!

[cawimmer430]

Nice retro bustle back touch on this Cadillac design! But the second generation Seville still looks better. That car might have been a POS, but it sure as hell looks gorgeous! 

[sportyaccordy]

Sadly I think this looks more interesting than the actual XTS



lower the decklid so that it doesn't look so much like a parody, and give it vertical taillights to conform to their design theme, and I'd say they have something that would turn heads in a good way.

Yea, a cross between this and the IMAJ should have been Caddy's flagship

[hotrodalex]

Are you guys serious? That thing is hideous. I can't think of one person that would want to buy one.

[Vinsanity]

Are you guys serious? That thing is hideous. I can't think of one person that would want to buy one.

For one, the bad guys in that Justin Timberlake movie "In Time"

[Secret Chimp]

Those different sized headlights

[Laconian]

Are you guys serious? That thing is hideous. I can't think of one person that would want to buy one.

I know, it's like what you'd get if you asked greasy Italian mafiosos from the 70's, "what would a really cool car look like in the year 2000?"

[Cookie Monster]

I know, it's like what you'd get if you asked greasy Italian mafiosos from the 70's, "what would a really cool car look like in the year 2000?"

To be fair, I think Vinsanity and Wimmer could pass off as Italian mafiosos...

[Vinsanity]

To be fair, I think Vinsanity and Wimmer could pass off as Italian mafiosos...

Yeah except we'd waste all our time arguing over shit like this

Donnie Brasco -- Cadillac versus Lincoln

[Laconian]

Yeah except we'd waste all our time arguing over shit like this

Donnie Brasco -- Cadillac versus Lincoln

I swear that script was copied and pasted from a CarSPIN thread.