As a rich bastard in 1976

[omicron]

[Raza]

6.9, obviously.

[Vinsanity]

I voted for the Mercedes as well, but that Cadillac is just way too cool!

[SVT666]

Jaguar.

[GoCougs]

Caddy: there's nothing so '70s high-rolling American as 500 cubic inches, 5,000 pounds, and 8 mpg.

[TheIntrepid]

Roller.

[93JC]

Depends on the level of rich bastard-ness:

mad stacks - Rolls-Royce
moderate stacks - Lincoln or Cadillac

Had this been "As a rich bastard in 1983" I probably would have chosen the Maserati or Benz.

[Danish]

I voted Jaguar because of the future 350 swap until I noticed that the Benz was a 6.9

6.9 in a heartbeat

[Tave]

jag

[Payman]

'76 Eldorado! 

[omicron]

I simply cannot pick this one. I want all of those fuel-sucking leviathans, except for the Rolls.

Make the Fleetwood a Talisman, though, and I might just swing Cadillac's way.

[Payman]

... a purple Eldorado with baby sealskin seatcovers, rhino hide mudflaps, pine marten floormats...

[omicron]

... a purple Eldorado with baby sealskin seatcovers, rhino hide mudflaps, pine marten floormats...

If David Beckham gets his way, you can have kangaroo skin seatcovers!

[SaltyDog]

The Linc! 

[chevyguy06]

This should've been titled "Land Yachts of 1976" :P I really like the Jag,Mercedes,and Caddy, but I voted Benz.

[omicron]

This is why I'm visiting 1976 on my historical holiday, after going to the World's Fair in 1964 and buying a Mustang.

[Raza]

This is why I'm visiting 1976 on my historical holiday, after going to the World's Fair in 1964 and buying a Mustang.

There's a blue coupe for sale near me.

[Onslaught]

I suppose the 6.9 even if I'm not much of a Benz fan. The Jaguar looks the best but they are horribly unreliable cars I think.

[the Teuton]

Can I go with the Bentley since it was almost identical to the Rolls?

[goldenlover1101]

Benz

[850CSi]

6.9 without a doubt.

The W116 is the only one of these I've driven (in 6 cylinder form), and it is a wonderful car. They didn't have the suspension technology we have now then, and it's remarkable what they did... It's very smooth and although it suffers from a lot of body roll is very capable dynamically. My cousin swears he got it up to 240 km/h but I think its speedo is way off. That said, I think it could still hit 125+MPH.

[Rupert]

The Jag is the coolest, even with that 6.9 Mercedes competing. I voted Jaguar.

Of course, I didn't see the 6.9 until it was too late...

[SVT_Power]

6.9 or the Maser...hard choice. Since more people chose the 6.9, I'll take the Maserati

[Michael Estorol]

6.9 without a doubt.

The W116 is the only one of these I've driven (in 6 cylinder form), and it is a wonderful car. They didn't have the suspension technology we have now then, and it's remarkable what they did...

copying Citroen is usually sensible, but not necessarily remarkable.



(edit - at least Rolls-Royce paid to licence the technology. M-B just stole it - alledgedly.)

[Michael Estorol]

By the way, I voted Jag.

I refer you to the September 1976 issue of CAR magazine, the first I ever bought.

(A Daimler Double-Six actually won this very comparison, which caused outrage on national TV because a British publication had even suggested that a Roller was NOT 'the best car in the world')

[dazzleman]

Wow, in retrospect, the choices look pretty dismal.

It's hard to transport myself back in time, to something I wasn't (a rich bastard) back then.

I don't know what my tastes would have been back then.

But based on what I know now, I would have picked the Jaguar or the Mercedes.

[Michael Estorol]

oh by the way - you couldn't buy a Quattroporte III in 1976.
You could however get the version II - and very nice too, as it was based largely on the Citroen SM...

(ok that's enough trolling  )

[ro51092]

Probably the Mercedes, out of this. Why no E23?

[850CSi]

copying Citroen is usually sensible, but not necessarily remarkable.



(edit - at least Rolls-Royce paid to licence the technology. M-B just stole it - alledgedly.)

Really? interesting. We have a Citro?n, so I should troll as well. 

[280Z Turbo]

None of the above.

I like the Jag the best, but keeping it running would be troublesome.