List your top personal car picks for each category

[psteng19]

If you were to buy a car under each category, list your top choices.
Try to keep it within reasonable and realistic price ranges, to minimze the Ferrari Enzo and Lamborghini Murcielago picks
OK, I added a "other/fantasy" section for your dream car(s)

Economy:
Nissan Sentra, Mazda Protege

Family Sedan:
Nissan Maxima & Altima, Mazda 6

Luxury/Sport (under $45k):
Infiniti G35 (sedan and coupe), BMW 330, Acura 3.2 TL-S, Audi A4

Luxury ($40-80k):
Infiniti Q45 & M45, Mercedes E500, E55 AMG, S500, BMW M3 & M5

Sports Car (under $60k):
Nissan 350Z, Chevrolet Corvette Z06

SUV:
Nissan Murano, Infiniti FX35/45, Acura MDX

All other/fantasy:
Porsche 911 Turbo/GT2/GT3

 

[Vortex22]

Economy:
Corolla, Civic

Family:
Accord, Mazda 6

Luxury Sport:
3.2 TL-S, G35, IS300

Sports:
S2000, 350Z, RSX-S

SUV:
MDX, FX45

Fantasy:
911

 

[StageLeft]

Sentra or corolla (I like them!)

Maxima (obviously)

Audi S4 possible for that price if so yes

M5

fx45 no doubt

Some porsche

 

[Ryan]

Economy: Honda Civic

Family Sedan: Nissan Maxima/Altima (V6), Honda Accord, and Toyota Camry

Luxury Sport (under $45k): Infiniti G35 (sedan and coupe), Acura 3.2 TL-S

Luxury ($40-80k): Infiniti Q45 & M45

Sports Car (under $60k): Nissan 350Z/G35 Coupe, Used Acura NSX.

SUV: Nissan Murano, Infiniti FX35/45, Acura MDX, Lexus RX330

All other/fantasy: Acura NSX

I do not currently reccomend the 2002 and 2003 Nissan 4-bangers used in the Sentra SE-R or the Altima because I've heard too many horror stories about them gobbling up oil, and self distructing. Not to mention the shifter on the SER-Spec V is the worst shifter I have ever used in my life.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Economy:
Mazda Protege

Family Sedan:
Nissan Maxima & Altima

Luxury/Sport (under $45k):
Cadillac CTS

Luxury ($40-80k):
BMW M3 & M5

Sports Car (under $60k):
Nissan 350Z

SUV:
Nissan Murano

All other/fantasy:
Not sure on this one.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

For the enthusaists:

Economy : Protege
Midsize/Family : 1997-2003 Maxima and Mazda 6
Entry Level Luxury: G35 or 330i (but G35 due to price differences)
SUV: FX & Murano
Sport cars: Corvette or 350Z or Z4 (depending on price and personal wants)

For the general consumers:

Economy: Civic
Midsize/Family: brand new Accord or previous gen Camrys
Entry level Luxury: G35 or A4 or 2004 Maxima
SUV: Pilot/HIhglander/Murano/RX330

 

[m2kewl]

Economy: Honda Civic

Family: Honda Accord

Luxury Sport: Acura 3.2 TL-S

Sports: BMW M3, Ferrari 360

SUV: Acura MDX

 

[dionx]

Economy:
Honda Civic Hybrid

Family Sedan:
Honda Accord EX/V6

Luxury/Sport (under $45k):
Audi A4 3.0, Lexus IS300

Luxury ($40-80k):
Lexus GS430, Mercedes E Class & S Class

Sports Car (under $60k):
Nissan 350Z, Infiniti G35 Coupe

SUV:
Lexus LX430, RX330

All other/fantasy:
Acura NSX

 

[psteng19]

Originally posted by: m2kewl
Economy: Honda Civic

Family: Honda Accord

Luxury Sport: Acura 3.2 TL-S

Sports: BMW M3, Ferrari 360

SUV: Acura MDX

Damn Honda fanboys
Si owners are the worst

 

[isekii]

ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: isekii
ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

It being a sedan should qualify it for being a sport sedan? Now its not qualified for being a coupe..cause..its well a sedan!

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii
ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

It being a sedan should qualify it for being a sport sedan? Now its not qualified for being a coupe..cause..its well a coupe!

wtf are you talking about ? TL-S is the sedans ... they have no coupe versions of it... You're thinking of the CL, CL-S which they killed off
which is also FWD. I call it a BOAT

 

[TommyVercetti]

Civic all across!

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii
ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

It being a sedan should qualify it for being a sport sedan? Now its not qualified for being a coupe..cause..its well a sedan!

wtf are you talking about ? TL-S is the sedans ... they have no coupe versions of it... You're thinking of the CL, CL-S which they killed off
which is also FWD. I call it a BOAT

I think you misunderstood me.

You said TL-S isn't a sport sedan, then as proof to the claim, you said its a sedan...which doesn't really help your case. I was just being cheeky

My bad on the typo..the last word in my post was supposed to be sedan.

 

[lowtech1]

Economy- Tercel/Civic
Sedan - Camry/Maxima
Luxury/Sport - Audi A4/Avalon/Acura 3.2 TL-S

BMW Z8

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii
ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

It being a sedan should qualify it for being a sport sedan? Now its not qualified for being a coupe..cause..its well a sedan!

wtf are you talking about ? TL-S is the sedans ... they have no coupe versions of it... You're thinking of the CL, CL-S which they killed off
which is also FWD. I call it a BOAT

I think you misunderstood me.

You said TL-S isn't a sport sedan, then as proof to the claim, you said its a sedan...which doesn't really help your case. I was just being cheeky

My bad on the typo..the last word in my post was supposed to be sedan.

That's all it is.. a SEDAN there are misconceptions of people here thinking it's sporty. It's not
It's more Family Sedan than anything. FWD =/ SPORT.

 

[conjur]

Economy:
Honda Civic, Mazda Protege

Family Sedan:
Honda Accord EX-V6

Luxury Family Sedan
Infiniti G35, Acura 3.2 TL-S, Audi A6

Luxury Sport
BMW M3, Audi S4

Luxury ($40-80k):
Infiniti Q45, Audi A8, Mercedes S500, BMW M5

Sports Car (under $60k):
Nissan 350Z

SUV:
Can't stand the damn things but if I was made to drive one...Acura MDX or Infiniti FX45

All other/fantasy:
A C Cobra (was actually behind one the other day....suh-weet!!)

 

[DanFungus]

WRX/STi, 350Z, Evo VIII, G35, Q45

I just like those cars in general

 

[gotsmack]

Family Sedan:

Subaru outback h6-3.0 sedan

Luxury/Sport (under $45k):

1. Volvo S60R AWD

2. BMW 330xi

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii
ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

It being a sedan should qualify it for being a sport sedan? Now its not qualified for being a coupe..cause..its well a sedan!

wtf are you talking about ? TL-S is the sedans ... they have no coupe versions of it... You're thinking of the CL, CL-S which they killed off
which is also FWD. I call it a BOAT

I think you misunderstood me.

You said TL-S isn't a sport sedan, then as proof to the claim, you said its a sedan...which doesn't really help your case. I was just being cheeky

My bad on the typo..the last word in my post was supposed to be sedan.

That's all it is.. a SEDAN there are misconceptions of people here thinking it's sporty. It's not
It's more Family Sedan than anything. FWD =/ SPORT.

Ah ok. You should have said: It's JUST a sedan!

I personally think its a SPORTY sedan. Not sport sedan, but sporty. Btw, FWD can equal Sport...look at the Type-R.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: isekii
ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

It being a sedan should qualify it for being a sport sedan? Now its not qualified for being a coupe..cause..its well a sedan!

wtf are you talking about ? TL-S is the sedans ... they have no coupe versions of it... You're thinking of the CL, CL-S which they killed off
which is also FWD. I call it a BOAT

I think you misunderstood me.

You said TL-S isn't a sport sedan, then as proof to the claim, you said its a sedan...which doesn't really help your case. I was just being cheeky

My bad on the typo..the last word in my post was supposed to be sedan.

That's all it is.. a SEDAN there are misconceptions of people here thinking it's sporty. It's not
It's more Family Sedan than anything. FWD =/ SPORT.

Ah ok. You should have said: It's JUST a sedan!

I personally think its a SPORTY sedan. Not sport sedan, but sporty. Btw, FWD can equal Sport...look at the Type-R.

The ITR is a totally different machine. Although it is FWD, there's a lot of work that went in the suspension.
I don't doubt that the ITR is a handling monster.

 

[psteng19]

Originally posted by: isekii
ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

And why is it not? Just because it's FWD?
It's got 4 doors, which makes it a sedan.
It's rather sporty, so I'd consider it a sports sedan (different from a sports car).

RWD owners need to quit bashing on cars just because it's FWD.
I'd bet the measly FWD TL-S would give your precious lil "RWD" IS300 a run for its money.
I see many sources where the TL-S gets better 1/4 mile E/T's than an IS300.

And you really gotta calm down with the caps.
You seem to get real worked up from comments posted by strangers on an internet message board.
Still pissed that the Nets got beat in the finals?

 

[Spac3d]

Economy:
Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Nissan Sentra

Family Sedan:
Honda Accord, Nissan Maxima, Toyota Camry

Luxury/Sport (under $45k):
Lexus ES300, Lexus IS300, Infinity G35

Luxury ($40-80k):
Lexus GS430, Lexus LS430, Mercedes E500

Sports Car (under $60k):
Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Porsche Boxter, BMW M3

SUV:
Hummer H1, Range Rover, Lexus LX470

All other/fantasy:
Lotus Espirit

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: psteng19

Originally posted by: isekii
ACURA TL-S ISN"T A SPORTS SEDAN~!!!!

it's FWD

it's a SEDAN

And why is it not? Just because it's FWD?
It's got 4 doors, which makes it a sedan.
It's rather sporty, so I'd consider it a sports sedan (different from a sports car).

RWD owners need to quit bashing on cars just because it's FWD.
I'd bet the measly FWD TL-S would give your precious lil "RWD" IS300 a run for its money.
I see many sources where the TL-S gets better 1/4 mile E/T's than an IS300.

And you really gotta calm down with the caps.
You seem to get real worked up from comments posted by strangers on an internet message board.
Still pissed that the Nets got beat in the finals?

LoL why only the 1/4 mile times ? Do you see any TL-S in Auto-X's ?
You do realize IS300 does well in Auto-X's .... 1/4 miles don't determine a cars ability.
Although IS300 lacks in power ( came out I believe it's 3rd year in the US ) it has no problems in the twisties and is an overall good performer.

A run for it's money ? An IS300 will rip up the TL-S in an Auto-X Keep on racing with a mag fanboy.
No I'm not bitter that the Nets lost. Atleast they make it to the finals. They were the underdogs and they were expected to lose.


Oh yea... if you want to go fast in a straight line, there are many better choices than the TL-S

 

[Kaervak]

Economy:
Saturn SL2

Family Sedan:
Either the ION or a GTP Grand Am Comp G

Luxury/Sport (under $45k):
Audi A4 2.8 or VW Passat

Luxury ($40-80k):
M5, M3, or SLK 320 Roadster

Sports Car (under $60k):
Z06 or Z4

SUV:
Saturn VUE or a somehting that gets really sh!tty gas mileage only to piss off the tree huggers.

All other/fantasy:
HSV GTS Coupe, 1970 SS454 LS6 Chevelle