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Originally Posted by Emjay
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I did, but the list was a tad uninspiring!!
that said, most new cars are uninspiring!
Sorry to say this Mart, but the other week, I drove one of them Volvo C70 D5's and it has to be the only new car (apart from high end stuff obviously), that I have got in and thought, wow, this car is actually nice to drive. Everything felt well built, the 5 pot diesel lump sounded nice and grunty, and for a convertible, the car felt solid as a rock when cornering, and didn't make any squeeks or odd rattly noises like the Astra's do. So, for Modern cars, the Volvo would get a 2 thumbs up from me.
We get to drive a huge variety of modern cars in my line of work and to be fair, most of them just feel very cheap and tacky.
I don't see any Alfa's on your list? Ever considered one of them? Similar sized to the above would be a 147, and the 1.9JTDM engine is not that slouchy really.
And there is just something about the new Alfa's, well any Alfa if truth be known, they are rather sexy!