for me the Caddliac and 300C are not on my list because they are not proven, they are new to market and there are going to be bugs that need to be worked out, I will never trust anything Chrysler, it may seem flashy and very cool now, but their quality, (and this is with a ton of experience) is very sub par IMO, they skimp in the wrong places, it might have a nice engine, but all it the HEMI is a same old same old V8 with just hemispherical heads, it is a huge marketing scheme, and with the Caddilac, remember the Catera? it was the Opel sourced RWD mid-sized, the quality and fit and finish on that car was better IMO than the new replacement, and keep in mind I have been to the Opel factory in Germany, and I know they make very decent cars GM is really pulling the wool over the public's eyes, buy trying to give the apperance of making the CTS and the other up comming versions, a BMW 3 series beater, WRONG, just because you slap a V8 in a mediocre chassis does not mean you made a better car, I will take a lower horse power motor and a better build/engineered/tuned/designed etc. chassis and suspension then a average car with a large motor in it, then it is more on the skills and abilities of the driver and not some goober just slamming his foot to the floor, if it comes to that, but in Steve-o's case, he does not need huge power, milage is a factor that has to be taken seriously a previous chassis BMW 530i or MB 320 are both well proven cars with excellent engineering, people need to see the over all cost and not the initial cost, repairs are going to more on the germans, but if your keeping up with the preventative mantince the overall cost will be less when you get better milage, better reliablilty, and much more miles out of the transmission and motor, sorry for the rant