Exterior & Styling While Buick has commercials touting its exterior design as so un-Buick that people won't recognize a new one when they see it, Lincoln walks the walk; the redesigned 2016 MKX's styling is easily on par with
its German luxury competitors.
Not exact matches
The 2014 Maserati Ghibli enters an unfamiliar
luxury sedan segment, deigning to thrust its Italian trident into a swarm of
German competitors including the Mercedes - Benz CLS - Class, BMW 6 - Series Gran Coupe, Porsche Panamera, and Audi A7.
Yes, the brand associated with all - wheel - drive economy cars, most of which were station wagons, conceived a plan to offer a Subaru that could be a
German luxury coupe
competitor.
Cadillac In recent years, Cadillac has refashioned its cars and reworked its lineup to make itself a direct
competitor to the
German luxury makes.
Nissan's
luxury arm Infiniti is still a company attempting to define itself in a market saturated by
German brands and its closest
competitor, Lexus.
The Audi A6 has, for the last several years, been a very good mid-size
luxury sedan that nevertheless always came in third in a field of three against its
German competitors, the BMW 5 - Series and the Mercedes E-class.
Lincoln has released pricing for the 2015 Lincoln MKC, which positions the small
luxury crossover as a more affordable option than its
German competitors.
Long the favored brand of executives and heads - of - state around the world, Mercedes - Benz recently is finding itself battling surprisingly strong
competitors in the form of fellow
German marques Audi and BMW, as well as newer Japanese
luxury brands Lexus and Infiniti.
As worthy a
luxury vehicle as the A6 is, Audi still lags (slightly) behind its main
German competitors — BMW and Mercedes - Benz — when it comes to brand recognition.
Its
competitors from the class below are catching up, and I don't think the company is up to
German luxury standards yet.
Competition in the entry - level
luxury sedan category is fierce, especially among Audi's other
German competitors, BMW and Mercedes - Benz.
The Cadillac North American high - end manufacturer is now ready to tackle the
luxury sedan segment by offering its
German competitors a worthy model, in the shape of the newly unveiled 2016 Cadillac CT6 model, at this week «s 2015 New York Auto Show.
But after years watching its European (primarily
German)
competitors redefine the
luxury segment, Caddy is finally determined to challenge the status quo.
Genesis delivers premium - brand
luxury - car accommodations, interior room, and power at prices that significantly undercut high - end American,
German, and Japanese
competitors.
All three of those «entry
luxury» sedan
competitors are EPA - rated as «compact,» and the two
German entries start with much less - powerful 3.0 - liter six - cylinder engines compared to the base 3.6 - liter V6 of the CTS.
The NX is the best seller in the compact /
luxury category thanks to Lexus» reputation for quality and a base price several thousand dollars less than its primarily
German competitors.
Over the last few years, Cadillac has been drastically trying to redefine its brand image from the old stodgy ferry of retirees in Boca to a legitimate
competitor to the big
German luxury players.