I took a E class taxi (rather new car). Comfort was ok, but not exactly great. Vastly inferior to the Citroen XM.

For me the answer is easy too: Citroen C5 or C6. The French president drives a C6. If it's good enough for him...

Of course for that price you'll have to search for a second hand C5. 2010 one is listed at 150k, 2002-2003 one is at around 25k. Of course maintenance may not be that cheap (shouldn't be too bad), but you save 100k over the other choices, so you can buy 5 C5 and will always have one that works/have enough spare parts.

Anyway Citroens are well known for their magic carpet ride. Even Rolls Royce once licensed the tech from Citroen (IIRC they stopped since BMW bought RR and it would have been rather embarrassing). So yes, if comfort is what you are after, then there is no other choice. The XM made no road (was driving over a parking lot that was very bumpy) feel comfortable.

Ah, have a look at this. http://www.mudah.my/Citroen+C5+2+0+A-14370779.htm The car is not so old, still way below your budget. Or http://www.mudah.my/Citroen+C5+2+0+Auto+Lo...01-11221627.htm

This post has been edited by kadajawi: May 3 2012, 03:11 AM

I'm driving a 10 year old C segment Citroen and am happy with it. In terms of specs (safety features) it still beats the new Camry And well, a second hand C5 is so cheap that really, who cares if maintenance is expensive? You save 100k in the first place, enough to pay for any problem that may arise (if you are ok with waiting for spare parts... but you'd have enough money left to buy a backup car!)

If you buy a Camry, why would you buy a new one? You only pay for it being new, but technically there is nothing new about it. Last gen Camry should be perfectly fine. Were the Camry priced at 100k it would be a perfectly fine car. Decent value for money.

This post has been edited by kadajawi: May 4 2012, 12:02 AM