We've decided that our Durango is getting a bit long in the tooth, and it's time to start shopping for a newer vehicle for my wife. After decades of driving either an SUV or Subaru, she has decided (after our recent long highway trip) that she might like an all wheel drive luxury car. She really liked the handling of our STS, especially in the hills of rural Arkansas, but I want to keep her in something that's all wheel drive for the occasion when she has to go somewhere in the snow (required, not negotiable). There are occasions when she takes a long highway trip without me to visit family, so reliability is paramount.
We've started looking and narrowed the choices down to the following:
2009-2013 BMW
2009-2013 Mercedes
2009-2013 Audi
2009-2013 Cadillac CTS
Are there any of the above vehicles that have glaring reliability issues? Are there any standouts (or flops) with the all wheel drive systems? The all wheel drive is for the occasional time when she has to go out in the snow, and may be driving home on rural roads with drifting snow. I don't expect it to plow through 36 inch drifts, but I would like it to get through a 10 inch snow on a rural road that hasn't been plowed.
Most of what I've found locally are in the 30,000-60,000 mile range and our cash budget is $40,000 or less which should be doable with the years listed.
Thanks for any and all information!
We've started looking and narrowed the choices down to the following:
2009-2013 BMW
2009-2013 Mercedes
2009-2013 Audi
2009-2013 Cadillac CTS
Are there any of the above vehicles that have glaring reliability issues? Are there any standouts (or flops) with the all wheel drive systems? The all wheel drive is for the occasional time when she has to go out in the snow, and may be driving home on rural roads with drifting snow. I don't expect it to plow through 36 inch drifts, but I would like it to get through a 10 inch snow on a rural road that hasn't been plowed.
Most of what I've found locally are in the 30,000-60,000 mile range and our cash budget is $40,000 or less which should be doable with the years listed.
Thanks for any and all information!