I was gassing up one day, the guy at the next pump had a mid-range BMW, I looked over & said nice car, he glanced at my 2.0 Passat same year, 2 year's old [I have 2.0 Audi A4 now] & said I'd rather have one of those, & he explained, heavy on fuel, spares expensive, & had to return it to the dealers 4 times in those 2 years for tracking, steering & other faults none really minor, Mercs, I salivate about them!, when I go back to where I bought both the Passat & the Audi, I linger by the Mercs, the sales guy I know came over & said watch, pressed a button, & what was an open car, became a steel-roofed saloon, I just stood there, my face hanging out, dribbling a little, it also had "soft-close" doors, trunk & hood, where they close, then draw in tight, without a sound, it was £58,000, around $112,000,....yeeehah!!