Not for me - but my Brother.
Here are the criteria.
Saloon Auto Year - 1999 / 2000 onwards Must have proper amounts of torque. Up to 3 litres - petrol / diesel / lpg - it doesn't matter. MPG - not terribly critical, but nothing too woefull either - mid 20s upwards would be good. Any make you like
Budget is £6000
Suggestions so far include.
Lexus GS300 / IS200 Mercedes C 320 Pug 607 BMW 530D Skoda Superb in every flavour apart from 2.0 8 valve petrol, because it's rubbish.
Ruled out already - W210 because of the tinworm potential
Japanese considered as long as it has a proper door shut noise. None of this lightweight, "I didn't actually here lots of bank vault type noises from the door when I shut it. "
That's about it.
Fire away