What car is that?

New VW Passat?

Pete.

Nope. The car looked more foreign, either Japanese or American.

A Chrysler?

No, the Chrysler 300 is too big and rounded. The car looked a lot like the Saab 9-3 based Caddilac BLS, but I'm not 100% sure. Depends on how it would look in black. That car also has this round badge on the boot.

Maybe the Crossfire instead?

Nono, the car was a 4d salon. The Crossfire is a sports coupe. I think that what I saw was a early outing of the Cadillac BLS. It looked better than I had imagined from photos, but I didn't see the front grille.

A Phaeton maybe?

No I've never seen one. I once passed a Mayback, incredibly large car when you get closer; the large diameter wheels makes it look in proportion as it seems ordinary salon size from a distance.

But if you had seen the car before then you wouldn't have had to ask in here ;o)

New VW Passat, then.

Not at 'about the size of an Accord', it wouldn't be.

The Phaeton would be more reasonably compared with a supertanker.

A salon, eh?

Certainly not the size of the Phaeton that lives along the road from me. It looks the same size as the Passat which is about the size of the accord.

The new Passat looks very much like a Phaeton. Maybe that's the one on the road from you.

???

I meant that I've never seen a Phaeton on the street, but I've seen pictures of a Phaeton before, and it wasn't a Phaeton. More likely, the car that I passed was the Saab 9-3 based cadillac BLS, not yet officially released in the UK.

Johannes ( snipped-for-privacy@smash-spam-sizefitter.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Vectra based, like the 9-3.

Did it look like an Origami Vectra with added bling?

Mmmm, that is exactly what I said only I compared the Phaeton to the Passat.