Best luxury car under $35k?

Performance is pretty important to me. It needs to have a luxury badge (no ford, honda, toyota, ext)
Also, needs to seat 4 and be under 35k

Try looking at the Lexus brand. They're not as popular in luxurious car class, but it is never the less superb.
Lexus ES 350 260 HP, ect

http://www.lexus.com/models/ES/explore/

Look there for more info on Lexus'es

Early 2000's Infiniti: M45, Q45, G35
Early 2000's Jaguar: X Type and S Type

Volkswagen CC is a car i like very much, It has many options you can add and many of te configurations cost 33-35k.

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