My mother-in-law just bought a new Mercury Gran Marquis fully loaded with leather, 4.6L V8 and rear wheel drive for $18,000. It's more comfortable than any Camry or Accord, has V8 power and is much more safer.
Also extraordinarily reliable. Of course, it takes a bit of time for that battleship to build up enough steam to set sail. :P
Now just wait for people to tell you that it will explode when rear-ended (at 100 mph, but they won't tell you that, or the fact that it is one of the safest vehicles in such accidents, but is simply subject to MORE of them when sitting on the side of the road while the officer writes a ticket)