Money aside, which car would you buy out of these?

All great choices; except the Volvo.I would stay away from them. One of my friends' bought an S40 and the seats are terrible, and he wished he bought a BMW 530i like mine. The 3 series is nice, but they are $$$ for the value..I also have a LS 400 so I'm partial to the ES...check out consumerreports.com and cough up the $19 per year to get the best info out there. Bottom line is you would have to test drive each. Reliability is BIG for me, so the the Acura's, Lexus and Infiniti may be all a tie...happy shopping!