Just this passed weekend i rented a 2006 toyota avalon? and liked the styling and the space. it drove smooth on the road but it was a little sloppy in handling it does not grip the road like it`s competitor the Nissan Maxima(which i love the way it drives on the road) . that is the only part i did not like. now i have grown up with Cadillacs all of my life everyone in my family either has or had a Cadillac. none of them never had any trouble with theirs. except my aunt who had a Catera a couple of years ago ,which was a flop for Cadillac. But i love the styling of Cadillac and think that they are beautiful cars and plan to own one,one day. but when i was out, someone had parked next to my rental Avalon and it was a Cadillac DTS, i noticed that the DTS and the Avalon were the same length and it seems like size too. The Cadillac was prettier though. i know people would say that the Avalon would last 10 years longer than the DTS. but i noticed on the reviews on the Avalon, that a lot of people were`nt happy with their Avalons. I did not see too many complaints on the DTS. Now i would be honest with you eventhough the Avalon would last me a longer time than the DTS i just could not see myself paying $34,000 for a new one. I would buy a Pre-owned DTS @ $34,000. but if i went to buy one, out of these two cars are a better buy? eventhough and Cadillac is a luxury car, and they say that the Avalon a near-luxury vehicle. which one is a better buy?