The Gazette (Montreal) (Enlarge photo)

10/10/2008 16:01. The word boulevardier is usually used as a mild dismissive for a car that is engineered to be more of a soft-riding cruiser than a sportster.

I know; I've used it myself, especially during my younger days when I preferred cars with a harder edge to them. Older and wiser, not to mention a bit of a boulevardier myself, I have come to think the word can have a positive connotation to it, especially when used to describe the Mercedes SLK350... // The Gazette (Montreal)