Nice review. Good to hear how many miles and how much effort went into this test. I liked the supermodel analogy although they could have used much more recent models. I am most impressed by how close the subjective scoring numbers are comparing the two cars. It again makes me think, given when the cars were designed, BMW should have been able to move farther ahead than they did. Other things that stood out to me:
- M3 really out brakes the Audi consistently.
- Suprised by the besting the RS4 gave the M3 in overtaking times.
- Not suprised that the M3 continues to best the RS4 cornering speeds, so much for the Quattro "pitch", again.
- I continue to be disappointed by all the steering feel comments. This guy clearly played around with all of the settings and put the steering in its sport setting.
- Also disappointed by all the negative comments about the clunks and noise from the rear dif. in normal everyday (non-track) driving.
- Did anyone else notice 26 mpg (US) in "country" driving with a range of 419 mi. YES! (might make that a new topic).