Recent comparison tests show a disturbing trend with new BMW models:
- Motor Trend, S8 vs Alpina B7: S8 blew it away
- Road and Track, S7 vs 650 Gran Coupe: S7 pretty clear winner
- Motor Trend, Panamera GTS (not Audi, I realize) vs M5: M5 absolutely panned as disappointing, big, imprecise
Audi's small Turbo engines seem to be better than BMW's and they also seem to be building lighter, more sporting cars. BMW's electric steering has been criticized as artificial and lacking feel. What the heck is BMW doing? Have they lost the sporting "edge"?
I'm glad I have a "legit" sporting BMW with my E90 (although the steering in my E46 330i is better), but I'm a bit worried about the M3 (and M4?) and whether it will be better than its competition.