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12-11-2012, 11:26 PM | #1 |
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European Car Magazine picks M3 over RS5
RS5 runs it close, but according to the editors of European Car the E92 M3 is still tops and more special:
Excerpt for European Car "Which would we take home? The Audi might be the more relaxing daily driver but the M3 is simply the more entertaining, more of a racecar for the road. It carries its motorsport heritage more obviously than the Audi. In fact, it feels different from any other BMW, where the RS5 feels like a faster, noisier S5."
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Can't be mad at the RS5, I like it. It would be my second sports GT coupe choice, "after" the M3 in this class.
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12-12-2012, 07:27 AM | #6 |
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Read the article....they use test numbers from "Motor Trend" at the end of the article.
The magazine is a big butt kiss for advertiser's products. Waste of $3
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This may be true - but at least they seem to have come to the right conclusion. Why they posted MT's test numbers is interesting - this is the first I time I have seem them do so. Perhaps the publishing company who produces MT bought them out, I wouldn't be surprised, nothing unusual in the publishing world
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Never been a huge fan of audi cars in general except the b5 s4 and rs6
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12-12-2012, 06:25 PM | #10 |
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Audis have improved quite a bit over the years. I drove a fren's S5 V8 recently. It steered and handled much better than i had expected. The steering was sharp and accurate albeit without feel. The engine and twin clutch gearbox combo wasn't exactly exciting, but taken in perspective, it's pretty decent.
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Perfect car would be the RS5 exterior and interior but drove like an M3!
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Yeah, MotorTrend, European Car, Eurotuner (now shut down), and Hot Rod are all owned/published by Source Interlink, which bought the titles a few years ago from Primedia.
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