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      06-18-2010, 01:53 PM   #24
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Today's Sport Auto features a comparison test between the E92 M3 DCT ZCP and the new Audi RS5. Let's dance...

Here are the results:

E92 M3RS5
0-100 kph5.0 s4.7 s
0-200 kph16.0 s16.5 s
Hockenheim1:14.2 min1:15.3 min
18m slalom70.1 kph67.4 kph
braking distance (100 kph)34.6 m34.6 m
fuel consumption (l per 100km)17.4 l18.7 l
(curb) weight1640 kg1816 kg
weight front/rear51.1% /48.9 %56.9 % / 43.1 %


Some here might have guessed that already, the M3 won that comparison. Sport Auto's verdict pretty much summed up that the M3 and the RS5 are built for different people. It's not so much a surprise that the M3 beat the RS5 in all performance categories, surprising though is that Sport Auto even liked the ride in the M3 (EDC) more than Audi's adaptive suspension. On top, the M3 testcar was roughly 10k € cheaper.

As to the M3, this is the first Hockenheim time we have for a ZCP E92 with DCT, which -- on regular Michelin PS2 -- was even a tenth faster than the E92 M3 (6MT) on Cup+ tires.


Best regards,
south


So much for all that talk about the Audi RS5 being besting the M3 in performance. The lads in Munich may have already fired off an email to the Audi chaps at Ingolstadt saying..."Thanks for playing. Better luck next time."
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