Audi A3
 

I'm not a wagon nut, but those are nice, and really well priced. Buy it.

I want one of these
 

Check it out--available next year in selected markets.

I've seen a prototype in person. Incredibly fast. 250 mile range.

Electric Sports Car

Audi A3
 

See, Coltrane? Get the A3 and you will be Sebby, Jr.

Audi A3
 

It WAS dead, but you revived it. It wasn't there before you posted this.

Audi A3
 

It just wasn't on the list of most recent posts. You had to go into the tech forum directly, and then the cars thread.

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Audi A3
 

FWIW, I LOVE the a3, but it's a bit small for the family dL. The 9-3 SC in Aero trim is delectable, and a Britax carseat fits necely in back.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/photos...tcombi_1-1.jpg


http://www.car-data.com/photos.30/p....combi.30.1.jpg

Audi A3
 

That 9-3 is my current car obsession.

Hard to think about car payments though...

Audi A3
 

That is why I don't have a shiny new A3. I have been car payment-free for 4 years or so now. 4 wonderful years. And my A4 is only at 30k miles. I can only hope that they still make the A3's when I'm ready for another car.

Veyron
 

A Bugatti Veyron sucking the paint off of a 350 z. That Z is no slouch, but the Veyron is INSANE.

Veyron
 

Fucking A man.
Unbelievable.

I drove a 2007 Mercedes CLK 63 last weekend. At almost 500 hp, it was pretty fast and fun to drive. Unfortunately we got stuck in some heinous traffic and couldn't really open it up.

The weekend before I drove a Porsche Carrera S and a BMW 650.

They are all 3 very fast and very fun. The Porsche, of course, is a driver's car. But it would make a really crappy daily driver. Unless you had a 5 mile commute that was all on-ramp. The ventilation sucks, the navigation sucks. But it's a Porsche.

The BMW 650 was just the opposite. Loaded with every luxury item you could imagine and the blue tooth option loaded the cell phone directory in like 2 minutes. That said, it was not a lot of fun to drive. Was eerily quiet in the cockpit and 100 mph felt like 40. But, it's an awesome road car. The driving position is a little awkward, due to the console being really small and far away and the steering wheel doesn't drop as low as it should for the right 10 and 2 position.

The Mercedes was in-between. Stiffer and noisier than the 650, but smoover than the Porsche. All cars were about $90k. The CLK 63 only comes in a convertible. The top is like the SLK, motorized, completely quiet and massive in the trunk.


http://www.mbusa.com/media/images/ma...rview_main.jpg

D'oh
 

Top Gear host crashes jet car

link to video on that page

Veyron
 

A friend of mine has the CLK 500, and it's a beast. I can imagine what another 150 bhp would do.

Veyron
 

The CLK 550 actually kicks its (the 500) ass. Mercedes went with more agressive gearing for the 06 and 07 models (because they really needed to). Now all they have to do is work on the steering. It still has a hard time finding center - just like the E class. And the braking (same issues as the E class, only not as bad now).
We sat in a new S class and aside from the size, it was a very beautiful car. Also, the salesman said that they had already sold and delivered 9 ML 63s. That is a rockin SUV. He also said that they're selling as many G class as they can get. That thing's freakin HUGE. When you sit in the front seat, you can barely see the back window.

$50k class
 

I recently drove three ~$50k cars: the S4, 335 coupe, and CTS-V.

The S4 was awesome. The interior is beyond luxurious. Everything feels like it costs $100,000 inside, like you'd really be getting your money's worth. The nav screen had this trick where it flipped over and also revealed slots for memory cards holding digital music. Nice. The car was saddled with an automatic, but it hauled ass. Fast, fast, fast. The back seat, however, is disappointingly small. It seemed like the back seat of a smaller car.

The 335 has a great engine, very tractable, and you would never know that it was turbocharged. It just pulled and pulled and pulled, no matter where you were in the rev range. Also fast, fast, fast. Handled great, too. Clutch was super light - I felt like I was driving a truck when I got back in my car. It made starting out very easy, pulled away with no drama or anything, but when I tried to hotfoot it, and rip off a shift from 1-2 when gunning it, it was embarassingly ham-handed, because the clutch was so light. Hard to judge the size of the interior, because it was a coupe. The interior materials seemed nice, but a lot more austere than the Audi. (I had never been much of a dash stroker until I drove the S4.) I'm looking forward to driving the 335 sedan when it hits the dealership.

Then, on to the CTS-V. Nicely sized inside - probably about the size of a 5 series. Great engine and decent 6 speed manual. Exhaust note is great and terrific rumble when you goose the throttle. Who could say no to the 'vette's V8 and 6 speed in a sedan? Hauls ass, but I didn't get to really push it as much as I would have liked; we ended up behind a student driver. Car cornered surprisingly flatly - very little body roll, unexpected in a big American sedan like that. The interior is loaded with features, but the plastics seem cheap for a car that costs so much. Also, the non-V CTS can be ordered with a luxury package that upgrades the interior to a nice wood trim. It's not available on the V. Damned S4 made me some namby pamby idiot who is impressed by a fancy interior.

$50k class
 

I love the way the BMW looks but I think it's priced a wee bit high for a 3 series.