Autocar - Britain's best driver's car 2012

[wemorgan]

 

[This is Pete]

Might be me, but I'm struggling to work out the significance of the scores.

 

[sinewave]

The Editor states the following in the above blurb

"The Audi RS4 is an astonishing piece of kit"

Yet Chris Harris in a recent Video posted on here reckoned it was an under-steering 'Crate' compared with the Baby 1 series Beemer!

Nowt as fickle as Folk!

 

[Bellow]

And Autocar don't rate the handling of the 1-Series (this model or previous) yet everyone else does. Strange.

 

[renault12ts]

Might be me, but I'm struggling to work out the significance of the scores.

Did the testers just rank them from 1-10 and the lowest score won?

 

[st4]

The Editor states the following in the above blurb

"The Audi RS4 is an astonishing piece of kit"

Yet Chris Harris in a recent Video posted on here reckoned it was an under-steering 'Crate' compared with the Baby 1 series Beemer!

Nowt as fickle as Folk!

I thought that was the RS3 which was the terminal under steerer

 

[Creepy coupe]

No BMW M3? I can't take the test seriously.

 

[BenzedUP]

The Editor states the following in the above blurb

"The Audi RS4 is an astonishing piece of kit"

Yet Chris Harris in a recent Video posted on here reckoned it was an under-steering 'Crate' compared with the Baby 1 series Beemer!

Nowt as fickle as Folk!

That was the RS3 Chris tested.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

No comments about the C63 providing the fastest lap time? Come on guys, where's your support for our marque?

 

[sinewave]

Yes you both are correct it was the RS3, my bad!

 

[wemorgan]

My thoughts on the GT86 being the winner - in its current forum it will not become the default car of choice for the 'driver' out there. At 6s a lap slower it simply fails the top trumps test. For the type of car the GT86 is I think buyers would be just as happy to buy a second hand Cayman. If you're going to be slow, you need to be cheap like the MX5 is (relatively).

 

[BenzedUP]

Yes you both are correct it was the RS3, my bad!

Don't worry, he's also compared the RS4 with the C63AMG

Chris Harris video: Audi RS4 - PistonHeads

 

[st4]

My thoughts on the GT86 being the winner - in its current forum it will not become the default car of choice for the 'driver' out there. At 6s a lap slower it simply fails the top trumps test. For the type of car the GT86 is I think buyers would be just as happy to buy a second hand Cayman. If you're going to be slow, you need to be cheap like the MX5 is (relatively).

Or a used M3 or C63. Too much lightly used tempting metal out there

 

[wemorgan]

Too much lightly used tempting metal out there

There's never too much choice

 

[finisterre]

the slowest car was the best?

So my van is better than a Cayman?

It looks like they have been bunged a few quid.

 

[tasn1]

No comments about the C63 providing the fastest lap time? Come on guys, where's your support for our marque?

I thought the C63 would have been tail happy, so I'm quiet impressed by the quickest lap time!

 

[st4]

I thought the C63 would have been tail happy, so I'm quiet impressed by the quickest lap time!

And surprised by autocars lack of illustrating this. If that had been a Jag it would have made the cover story, as it were...

 

[NISFAN]

No BMW M3? I can't take the test seriously.

Seems the cars tested are 'NEW for 2012' the M3 isn't.

Didn't realise the Lotus, the Vanquish and the Ford RS were new???

 

[NISFAN]

I thought the C63 would have been tail happy, so I'm quiet impressed by the quickest lap time!

It is the Black series version

 

[tasn1]

It is the Black series version

Yep, but still impressed nevertheless!