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  1. The Evoque is an amazing light weight SUV. It is top of its class. 
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  2. I know plenty of people with BMW cars with no issues. Toyota are reliable but boring compared to BMW. Let us be honest here.
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  3. The Audi RS5 is perfection and you do not even know this. 
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  4. +Diesel does things Poor men find many thing ugly that is why they are always drawn to failed systems like communism or pyramid schemes.
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  5. Jags are as reliable as anything out there only a Toyota would trump it but who really wants a Toyota over a Jag?
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  6. Now imagine if the same technology was applied to the V12. What sort of performance could it have?
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  7. Daniel Banaru The RS 7 is more of a genuine 4 seat car were as the Mercedes S-class is focused on being a two seat car with limited rear. A Porsche 911 is a dedicated sports car. If you want a family car then the RS 7 would be the car to choose. If you want second family car then the Mercedes S-class could be used. And if you wanted a out right sports car then the 911 is the choice.
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  8.  @VidNibs  They cost £35000 in the US.
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  9. Stacey McGrath The S class is the most Luxurious car there is on the market. The Audi cannot compete and I am an Audi owner as well.
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  10. +milo The car looks beautiful and understated.
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  11. That is what inflation does. You are going to notice a lot of other things become more expensive as well. Now the good thing about japanese products is that they are reliable but you are going to see them starting to make the products look a little bit more premium due to the price hikes that are coming.
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  12. +Muddassir Raza Better is subjective. It depends on who you ask. I drive an Audi RS5 and I think it is better than any BMW on the market. Now go and ask a BMW fanboy and they will tell you something different. Both BMW and Audi make great cars and in my opinion their is probably not a difference in standard. Of course they have different styles and this means somebody like me will like Audi and somebody else will like BMW. Now do not bring Mercedes into this.
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  13. It is no different to using a radio or looking at the dash.
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  14. What is your alternative to a performance car? Mercedes, BMW or VW are just as expensive or even more expensive.
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  15. +Genjinai It looks nothing like a Touareg.
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  16. They are two different types of cars and Toyota are also going to get more expensive in the future as well.
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  17. CSM1470 A Ford Monedo is about 30,000 cheaper than the GT-R. Why do you not buy one of those.
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  18. Ankit Mishra What you mean by wrong is that it was beaten and you cannot accept this. Come on we all feel our pain. Just have good cry and it will all be better.
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  19. It is a GT car more than a pure sports car. The M2 would be closer to being a sports car.
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  20. +cox mox But would you not say that VW is better than Fiat.
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  21. It is not a normal golf. A standard costs £25000.
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  22. As he points out it is not all about high speed but handling and engine responses. In modern cars there is too much of an obsession with spec sheet performance such as 0-60 times and pure horsepower numbers. 300 horsepower is high but it is not ridiculous like the 600 horsepower figures on certain cars today. I had a Ford Escort Cosworth that was 230 horsepower at the time which was considered high for a 2 litre engine but to be honest it was not ridiculous. What really counts is would be the feel of the car and how it is engineered.
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  23. It is more of a GT car than a pure sports car. The M2 would be more sports car.
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  24. Golf GTI is a lesser car but that is what you are paying for. The new R is for a more premium buyer that wants a few extra points of driving performance. The £48000 may not be worth it to you and me but to somebody else it may be perfect. If you want a step up from that you are really looking at something like an M4 or Porsche.
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  25. You must be joking.
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  26.  @peterhammer6915  Sports cars are lightweight and smaller than a GT car. They tend to be more race orientated than a GT car is. There are plenty of GT cars that can keep up and even beat a sports car in a race but that is not the measure of a GT car being a sports car. Now modern Porsche cars are pushing more towards a GT experience which is not about their actual speed of performance. The M4 and 911 are both sports cars of sorts but sit on different ends of the spectrum. A M2 is lighter and more compact than an M4 which is why I would say it is leaning more towards being a sports car. Calling a car a GT or a sports car is not intended to mean one is better than the other but is intend to describe the cars characteristics.
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  27. Full EV is simply not suitable for everybody and most certainly will cost a lot more money.
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  28. ***** LOOK WE HAVE A HURT TESLA FANBOY OVER HERE.
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  29. The price is not crazy and is the new pricing you are going to see coming to the market. It is not the same type of car as a Supra. It is similar to a Mercedes AMG A 35 which is a performance hot hatch or a VW Golf R. If you want that level of performance in that body shape that is the new price.
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  30. It is the same price as what VW, BMW and Mercedes has. People seem to want more expensive cars that they cannot afford. But as long as you feel that you are saving the environment and paying more for the privilege then who am I to say anything about that.
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  31.  @AviationNut  In Europe V8 cars are for the wealthy. The only real options are Mercedes and they will cost well in excess of 100,000 Euro. Cars in Europe have always been for wealthy people rather than working class people. In the 1960s a Mustang could be had for about $2500 to $3000 and that was about half the yearly salary of an average American.
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  32. For a modern car it does look really nice which I cannot say for many of the other large brands.
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  33. mugdays You pay for Luxury.
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  34. gdwfs Bentley have a history of hand built cars and their interiors are amazing in terms of quality and beauty. It is like an expensive Swiss watch. Bentley do use German engineering on certain levels but it is still a British designed and built car.
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  35. The interactive computer systems for modern cars are distracting and awkward to operate when driving. At night time all the screens dominate vision and distract from the road when that is where all the focus should be.
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  36. More than likely there was multiple laps done in both cars. And the commentary was probably not the real lap.
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  37. They all look the same because of regulations.
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  38. +Dante Pena The 911 GT 3 RS for the tack.
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  39. OCD can sometimes get in the way of life.
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  40. I would have to call BS on this so called VS.  That M4 was all over the place while the RS5 was clearly making much cleaner lines.  The RS5 is a perfect track car as it is designed for clean handling. 
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  41. XC90 is good off road but not as good as a Range Rover.
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  42. A ham and pineapple pizza can be very tasty.
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  43. In America a GR Supra starts at about $43000 and a GR86 starts at $28000. A V8 Camaro starts at about $38000. Irelands over priced culture is all down to the welfare state management of the economy that is has an extremely high taxation approach.
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  44. The platform of the car is BMW but it is still a toyota car.
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  45. In America you can buy V8 trucks for not that much money.
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  46. In America it has to compete with V8 engines and BMW 4 that starts at about $75000.
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  47.  @mattyoz0  V8 engines are more common in Australian car culture than they are in british car culture hence why you will find more power engines in Australian cars. The only V8 engines you will find in British cars are in the $200,000 range of cars.
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  48. Can be had for £120,000 but it will be an automatic.
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  49. One car is a gt sports car the other is a hot hatch sports car. They are two different things.
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  50. RS is cheaper but not as nice looking and is a different type of car. One is a GT coupe the other is a hot hatch.
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  51. Shopping trolley is cheaper so keep that in mind.
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  52. You do not buy those cars for track times. You buy the for the style of sports car that you want. Some want a hot hatch others want a GT coupe car. The BMW has a higher level of finish and looks nicer but you will pay for that.
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  53. To me it just looks cheap and cheerful with lots of flashy bits but not the quality that Mercedes is renowned for. It looks flashier than a Audi interior but does not seem to be as quality focused. Cars that are dominated by smart screens are very distracting and complicated to operate.
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  54. That is the case for all modern cars. Too many flashy bright things going on. At nighttime they really distract from driver focus.
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  55. Plug in hybrids are not the way to go. Trying to make every car a hybrid is going to do far more damage than good. Most of the materials that are used in hybrids are from the russian economic space which is going to fail.
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  56. No. The E Class has a nicer and more up market feel to it. The C class is very close to being in VW territory but at a more expensive price point.
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  57. Some people like the rear feeling in sports cars. I personally think it is an advantage.
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  58. +Zero Ninety S class that are 500 series are more expensive than the 300 series. I think and it is only a guess that the s350 is diesel only.
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  59. +LaceyFilm Ugly is subjective and is a modern concept that poor people buy into. Even women today will call men ugly that clearly are not ugly because some magazine tells them this is the case. You can sit there and tell people they are ugly all day while they drive to the bank in luxury.
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  60. +storck08 It is based on Volkswagen engineering just as Porsche and Audi are but they are all still individual car types.
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  61. There is a market out there for workhorse vehicles especially in Britain. The only real option available to people in the UK are Hilux, G Class and Land Cruiser. The rest are just either too fancy or not a real SUV. The problem Grenadier will have is making sales at first which could cause a cash flow issue for the business. There is a market for the vehicle.
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  62. It cost $47,000 in the US.
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  63. Petar Stankovic The S63 is not about performance even though it does offer it. The car is all about quality and comfort with the ability to go fast if need be. It is not a performance car.
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  64. It is a custom built car that would feel like driving a mini bought in the 1960s. You simply cannot get a car of that quality today for under 100,000. It does not matter if it is a Porsche or a Mini it is going to cost a lot of money.
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  65. I am not a fan of digital displays.
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  66. Jags tend to have beautiful interriers anyways so it would surprise be if the final version is close to this. 
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  67. Dreadzedan  They are not really getting rid of the older defender platform what they are doing is changing the name and also producing some new vehicles. This is exceptionally clever marketing.
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  68. LUCKY-LUKE  You will still be able to buy a defender but it will have a different name and it will probably be lighter as well as they use Aluminium. (my prediction.)
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  69. tim friend  This vehicle is not a complete replacement for the defender nor is it intended to be. All they (Land Rover) are really doing is changing the defender name so that they can offer more Vehicles to people. This vehicle is intended to challenge other manufacturers vehicles such as the Skoda Yeti and the new Jeep Renegade. They will also have a defender as well but they will be changing the name to something else. So lets recap this. They will have a DC100 light weight off road vehicle which will be as good as the defender 90. but they will then have a proper Defender that will go by another name.
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  70. Dave Wright A ford focus is a hideous looking car I would say that about Porsche. 
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  71. They are not more environmentally friendly.
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  72. It is a real pity that bmw got rid of their v8 cars.
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  73. The weather has been mild in general.
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  74. Would you not be more thrilled if the government was to just drop its 80% taxation on fuels.
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  75. It is a nice sports car but hardly fabulous.
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  76. I am in the market for a new family car. And if this Audi is as good as people say it is then I cannot wait to see and drive it.
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  77. GR Yaris is a different type of car and is smaller as well. In the US and other countries they have a GR Corolla which would probably be more expensive than the new Golf R if it was sold in the UK.
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  78. m340i is not a hot hatch and should not be compared on any level. The Golf R is a track level car and a road car as well. The new Golf R is not a normal car and is the top level golf performance car.
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  79. The Yaris would have fantastic handling and on the right circuit could beat an M4.
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  80. Plug in hybrids are pointless.
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  81. It is what they have read and waiting to use. The other engines are probably not ready yet. And diesel is far more efficient than petrol anyway. 
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  82. Jags are cheap and very nice to actually sit in. The 7 series to be honest is a little bit dry.
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  83. It is £10,000 cheaper and is very nice to drive and be in. See it all comes down to opinion. My opinion is that Lexus is the best of the lot as it is cheap, very reliable and exceptionally nice to be in.
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  84.  @pc1x1  They are still sports cars but they sit on different ends of the spectrum.
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  85. An S class is far cheaper and no body would argue that Bentley or Rolls are far better cars.
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  86.  @peterhammer6915  I have driven M2 and M4 cars but not the G80. M4 cars are not pure sports cars and are a GT coupe.
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  87. What they have not said in this video is probably they judged in on price vs luxury. Range rovers are very luxurious. I have one and they are are also cheap for the Luxury and what make them cool is they can go off road. There is very little at that price than can do what a Range rover can do. The 7 series is a good car but it does not seem that luxurious when you sit in them. Rolls cost a fortune but are very luxurious. Audi's are very nice but not luxurious but do have powerful engines. This top 10 is more than likely luxury with price, performance and internal cabins all taken into account.
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  88. Price people has a lot to do with it. Rolls to be honest are massively over priced and comes in at about £250,000 and to honest its luxury is not three times better than a Range Rover. Some people may decide that a Ghost is worth 3 times the price while others will not. Is a Patek watch really three times better than a Rolex. Clearly it is better than a casio watch or some Tag heuer. A JLC will offer the same quality as a Patek but be at near to Rolex price.
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  89. It is the same price as the other brands.
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  90. BMW and Maserati are not that reliable either. I know people that have had horrible problems with them. To be honest when buying at that price point worrying about the long term reliability of those cars does not concern some people.
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  91. This is the new reality of the world. Things are about to get a lot more expensive and the quality is not going to be any better. The Japanese do make reliable products though.
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  92. It is not a mark up it is the reality of the new economic world. People seem to want their governments to interfere so if that is what they want then they need to put up with the new prices and shut up.
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  93. get your self a pair of glasses that is not a Mazda.
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  94. Truth be told there are no other options out there that you will some how get for cheaper.
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  95. FretFreak02 I have a Range Rover and they are beautiful interiors and are smooth to drive as well. No where near as refined as an S class though.
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  96. VW are not any better in that class.
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  97. If they could only sort out the reliability of their cars. Does not need to be Toyota level reliability.
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  98. It is not a luxury comfort car and is a hot hatch that can be rough to drive but fast. It just depends on what you want.
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  99. Some of you are truly clueless and have your head buried in the sand. This is the new market place. This is exactly what a hot hatch of that class costs. It is the same price as an AMG A, BMW M2 and VW Golf R and do not start some nonsense about them being better. People in Europe seem to want to pay higher prices for things, They want higher gas prices, higher property costs, higher taxes and above all they want daddy government to tuck them into bed every night. DO not feel alone in this because the UK and US is having a similar mindset but may reject it.
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  100. Anthony Escobar I am sorry but the M4 in this was all over the place while the Audi was clean.  I have an RS5 and I have also driven the M3 extensively and find it an extremely enjoyable car but it would never out lap an RS5 on a track.  And that also applies to the M4 that is suppose to be a wonderful car to drive but it is clearly a car of fun and not track timing. 
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  101. +NightBot Ban Because it is a lighter car and is not really comparable to the RS5.
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  102. The car looks beautiful but it is a mistake. It will clash with other Land Rover models in a similar price range. It may also eat into their Range Rover sports sales. This vehicle comes in at about the same size as the Discover Sports. What is the point of it. If it had of started at 55,000 it may have made more sense but it is the exact price range of the Evoque.
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  103. Peter Bradshaw I think you would need to pay about 3 times as much to get it hand built. Even Bentley are not completely hand built they use a modular design where the seats would be hand craft and fitted in a convenient fashion. Same for the dash and central console and carpets.
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  104. +waclosh Thy were never light weight sports cars an they were always about the Quattro.
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  105. Peter Bradshaw Come on you must be joking.
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  106. Puny Striker 2 seconds on a single lap seems very suspect to me especially when the driver is drifting all over the place. 
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  107. BABY YEEZUS Bentley have better interiors and they are a super smooth drive. Mercedes have beautiful interiors but they simply are not in the same league. Now Mercedes has amazing technology.
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  108. Bora Markovic The Bentley has a better interior and is also a better drive but it is far more expensive. So that is the down side.
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  109. Pranav Mukesh The Cayman is a dedicated mid engine sports car that not even the M4 can be compared against.  I am very doubtful of a car that does that much sliding around would be 2 whole seconds faster. I could be wrong though.  I have driven the M5 and M6 and both of these cars are great fun but they were not as tight as the RS5 and the M4 seems similar but I have driven it so I do not know. 
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  110. +hmbrz The 911 Turbo is a complete road car. It is one of Porsches luxury fast sports cars. A pure sports car would be the GT3.
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