[s-cars] M5 vs AMG vs RS6, winner is...

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Oh, I didn't mean to take anything away from the M5,
they're incredible machines, just to accentuate the
point that Audis tend to get shortchanged in the
press.  That is all.

Joe
--- ccohen5 <ccohen5 at compuserve.com> wrote:
> Possibly BMW did, but you have to drive an M5 before
> you should or can reach
> this conclusion.  It is a truly phenomenal car in
> every sense and has a
> better balance then any Audi to date except possibly
> the S8.  I am sure that
> the RS6 will be close, but the M5 has been with us
> for 3 years now.
>
> I like to the Quattro as a matter of preference and
> have removed the
> servotronic so have a very heavy but much more
> accurate steering sense on my
> A6.  Lets give credit where its due.
>
> Colin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Pizzimenti" <pizzoman at yahoo.com>
> To: "jeff posto" <jpostup at yahoo.com>;
> <FvAMI at aol.com>;
> <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
> Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] M5 vs AMG vs RS6, winner is...
>
>
> |
> | The way I see it, BMW must have sold their soul to
> | Satan in exchange for Audi never coming out on
> top, at
> | least in those rags.  The Unintended Acceleration
> bull
> | drove Audi nearly out of the US market and just
> when
> | they were coming back and decided that they needed
> a
> | push with the release of the TT, they made it tail
> | happy and got bad press for it.
> | But then again, we didn't get our cars for the
> | "image."
> | There's something to be said for speaking softly
> and
> | carrying a lot of torque.  :-)
> |
> | Joe
> | --- jeff posto <jpostup at yahoo.com> wrote:
> | > --
> | > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> | >
> | > Feico
> | > I bought the magazine and came to a similar
> | > conclusion.
> | > Appealing to the sponsorship, readers etc is
> | > probably unavoidable to a mag editor. And
> shameful
> | > to yield to the pressure of the collective.
> | > If a buyer doesn't care about popular opinion,
> it
> | > doesn't matter what the writers say.
> | > For my money, I'd still consider an RS6.
> | > I also snickered at the implication that "fish
> | > tailing is good" theme.
> | > In my ideal (imagined) world, I would have one
> of
> | > each!
> | > JP
> | >
> | >  FvAMI at aol.com wrote:--
> | > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> | > In a message dated 11/9/02 5:31:05 AM Pacific
> | > Standard Time,
> | > ccohen5 at compuserve.com writes:
> | >
> | >
> | > > The M5 over the AMG, then the RS6 and last the
> | > Jag.
> | >
> | > RS6 is too compliant for them. Doesn't
> over-steer
> | > not as fun due to lack of
> | > fishtailing ... just what I want to do when I am
> | > driving around town ... my
> | > take ... catering to their average readers that
> | > expect the M5 or an AMG to
> | > win ... definitely not an Audi. If they said we
> like
> | > the M5 the best because
> | > it comes with a six speed manual transmission
> ...
> | > fine.
> | >
> | > The bottom line is the RS6 smokes them all to 60
> and
> | > through the quarter mile
> | > and comes with Quattro ... unfortunately not
> with a
> | > manual transmission. But
> | > essentially if you want to fly a little faster
> than
> | > the rest without
> | > fishtailing the Audi is the only choice ... what
> a
> | > machine.
> | >
> | > Best regards,
> | > Feico van der Laan
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