AMG C63 Estate v Macan Turbo

[nsm3]

Yes, Audi seem able to build breathtaking engines...and bolt them into what feels like recycled Sierra bodies!

We tried an S3 which had the same lack of feedback.

Breath-taking, that seems quite apt given the current news around VAG, monkeys, German diesel bans, etc!

[Paul]

[alxgb]

Yes, Audi seem able to build breathtaking engines...and bolt them into what feels like recycled Sierra bodies!

We tried an S3 which had the same lack of feedback.

Breath-taking, that seems quite apt given the current news around VAG, monkeys, German diesel bans, etc!

[Nosmo]

I agree with your comment about steering feel in Audi's ALXGB. Audi builds the car as an afterthought to the engine AFAIK - The S1 is an absolute hoot of a car. Small, go-kart like, manual gearbox, loads of grunt, unassuming in traffic. If you have some space on the back roads, it does some weird things mid corner though. It has torque vectoring kicking in too powerfully too late. With the lack of steering feel it makes the car feel over-steery which is the last thing you expect. It throws me everhy time.