1.BMW
CarAdvice Rating 9
Performance & Economy 9
Cabin Space & Comfort 8.5
Technology & Connectivity 9
Price & Features 8.5
Ride & Handling 8.5
2.Audi
CarAdvice Rating 8.5
Performance & Economy 9
Cabin Space & Comfort 8.5
Technology & Connectivity 9
Price & Features 7.5
Ride & Handling 8.5
3.Mercedes
CarAdvice Rating 8
Performance & Economy 8
Cabin Space & Comfort 8
Technology & Connectivity 8.5
Price & Features 8
Ride & Handling 7.5
Ultimately, the 330i is the more playful and responsive of the two, and offers higher ?on the throttle? enjoyment for reasons seemingly beyond its rear-driven format. There?s fun factor in the 3 Series? DNA, and chassis engineers seem to have grab that ball a bolted with it.
The Audi is more benign ? it just sits and grips and is less responsive to throttle input tomfoolery. But that doesn?t make for less joy. Our heavily fettled A4 quattro is a clearer communicator, with slightly better steering feel ? despite the 330i being fitted with Variable Sport steering ($400) ? and front-end point. In short, the Audi gets tighter when pushed to point where the BMW gets looser.
Neither is necessarily the better driver?s car, just different. And neither takes its dynamic character and deviates much from its forebears. Horses for courses, perhaps, but both are talented and satisfying driver?s device, if anchoring appeal in quite different way.
The Benz is not without talent. It points confidently and holds its trajectory through a sweeping corner at a great rate of knots. It?s just not as focused, as playful, as keen to change direction nor quite as cooperative to the driver?s whims. In its firmer settings, the body control isn?t quite as tight, and its handling isn?t as agile, as its Adaptive Agility namesake suggests. It?s good, but not properly sporting.
The C250 feels nothing like as gusty, responsive and characterful as its Audi and BMW rivals. It?s not nearly as swift to march, and its 6.8sec 0-100km/h ability is a full second off its rivals? pace. The powertrain feels slightly lethargic, workmanlike in character and not terribly ?premium?.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/437652/audi-a4-2-0-tfsi-quattro-v-bmw-330i-v-mercedes-benz-c250-comparison/
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CarAdvice Rating 9
Performance & Economy 9
Cabin Space & Comfort 8.5
Technology & Connectivity 9
Price & Features 8.5
Ride & Handling 8.5
2.Audi
CarAdvice Rating 8.5
Performance & Economy 9
Cabin Space & Comfort 8.5
Technology & Connectivity 9
Price & Features 7.5
Ride & Handling 8.5
3.Mercedes
CarAdvice Rating 8
Performance & Economy 8
Cabin Space & Comfort 8
Technology & Connectivity 8.5
Price & Features 8
Ride & Handling 7.5
Ultimately, the 330i is the more playful and responsive of the two, and offers higher ?on the throttle? enjoyment for reasons seemingly beyond its rear-driven format. There?s fun factor in the 3 Series? DNA, and chassis engineers seem to have grab that ball a bolted with it.
The Audi is more benign ? it just sits and grips and is less responsive to throttle input tomfoolery. But that doesn?t make for less joy. Our heavily fettled A4 quattro is a clearer communicator, with slightly better steering feel ? despite the 330i being fitted with Variable Sport steering ($400) ? and front-end point. In short, the Audi gets tighter when pushed to point where the BMW gets looser.
Neither is necessarily the better driver?s car, just different. And neither takes its dynamic character and deviates much from its forebears. Horses for courses, perhaps, but both are talented and satisfying driver?s device, if anchoring appeal in quite different way.
The Benz is not without talent. It points confidently and holds its trajectory through a sweeping corner at a great rate of knots. It?s just not as focused, as playful, as keen to change direction nor quite as cooperative to the driver?s whims. In its firmer settings, the body control isn?t quite as tight, and its handling isn?t as agile, as its Adaptive Agility namesake suggests. It?s good, but not properly sporting.
The C250 feels nothing like as gusty, responsive and characterful as its Audi and BMW rivals. It?s not nearly as swift to march, and its 6.8sec 0-100km/h ability is a full second off its rivals? pace. The powertrain feels slightly lethargic, workmanlike in character and not terribly ?premium?.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/437652/audi-a4-2-0-tfsi-quattro-v-bmw-330i-v-mercedes-benz-c250-comparison/
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