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Originally Posted by EniLab I hope Audi come close to BMW in driving dynamics - that will force BMW to produce even better cars and finally start to use new tech (eg. DCT).
But I have one reservation: Audi have a tendency to make their cars larger than direct rivals. Eg. A6 is bigger than 5er & E-class, Q7 is bigger than X5 & ML etc.
And size can hurt driving dynamics a lot. I'm sure 3er will be still more dynamic if new A4 turns out to be of Passat size.
Unless they will use extremely stiff full-aluminium body frame, and active suspension with active roll stabilization. Which I guess will not be the case. |
It's possible that Audi could come close and possibly even topple BMW, but in all honesty (and in my heart of hearts) that's a long shot. I guess it's just the nature of Audi that makes me think this, car after car upon release after release, they edge closer but always end up flopping (though good flops). BMW has driving dynamics down to a science that's often duplicated but never replicated. Only the best of sports/super cars match and/or exceed the handling of BMW's.
In comparing BMW's to Audi's, put simply it goes like this; when I drove an A4 2.0T I had a pretty good feeling for how the body of the car would react to curves and during hard cornering, but other than that, all other sense were inert. The 3er on the other hand is almost inexplicable, everything is working simountaneously together, the steering full of info from the front wheels, the body of the car going with the curve/s instead of resisting. You don't find that kind of stuff in any other car comparable from other major luxury players but only sportscar manufactures or makes that make very good sportscars.