It’s Monday. News is slow. Ok, I lie. I look for virtually any excuse to post car news, so a slow Monday seems appropriate. Edmunds gives us a nice comparo including the new BMW M3 (featuring 4.0L V8!) which is compared to Audi’s RS4 and gorgeous R8, in addition to Porsche’s latest 911 GT3 and also a car that seems to stick out in this crowd… vee dub’s Golf GTI. Though not a true head-to-head comparison, their initial thoughts state the obvious: you get what you pay for.
The Golf is not merely half as good as the M3 (which the price would suggest), but the noise, character and extra performance of that V8, the drama of the M3’s silhouette in the windows of shops as you pass by, and the greater scope for naughtiness that rear-wheel drive affords on those days when you just fancy treating yourself, all mean we’d lay down the extra coin.
Source: Inside Line