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Which Is Better Depends On Where You’re Sitting
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“This car has an identity crisis. The aggressive exterior, brash exhaust note and firm ride say ‘sport,’ but the interior screams ‘grandma!’”
**The decision was made to review these "four-door coupes" not only from the driver's perspective, but from all four seating positions.**
Strong words, especially when they originate from a stranger named Stephen sitting in the back seat of the $80,995 Mercedes-Benz some 80 miles from where we picked him up. The 31-year-old real estate broker and five other industry outsiders were invited to spend the day with Autoblog to help us compare the 2012 Audi A7 3.0T to the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550.
These two vehicles have met head-to-head before, but not on these pages. To make things a bit more interesting, the decision was made to review these “four-door coupes” not only from the driver’s perspective, but from all four seating positions. The unique comparison would require each of the vehicles to carry 700-plus pounds of passengers comfortably from the flatlands of the hot LA Basin up to the cool mile-high elevations of Big Bear Lake and back. The winner would be determined by a simple vote.
As this task called for six warm bodies willing to be chauffeured 160 miles over a long afternoon, Autoblog’s Facebook page was enlisted to recruit. Within 24 hours, we had our six smiling volunteers fingered.Continue reading Audi A7 3.0T takes on the Mercedes-Benz CLS550
Audi A7 3.0T takes on the Mercedes-Benz CLS550 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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