Autocar: M5 Touring vs E63 and RS4 wagons

[Erik]

From UK Autocar magazine.

Wet test rack...

0-60mph empty
5.1 secs M5
4.6 RS4
4.6 E63

0-60mph laden
5.6 secs
5.4
5.3


0-100mph empty
10.7 secs
11.3
10.3

0-100mph laden
11.7 secs
13.1
11.7

Laden is 350kg of body-shaped and boot containers filled with 350kg of water/gravel ballast.

Summary of the test (quotes) -

"The M5 is the best car for going fast, but also the worst at going slow... If you love driving but need significant space occasionally, take an M5 Touring... But the RS4 the best all-rounder"

Online video:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWallpapers/Video.aspx?AR=225464&Mode=B

[Leadfoot]

Erik,

On reading the test did you not feel like myself that it stuck in the AUTOCAR testers' throat to say that the Audi was the better car. Especially after reading the latest of the new X5, their option of this car over the Q7 is vastly different to that of their German counterparts and my only reasoning for this is unbiased favoritism.