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RS4 / M3 / CLK 63
Price: 85,050 euro / 77.750 euro / 96,539 euro

0-50 km/h 2.1 s 2.0 s 2.1 s
0-100 km/h 5.5 s 4.9 s 4.7 s
0-130 km/h 8.5 s 7.6 s 7.1 s
0-160 km/h 12.2 s 11.0 s 10.1 s
0-200 km/h 18.8 s 17.6 s 15.5 s
Vmax 283 km/h 259 km/h 255 km/h

0-402.34 m: 13.66 s 13.14 s 12.86 s

Elasticity
60-100 km/h in the 4th gear 5.4 s 5.0 s 5.3 s
80-120 km/h in the 5th gear 7.1 s 6.2 s 8.1 s
80-120 km/h in the 6th gear 9.7 s 7.5 s 10.8 s

Laptime around track:
RS4 - 1:46,44 Min (topspeed reached:201,8 km/h)
CLK63 - 1:45,95 Min (topspeed reached:211,7 km/h)
M3 - 1:42,63 Min

Braking distance:
100-0 km/h: 35.8 m / 34.1 m / 36.5 m
200-0km/h: 147.6 / 135.8 m / 149.7 m

Type of tire:
Michelin pilot sport 2/ Michelin pilot sport 2 /Pirelli P zero MO

Test consumption:
100 L/km: 14.1 l super plus / 13.0 l super plus / 16.6 l super plus
Range: 450 km 480 km 370 km
Unloaded weight: 1883 kg / 1887 kg / 1870 kg

Sigh....the new M3 cab kicks butt on the track again.....over 3 seconds faster thant the CLK63. Surprising that the RS4 cab is even slower than the CLK63........Still some life left in that AMG tuned W209 chassis (which is based on the W203)!!!

M3 has the highest weight- RS4 and CLK will probably be heavier when the next ones arrive.
Best fuel consumption as well for the M3.

The brakes on the M3 E93 is superior. Almost 15 meter shorter braking distance than the competition from 200 to 0.

CLK for me, no question about it. Beautiful car and it does everything a convertible should do very well...

Wow does the CLK and RS4 look dated. M3 for me here. Unless it is a CLK63 Black Series I'm done with the current CLK.

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The CLK does surprisingly well in AMG trim! But I think I would take the M3 here, it's clearly the more modern and balanced car.

Clearly BMW Power!

Wow CLK holds up very well with the competition despite the age..

but its damn expensive

M3 please! Only because it's new, fast, goes side ways better and is better looking

But the still the Rs 4 hasn't really aged And it has the best interior

Oh man, the CLK's interior is completely laughable next to the other two.

You mean it looks surprisingly well or it performs surprisingly well?

The M3 is the real surprise performer, especially when it comes to its braking performance, 17 meters shorter than the CLK 63 AMG, those massive 6 piston calipers and massive disc looks the business but they are completely dominated by those simple looking but ultra effective BMW brakes.

The M3 is also a massive 3 sec faster than both the CLK and the RS4. despite being the heaviest and the one with the least power and torque. I guess the CLK can go a bit faster with a proper sports gearbox and better ESP calibration.

I think the Rs4's interior is best, the M3's is just too boring

The surprising thing about M3's performance is it doesn't even have a weight advantage. Wonder how much better it would have been if they offered a lighter soft top. Also surprising is that M3 has better in gear acceleration than CLK63 despite the power disadvantage.

In some cases, maybe, but in this particular comparison the Audi looks absolutely "1.9 TDi" while the M3 looks very fresh!

Love that color combo of the M3,surprised to see the CLK is faster than the RS4 around a tarck.The new CLK can't come soon enough

It totally depends on the gear ratios. In the 7 speed Merc, the last 2 gears are overdrive gears. Don't know off hand what the gear ratios are for the M3, but that in itself could explain the differences. Because with equal gearing, there is no way a M3 could out accelerate a CLK63, especially when starting from relatively low rpm.

Yeah, of course it depends on the gear ratios. The 2 overdrive gears doesn't make much sense, but then again it probably needs it to to get some reasonable mileage from the big engine -which is still worse than the other 2.

M3's looks a whole lot better with red leather!! And yeah I must agree the Rs4 cab interior looks cr@p compared to the saloon or the avant.

Despite being the heaviest and featuring a metal folding roof the M3 spanked the other Germans as if they are prehistoric.

^ They are prehistoric to the brand new M3,very much exoected but at least the CLK is spanking M3 when it comes to power just as an AMG should do to A M

The CLK still looks good despite being so "old".

updated links for picture - later will upload them via imageshack

Perfect!!! Thanks for posting them over here!! Would probably install a quad exhaust on the AMG!! Then it would be perfect…

edit: Would love it this way:

and I know, it is a bad photoshop, but just look at it!! In my opinion, so much sportier!!

Still a hot group of cars.....M3, RS4 and then CLK for me.


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