Comparison tests AMuS - New C200 vs A4 1.8 TFSI vs 320i Automatic vs S60 T4

[deity]

LOL. Yes it does indeed happen but we were talking about price/engine. The price difference is too big to ignore when there is another version available.

An 80k F10 was being compared to a ~54k E-Class at the time. But if BMW does it, "it's not their fault." Surely there was a 5er closer to the 54k mark available.

 

[Zafiro]

An 80k F10 was being compared to a ~54k E-Class at the time. But if BMW does it, "it's not their fault." Surely there was a 5er closer to the 54k mark available.

I'm sorry but I'm not familiar with 5-series you speaking of. I still stand by with what I said. AMS have a better judgement than AZ. Pointless to continue diascussing it. You obviously have your opinion I have mine.

 

[klier]

An 80k F10 was being compared to a ~54k E-Class at the time. But if BMW does it, "it's not their fault."

BMW has nothing to do with it. It's the magazine.

 

[deity]

BMW has nothing to do with it. It's the magazine.

I'm under the impression that the magazine gets the BMW from BMW?

I'm sorry but I'm not familiar with 5-series you speaking of. I still stand by with what I said. AMS have a better judgement than AZ. Pointless to continue diascussing it. You obviously have your opinion I have mine.

It is pointless because your judgment of how valid a test is is completely self-serving. When a BMW is ridiculously more expensive than a MB in a test you say that it is futile to demand fairness in tests. However, when the opposite happens you complain about how their judgment is flawed because the price differential is too huge.

 

[Sunny]

^I don't know why this has to be so complicated.

The magazine asks for a car/trim and the company provides one. In this case, the magazine asked for a 320i and a C250, 2 cars with very different base prices in the market the magazine belongs to. No one is faulting this comparison because one car had more options than the other.

I don't know what E vs 5 test you are alluding to, maybe you can post a link to it? If they tested a 550 against a E350 or some two trims at very different price levels, yes, that test would be equally egregious.

 

[Zafiro]

It is pointless because your judgment of how valid a test is is completely self-serving. When a BMW is ridiculously more expensive than a MB in a test you say that it is futile to demand fairness in tests. However, when the opposite happens you complain about how their judgment is flawed because the price differential is too huge.

I do? instead of being rude please show me which test about 5-series are you talking about? because if they tested 550i vs E350 I say its wrong comparison when there is 530 available for less money.