- Doors and Seats
2 doors, 2 seats
- Engine
5.0i, 10 cyl.
- Engine Power
368kW, 510Nm
- Fuel
Petrol 19.5L/100KM
- Manufacturer
4WD
- Transmission
Auto
- Warranty
NA
- Ancap Safety
NA
Lamborghini v Porsche v Audi v BMW
When the BMW M3 won Drive's 2007 Car of the Year award, it came as a shock that such a fast and expensive car took out top prize ahead of more affordable models.
But, as we said at the time, we didn't think the BMW should be penalised because of its price, especially when judged against the Car of the Year criteria, taking into account the cost of its peers, and the M3's broad level of capabilities.
It is fair to say few of us (including the Drive team) can afford a $157,000 BMW, but that's why we have awards for more than 12 different vehicle categories and price points. From those winners we select the single most impressive car overall, and that was the BMW M3 after two other finalists were pipped at the post. (For the curious, the Mazda2 hatch, the light-car winner, could have taken out the overall award if stability control and curtain airbags were standard rather than optional, and the Ford Mondeo was a worthy winner of the medium-car class but not a standout for the year).
To illustrate the point, we've gathered three other highly regarded high-performance cars, with three very different prices. Hey, any excuse to go for a drive in $1.1 million worth of machinery. Here's how they compare.
If you want to see more, check out the video of these four supercars being put through their paces and have their strenghts and weaknesses compared.