Car Magazine UK

[Boxercup]

Originally Posted by dominoM

What I found most odd was some of the 1M descriptions are almost identical to those found in the review from Automobile mag -- e.g. wipers on side windows, interaction between torque and DSC, and twitchy steering feedback.

In any event, the RS3 sounds like a very good car.

+1

'x-rated drive' and all that.

[alik01]

Originally Posted by jc-on-the-vc

I cant get a copy of the mag in Aus.... is there a transcript or a copy of the article somewhere??

JC, post #8 has a scanned copy of the article. The magazine gets to Aus about a month later.

[jc-on-the-vc]

Originally Posted by alik01

JC, post #8 has a scanned copy of the article. The magazine gets to Aus about a month later.

Cheers mate, i saw that just after posting haha

Interesting read.... so the writer would buy the 1M but recommends the audi for most....

I'm with the writer.

[alik01]

Originally Posted by jc-on-the-vc

Cheers mate, i saw that just after posting haha

Interesting read.... so the writer would buy the 1M but recommends the audi for most....

I'm with the writer.

Same here! Makes sense what he says though, that for most people the RS3 will be the better car since it's far easier to drive faster and way more practicality. However, as far as I'm concerned, screw that!

[jc-on-the-vc]

Originally Posted by alik01

Same here! Makes sense what he says though, that for most people the RS3 will be the better car since it's far easier to drive faster and way more practicality. However, as far as I'm concerned, screw that!

haha, the word 'practical' only came up once when i placed my order and that was when I chose the colour...AW... other than that, my only consideration involved three letters.... F..U..N...

[VO1M]

I'm looking forward to the next Chris Harris review in Evo. He really loved it when he drove the black prototype earlier in the year.

[clived]

Pretty fair review it seems. If you need a car that's a super-fast everyday proposition the RS3 is unlikely to dissapoint. For me, I don't need a car that has any chance of making good progress in snow or ice (I'm lucky enough to have the Land Rover Defender for that), or a car that is designed for lazy cruising (we have the Merc E-Class cabriolet for that), so I want a car I can really engage with and really have fun with. Quattro and automatic transmission rob the RS3 of that for me. If I had to have just one car, for all seasons and all occasions, the RS3 would be on my list, but I don't, so for me the 1M is perfect

[1Mer]

Ha - Someone else with a Defender and a 1M on order! BTW, what's "lazy cruising"? never done that before!

[Boxercup]

SWMBO drives a new Freelander, which to be fair, is not too bad.

For anyone going from a 4x4 to the 1M, I bet the first corner will have us needing 2-3 goes at the apex.

Everything I hear suggests the 1M steering's is SHARP!

[clived]

I'm not going from a 4x4 to a 1M luckily. I'm not sure I could give up the V8 rumble of my Landy!

[1Mer]

Originally Posted by clived

I'm not going from a 4x4 to a 1M luckily. I'm not sure I could give up the V8 rumble of my Landy!

Agreed! - nobody should give up their Defender when getting a 1M! It's not like there's a lot of overlap in their respective abilities.

[superchargedman]

This was a nicely balanced review. Makes me scared about running it in the cold white north though.

[///M1]

Agreed, review was fairly balanced. And reason why it had similarities with the US Automobile mag (e.g. side wipers reference), it was because...it was reviewed by the same journalist (Georg Kacher, which you see in the pic).

The RS 3 is probably a more relevant competitor than the TT RS, although both are not necessarily apples to apples (hatch vs. couple, AWD vs. RWD, manual vs. DSG with LC, etc.) But we all know the 1///M doesn't have a 'true' evil twin, cars like the Golf/Scirocco R, Megane R, Focus RS, Astra OPC, TTRS/RS 3 et all all have some aspects that just truly offer a direct 1-1 comparable to the 1 ///M. Hence why I think it is special.

I think the coverage was unbiased and true. For daily duties (especially in 4-season climates), the RS 3 wins hands down. But as the story said, the 1///M distinguishes the men from the boys, so you determine which league you want to me in

[as7920]

What's wrong with this picture?

[MrRoboto]

M1...man.

Car magazines are becoming less and less relevant. The online community is far more informed.

[Boxercup]

Originally Posted by as7920

What's wrong with this picture?

They appear to be reviewing a 30 year old car?!

Mr R - you beat me to it!

[Joer]

Originally Posted by as7920

What's wrong with this picture?

Well spotted!! I manged to get a copy today and didn't even realise...

[Joer]

Originally Posted by VO1M

I'm looking forward to the next Chris Harris review in Evo. He really loved it when he drove the black prototype earlier in the year.

Same here!

[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by clived

Pretty fair review it seems. If you need a car that's a super-fast everyday proposition the RS3 is unlikely to dissapoint. For me, I don't need a car that has any chance of making good progress in snow or ice (I'm lucky enough to have the Land Rover Defender for that), or a car that is designed for lazy cruising (we have the Merc E-Class cabriolet for that), so I want a car I can really engage with and really have fun with. Quattro and automatic transmission rob the RS3 of that for me. If I had to have just one car, for all seasons and all occasions, the RS3 would be on my list, but I don't, so for me the 1M is perfect

well stated.

[TunedM2C]

Originally Posted by as7920

What's wrong with this picture?

The 1M is losing the race.

[TunedM2C]

Here's some clearer scans compliments of Footie:

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=519783

[hwelvaar]

Originally Posted by as7920

What's wrong with this picture?

Originally Posted by Tuned1

The 1M is losing the race.

LOL !!!