The “I could do it better and cheaper aftermarket” argument is tired. This is high end suspension and brake components from the manufacturer, which when spending nearly $100k on a vehicle is what most people would prefer. This is clearly not for the tiny percentage of people buying a RS5 to take to a race shop (and…

I’m tired of so many black interiors. Give me light grey interiors dammit!

Plenty of people buy a C63 (or m3 or rs5) simply because it's the fastest and most expensive as a status symbol. The number of these that get tracked I'm sure is less than ten percent. 

It feels like this statement is for internet points. Mercedes is doing what they should be doing: using the most advanced tech they can to make the fastest car with low emissions (without going full electric).

Boy are you going to be disappointed in a year or two when that’s pretty much everything in this class on the market...

V8 seems like overkill in a small sedan. If they can get these kinds of numbers with a 4 cylinder, why go to a V8? Weight probably factors in too.

... isn’t the difference between the base C & E classes ~10"? This still leaves it nearly 7" shorter than the E class.

Hard to over-saturate a gaming market full of sequels and not many superhero games.

Its literally the current bmw interior and previous Mercedes interior, and yet you picked... Audi?

Oh I totally understand, but saying the RS3 or A45 don’t have as cool of a drivetrain was a bit of a stretch. The RS3 5 cylinder engine is awesome, and the A45 has a hand built AMG engine.

If anything this is more like the modern STI, forgoing comfort in the name of performance. The Civic and Golf are both nicer places to sit, and both are likely more comfortable to live with on a daily basis (especially the Golf). The STI used to be the “it’s more hardcore than everything else, but man do you feel the…

Yeah. It’s PRE-RECORDED. Is this site going downhill or am I just now noticing how bad it is?

Self-driving cars requires an infrastructure of cars and roads all on a communication network. The second you throw in the unpredictability of humans driving their own cars, everything goes out the window.

Nope but the dealers are probably big enough to prevent GM from doing it.

Don’t worry, totally not a cult-like obsession.

This is probably an overblown story about a few engineers pissy that Dodge gets to put a Dodge badge on their Alfa work. This isn’t executives pissing about, because they know how the sausage is made and the money from the Hornet funds more Alfa cars (which has a tiny dealership network by comparison).

Fake sound is always bad. One of the worst trends even in ICE cars.

Aren’t people tired of this “joke” by now?

Key differences from the Kona N: this has AWD, a plug in hybrid option, probably rides softer, and likely has a few more options.