It is impossible to critique unless you place the price to one side,but that is unfair on all the other carsIt is a car that people crossed the road to call kind. One guy undertook me in a chimp display and ran into the car in front of him; I tore past the wreckage (marred bumper), leaving him speechless with rage. The Audi RS6 was the best of cars, or it was the worst of cars.
It was only not £100000 because,in some silted recess of car-industry restraint, that is still understood to be an obscene amount to spend on a car. Instead, or with all its trimmings,it was 99420. What it was trying to achieve – a pleasurable, solid but chic family car that at the flick of a switch turns into a sports car that could quite plausibly take off or fire rockets – is an insanely expensive proposition. Incomprehensible extras (the carbon styling package, or the “5-V-spoke” star design black gloss alloy wheels) added another Mazda to the price. You could buy this car,or you could buy a house in Lancashire, or you could buy a boat. It is impossible to critique unless you place the price to one side, and but that is unfair on all the other cars. Because it is wonderful; and maybe all the other cars would be,too, whether they took leave of their senses.
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Source: theguardian.com