The only real reason we’re showing you this is because Autocar’s Steve Sutcliffe makes some fair points about the cars he tests, and after watching one of his videos you will remember the key bits of information which have been conveyed – that’s a good thing.
However, in this case, the comparison test staged by the British publication is almost as pointless as the Dacia Duster versus Ginetta test they made a while back.
Their choice of cars this time is interesting, and the models are in several important ways similar, yet one can’t seriously think for a second that an Audi RS6 Avant (compared to a closer rival here) would be better than a Nissan GT-R at anything other comfort, space and quality.
The Japanese sports coupe is purpose-built to kill much more expensive supercars and humiliate their drivers, while the Audi is at heart an A6 estate/wagon with flared wheel arches, oversized wheels and cavernous tailpipes.
Sure, the two cars are comparable in terms of power, and the Audi is a bit quicker than the manufacturer claims, but there really isn’t any contest here. In fact, the only interesting finding of this particular exercise is the fact that the Audi actually stops quicker than the Nissan – the advantage of having massive rims is that you can have massive rotors behind them.
By Andrei Nedelea
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