The Big German Three 

"JR1" (type35bugatti) 06/02/2016 at 17:29 • Filed to: None

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Mercedes

Audi

BMW

Which of these three German brands is the best and why?

TheHondaBro > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:33

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Audi because.

djmt1 > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:33

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Mercedes because their arse massages are the strongest.

Jcarr > TheHondaBro 06/02/2016 at 17:34

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Because RS5

Wobbles the Mind > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:43

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Easy!

By a wide margin, as always!

Probenja > djmt1 06/02/2016 at 17:43

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In what other car you can have a vigorous active workout while driving!

EL_ULY > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:44

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because I’m a tech, and I’ve owned...... 8 of the damn things! No more!!!

(once i’m not poor that is)

though, I do miss that little e28 535is :]

Vítor > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:44

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Mercedes because they have the best Euro configurator.

yonse > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:44

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I like all three, but if I had to limit myself to just one brand it would probably be Mercedes. And this is why:

not for canada - australian in disguise > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:45

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DKW

S65 > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:48

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Honeybunchesofgoats > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:49

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Mercedes, because they understand that if I want brown leather seats, I want the option of a trim that isn't black.

Your boy, BJR > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:51

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Mercedes.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:51

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I’d place VW over Audi, if we were picking the German Big 3, since the Volkswagen Group owns them.

jkm7680 > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:51

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Audi because I said so.

Probenja > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:53

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Phaeton, it’s the most exclusive.

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > Jcarr 06/02/2016 at 17:55

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Get rid of that! I personally dislike the A5/S5, has something to do with my disdain for most coupes.

RallyWrench > JR1 06/02/2016 at 17:55

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AHEM

But given those three, it’s Audi, Mercedes, and ...................................................................................................................................................................

BMW.

15 years ago I’d have said BMW, Audi, Mercedes. It’s all about long-term quality, which BMW has chosen to neglect entirely. It’s also what Mercedes-Benz did starting in about 1995 and only recently seems to be coming back from. Audis are not without issue, of course, but if I was going to buy a new high-end German car with my own money, it’d be an Audi S or RS.

Jcarr > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 06/02/2016 at 17:56

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Never! That thing is beauty on 4 wheels.

RallyWrench > EL_ULY 06/02/2016 at 17:57

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I miss my 535is too! At least I get to see it every day.

EL_ULY > RallyWrench 06/02/2016 at 18:02

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luckyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > Jcarr 06/02/2016 at 18:08

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What’s wrong with an A4 or A6? They’re practically the same thing! You do you, man, but I have never liked the A5. It looks like it desperately wants to be a 4 door.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > JR1 06/02/2016 at 18:13

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Mercedes because way more of their cars actually appeal to me.

Audi has nothing that excites me other than maybe a A8L.

BMW the M5 and M6GC is the only ones I really like.

Mercedes on the other hand MANY of their cars I love.

-S63 Coupe

-s600 Maybach

-C63 coupe

-C63 Sedan

-E63 Wagon

-GL63 Suv

-GLE350D

-GLE63

-G63

-G63 6x6

and the list goes on.

I’m not a brand loyalist by any means but out of the 3 mercedes is for sure the one I’d pick.

pjhusa > JR1 06/02/2016 at 18:14

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BMW.

MultiplaOrgasms > JR1 06/02/2016 at 18:17

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ZEPPELIN

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > JR1 06/02/2016 at 18:25

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The small German bastard child.

Jcarr > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 06/02/2016 at 18:39

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I like the 2-door look. Don't have that with the 4 or 6.

Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. > Jcarr 06/02/2016 at 18:47

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And that’s why we disagree haha. Don’t like the two doors.

El Rivinado > JR1 06/02/2016 at 18:54

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Mercedes Benz. Why? Hood ornaments. Do the other brands have them? I rest my case.

RT > JR1 06/02/2016 at 19:16

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Mercedes started far ahead of the other two, it was the car to have.

Even when the opposition caught up they started to over-engineer cars like no tomorrow.

But eventually Daimler-Chrysler happened and there was a quality decline. The situation is improving buy they’re still not quite what they used to be in my opinion.

Audi started as several brands, all with interesting technology.

Once they did unite into Audi they produced some clever ideas like the Quattro - but as a luxury brand they lacked the identity of the other two.

Recently they’ve gained a stronger reputation ever since the R8 came along and the brand basically changed car design for the next decade, but now they’re getting a bit stale again.

BMW almost ended up bankrupt in the 50s for being too upmarket too soon.

But they gained a foothold with racing, and the 2000 series. In the 80s and 90s you had the E30 and the M cars. The whole brand defined cool.

But their direction in the 2000s, combined with the fact that they want to create a niché for everything these days has given them a bit of an identity crisis (M cars not withstanding).

Overall BMW is my favourite, followed by Mercedes and then Audi.

JR1 > djmt1 06/02/2016 at 19:43

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An incredibly important part of any modern luxury car

Saracen > JR1 06/02/2016 at 19:44

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Audi, because:

Audi doesn’t use horribly confusing nomenclature for their engine designations (example: BMW 230i, Mercedes C300, Audi A4 2.0T...)

Audi doesn’t sell one of those horrifying crossover coupe monstrosities.

Audi’s exterior and interior aesthetics are still superior to the weird BMW’s and melty Mercs.

Audi does not dilute their high performance RS brand by making RS versions of every vehicle they build every year (see: every Mercedes model), or slap it on cars that are not even built by quattro gmbh (M235i, C450 AMG)

Audi isn’t perfect...they have killed the wagon offerings in the US, and I lust after a BMW M2 with a manual gearbox (and the TT-RS and RS3 will be DSG only)...but Audi is still tops in my book.

JR1 > EL_ULY 06/02/2016 at 19:44

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Lexus is making some great stuff lately

JR1 > yonse 06/02/2016 at 19:46

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If you compare Mercedes lineup to almost anything else I think the Mercedes would almost always win in a head to head match up

JR1 > S65 06/02/2016 at 19:48

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Funny thing I noticed here is you didn't post a single traditional luxury Mercedes. Not a bad thing but just an observation

JR1 > Your boy, BJR 06/02/2016 at 19:50

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But for you the real answer in Cadillac

JR1 > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 06/02/2016 at 19:52

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I am comparing luxury to luxury

jkm7680 > Caleb "If a rally car can do it, so can my Malibu" M. S. 06/02/2016 at 19:54

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I don’t like, nor dislike the A5. I’d rather have an S4/A4.

S65 > JR1 06/02/2016 at 19:54

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JR1 > RallyWrench 06/02/2016 at 19:55

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That’s a great way to look at it honestly. Long term German quality is usually rather disappointing at best

JR1 > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 06/02/2016 at 19:57

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I feel the same way. You can't beat the Mercedes lineup

JR1 > El Rivinado 06/02/2016 at 20:00

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Solid reasoning

RallyWrench > JR1 06/02/2016 at 20:04

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It wasn’t always that way, and that’s the most disappointing of all.

Fridge LargeMeat > JR1 06/02/2016 at 20:08

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Audi, because this glorious beast:

And dat ass!

The RS7/A7 is one of my favorite luxury cars out, something about the proportions and that “kinda weird but in a way not really” rear-end just calls my name. That twin-turbo 4L V8 doesn’t hurt either.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > JR1 06/02/2016 at 20:24

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Audi, for one reason and one reason only:

AUDI 4000 COUPE!

Your boy, BJR > JR1 06/02/2016 at 20:32

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Yes

MUSASHI66 > JR1 06/02/2016 at 20:35

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BMW. They have a manual available on many of their sporty, desirable cars. I'd love a C63 but automatic only means no for me.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > JR1 06/02/2016 at 21:37

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No bias whatsoever...

JR1 > Fridge LargeMeat 06/02/2016 at 21:47

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The 7 has to go down in history as one of the best looking four doors ever made. It is just outstanding. One flew past me yesterday on the highway. It was great

JR1 > MUSASHI66 06/02/2016 at 21:48

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I think the manual is about as common as a hen’s tooth on most models

JR1 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 06/02/2016 at 21:49

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Of course not! That would be crazy!

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > JR1 06/02/2016 at 22:51

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Mercedes, ten years ago I’d say BMW but Mercedes has the most complete line up currently.

I can name at least 5 Benz currently on sale that I would buy if I could afford to, while I would only want an M2 and an M3.

Hell, I think MB even makes Porsche nervous right now.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1 06/02/2016 at 23:41

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Audi. Because I own one.

MUSASHI66 > JR1 06/02/2016 at 23:43

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All 2,3,4,M series. If you don't count the SUVs, it is available on majority of their USA lineup.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 06/03/2016 at 08:06

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For some reason I thought you would go Mercedes

Alex B > JR1 06/04/2016 at 08:27

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Mercedes! Their whole line up right now is on point. Yes, they may look similar, but if you go back in Mercedes’s history this isn’t this first time it’s been like this.

JR1 > Alex B 06/04/2016 at 08:28

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I agree and they are building so many cars I want

Alex B > JR1 06/04/2016 at 08:54

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Yeah, the only car I don’t really like from their line up right now is the CLA. I just doesn’t fit in anymore

JR1 > Alex B 06/04/2016 at 08:58

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I get why they did it but it isn't a car I would ever buy