2020 BMW M340i vs Audi S4 vs Mercedes C43 AMG // Performance Sedan Face-Off

You know, it's nice to review real

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cars. People don't put fake badges on them. James can go. They left the BMW so close. James, you're looking at the accelerator. I'm Thomas and I'm James and our video from North America. The base versions of these cars just reached a million views and one of the main comments in that video is: could you repeat this test with the C 43 and the s4 in the new m3 40 I for

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? So I think it's fair to say that. we deliver we deliver we deliver more than the milkman that summer day when my dad was at work the m3 40 For too long we have said that the m2 is the car that revives the feeling that came from the m3 of yesteryear How nice it would be if we could say that an M3 was the car that revives the M3s of yesteryear and the M3 40 is our last and best clue as to what the new generation of the M3 will be like, so we are excited to test it, especially in the future. after all, this is the model that's supposed to be a little tasting menu of M thrills, but can also safely crush a rainy day thanks to X Drive, getting a lot more power and two extra cylinders. over the 330 and it should, given the nearly $15 grand price increase with 382 horsepower and 369 ft. of torque output delivered by the 3-liter twin-scroll single turbo retuned at 96.

BMW claims a time of 4.3 seconds, not 200 kilometers per hour, and comes with a bunch of mm goodies as standard, such as the M sport differential for stiffer piston brakes. springs, a lower ride height and more wheel camber, and today's test also has the optional adaptive M suspension. Yes, 382 horsepower is great, I guess on the 2018 c43. You might cringe at that this 2019, although you have nothing to worry about, it has an upgrade that takes it from 362 horsepower to 385, which includes an engine V6 biturbo and a sports suspension. The C43 is a monster between

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and mid-range performance. one after the c300 but before the c63 the liam among us yes, it is the monster of the torque-rich intermediates the c43 has been combined with a 9-speed automatic transmission it can also be had in convertible or coupe form under the same name and this

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us Today the performance of Mercedes-Benz in St.

Petersburg has been provided. Catharines, the Audi s4 seen here in a new standard turbo blues color for 2019, only has one powertrain available, but it comes in a few different finishes. Today we have the Technic package, which is the closest relative to the US Prestige package and also plays with an S. It has our Quattro all-wheel drive system on its knees as standard and yet is underpowered in comparison with the others, with a 349-horsepower three-liter turbocharged V6 mated to Aldi's 8-speed automatic transmission that performs 100 more than the a4, so it's no slouch and we're eager to see how it compares, but first we'll drive the BMW and the Merc back to back before getting into the Audi to talk about all three.

Make sure you are subscribed and ring the bell to watch our videos. Come follow us on Instagram for some fun behind the scenes stuff and some Instagram only car reviews starting in the m3 40. Now I really liked the 330 and it actually won our last comparison so we'll see what happens here. I want to get First I get a few things out, a lot of these, but all of these cars have the EM badge, the AMG badge and they're not exactly the real RS or the AMG or the real end, today we're going to judge them based on the car they're not. the badge that's tagged everywhere is fine, look at 43 AMG, this has a twin turbo v6 and look back at the v6 days, it was kind of like the engine, you're like, what else do we put on it?

Put a v6 on it, but now, after having it. so many turbo four cylinders, this is such a refreshing and charismatic engine and now we have more horsepower for 2019, it has 382 horsepower, which is more than a roadster I eight, which is quite significant, it is also more than a e46 m3 that Thomas just purchased as his dream car, so congratulations Thomas on your purchase Mazel Tov, you are going to have a great time, how does it feel? 138 more horsepower than the 330. I'll give it to you too because we're on the improvements to these cars. Now we have six cylinders, all the others are 2 liter turbocharged and what really suffered was the sound, this sounds much better, much better, so before we get into the performance aspect, how does it drive on the road?

Well, let's say it. everything in comfort mode is fine, it turns off the automatic exhaust shift and the ride is acceptable some people have said it's too stiff. I actually don't find it too rigid. I think it's okay, however in dynamic mode it gets a little stiffer, but we'll wait before getting into the performance aspect. This is a comfortable car to travel with. I have the adaptive cruise control which, by the way, you don't have to touch in stop and go traffic, nothing that you just pull. You pull away and come to a complete stop which is really nice and works really well and obviously I have all the luxury features I would need.

However, I don't have much knee room, although I drive musicians well overall. I will say that this is a fairly isolated cabinet, although I know the sound coming out of the back is excellent. Thomas was in front of me on that c43 earlier and it was popping, this is not as exciting a sound as I would like. That's right, but the power is immediately at your disposal. I'm in Sport Plus mode right now and when I put my foot down I mean it holds the revs. Hello, I immediately have the power I can. There's Thomas in front of me. sounds that sound a little better from here from where I'm sitting let's put the dynamic selector on Sport Plus let's shift with the paddles okay the exhaust is now in loud mode in this car it wakes up so aggressively there's an explosion on the upshift and I love it, it's ridiculous, yes, it's unnecessary, yes, but whatever it is, it's fun, I can't get over the difference between the C 300 and the C 43 AMG, that gap is huge.

The steering is nice and weighted in this car. I'd go so far as to say it's probably the heaviest of these three, but I'll confirm that in a second and it feels very straightforward. I'm very well. I think this is a really very comfortable car. To be honest, I'd almost be willing to give up a little more comfort. I would have liked to feel a little lighter than it is and on the road it is an absolute dream, it has all the amenities I have. The pilot assist or whatever BMW calls it, the lane keep assist is wonderful and the adaptive cruise control is incredible so it does absolutely everything the A330 does and it just fills up a little faster and makes a noise of 600.

It has adaptive M suspension and differential, but I think it will be on the road. I don't feel a big difference compared to the 330. Not really, the engine runs very very well and this little turbo lag, but it's really minimal, you don't notice it and the engine just makes fantastic noises, it doesn't feel synthetic, no it feels fake, it feels organic, okay this is 4matic so when i have everything turned off it will actually give you a good amount of rear play before it works. Cut those front tires at steering. I actually find it to be quite light, but it has half-decent response and is very obviously heavy in the corners and I find the front grip on this car to be one of the best parts, it's really stellar.

It's really that you just turn and that front just snags on the pavement. This is really a car with really sharp sensations. Yes, comfort doesn't change much in Sport+, the suspension doesn't feel as hard, but the gear changes. they get a lot faster everything feels sharp the accelerator definitely feels a lot sharper the brakes are very sharp in this car yes they are immediately like the brake pedal isn't so long so it's very sharp so it's something to get used to it Okay, this doesn't have a full AMG transmission, but you know, those explosions on the upshift are so loud and the show goes on, sorry, the shifts are fantastic, very, very quick, the downshifts are very obvious and I can skip the gear, so if I'm in fourth gear. and brake, double click the paddle and everything really to skip, it's a great car and feels like a normal progression of the 330, but it definitely doesn't feel crazy and I guess a lot of that is there, leaving room for the m3, so I really hope the m3 works.

I'm interested to see what Thomas thinks about this. This is a really good car. This is a really, really good car, but what you do need to know is that from this cabin in this back. I walk with these noises this feels like a car occasion it feels exciting it feels fun they did it well ok m3 4 IT it's time to make a release pretty quick really is what that sound is amazing yes to something that's a little rude It sounds like slapping someone every time they take turns. Well, I've got everything on Sport+, let's throw it into some corners.

The front end has very direct steering and is very well weighted, although you know, this doesn't feel that different from the regular 330 that we reviewed in In the comparison above there isn't much difference in the way this feels and sounds different, obviously it has more cylinders but there's not much difference, that's a little disappointing, it actually sounded dramatic from the outside, it sounds dramatic from the cabin. Well, well, we owe those lil Purples too, so the BMW made bezels too, but these are slightly higher pitched, which is funny, the steering is lighter, the driving position is good, as good as BMW steering wheel, which feels great, definitely lighter steering.

I'm in the heaviest steering mode right now and the steering feels a lot lighter, this is the horsepower leader of the group and it feels very, it's thanks to the BMW's three wolves power and it feels very similar so there's definitely a lot of power there, wow that's surprising. the joy can come just from the sound, that sounds fantastic and you know, in terms of that, I have everything in the sport, the sound of that c43 and the experience and the changes, it's sharper, it's more aggressive, it's more exciting, this is really fast but it's a little bit smoother it's a little bit more luxurious feeling than that c43 which is scene 43 it's more aggressive yeah no this is a great car it's absolutely fantastic but i'm not sure that it is different enough from the normal 330 car. feels lighter, much lighter on your feet, it probably isn't.

It feels much lighter than that Series 3. The driving position is definitely perfect. The steering wheel of a BMW is coming towards me. I'm sitting nice and low, this is a really comfortable car and it's comfortable. In the driving department: it's a luxurious feeling. I actually expected it to be a much more aggressive series than it really is. It's fast but it's not super, you know what I mean just from a joy perspective? the m3 40, although Thomas told me in the city, is a pretty harsh ride even in comfort mode, whereas the BMW is incredibly comfortable, buy a BMW for that, definitely, the xDrive diverts all that power to the rear and really creates a rear-wheel drive feeling. which would make this unsafe on a track that would definitely be the most attractive, however here on the road the c43 definitely seems more exciting to me than this, it's up to the Audi for the tiebreaker but first let's look at the interior. and the exterior designs are fine, I no longer have Castle piano black.

These are good cars, they really are excellent. Can we talk about this girl? The girl. This is exclusive to the m3 40i. Yes. Special kidney-shaped mesh grille. I neither love it nor hate it. I'm also indifferent to it, I just like the brass color, although these headlights are the lasers, the correct laser lights, very new, build the final performance brake Yamcha blue, yes, and these M wheels that even have the M on them are great. an overall good looking car, I really like it, this one is tanzanite blue, metallic, it comes in Portimao blue which is my preference, it's really nice and shiny, it's a nice track in Port Amel, ok this is the updated c43.

I have a new grill a new bumper some people don't like this new girl they like the one with diamonds I like the one with diamonds I like this one better I really think it's pretty it looks like it's missing the diamonds it's missing but it is, for So, it's better the two stripes of Wolverines yeah, no, it's great, honestly, it's really good. I have no problem with the way this thing looks, little bi-turbo badge, right there, it's got some big dirty wheels and brakes, it's pretty beat up, it actually is, yeah. it's like black wheels all over the blue it's so bright this is called turbo blue turbo which is a cool name no this is uh this is a fantastic looking car this is the most understated one it's so adventurous with the design even though it's getting A

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update that looks different, yes, it does look better.

I hope they don't lose the sharpness of some of the looks like this and like these. I think it's really cool and it's a great color. Hello. Aldi is the best. It is the best wayTo say the least, they are the best sleepless looking cars, absolutely yes, of course, the rs3 we just drove on the track doesn't look like a crazy car, no, it's not at all, quad exhaust, quad exhaust, either, too big, Too big. Exhausts under the rear these cars look great. I like the taillights at the end, please, yes, really, they are real spaces recently.

They're very fake, very fake, so that's not good in real interiors, yeah, let's do Sade's, yeah, yeah, there's a little creak, yeah, yeah, it sounds like college dorms aren't the ones mine, but anyway, this is piano black. I don't love it, actually, honestly, it's not the option, but it can be Specht with wood trim, yes, you should do that, but other than that, the rest of the interior, like the materials, is really nice, let's sew, sew, sew, it's really nice and this is a new ruffle this year. Wow, this is a really nice car, yeah, and it's got these little sun things too.

Which we love, everything Mercedes has with this works perfect and we talked about a few things anyway so this is the AMG style digital gauge cluster which I can also have like the old style gauges but I've gone with it like this . here they are, you know new things, well now that everyone comes into the long, yes they are, but this is still the new technology, so this is really cool, this is new to check it out. I go to the vehicle and then I go to The track pace is fine and then I have a whole series of really cool apps warning me to use them on a race track, but no, I'll do whatever I want, so we have the race on clue here so you can set a room. miles, multiply the braking distances and measure the acceleration and in this time there is actually a timed lap situation that is not like one of those where you press the button at the starting line, it is a proper situation, like tell me, This is a great decision to take for a spin, right? but honestly, he feels really capable.

I think it would be a good track test. One of these cars, you can customize it and I can put this information here. I can set my tire temperatures. There are some that are good for the track or in the future people that's important, but that's the sound system, how does this sound absolutely fantastic? Yes, I love it, these seats are not like the AMG performance seats, but I actually like them a lot, they are very comfortable, they are very adjustable, that's typical. consoles with double opening ratchets double top this is a nice interior I don't care I wish this didn't do this and I wish it wasn't even the wood that does what my Mercedes does, it's supposed to be the leader in quality I know this doesn't Okay, back seat, let's look at it, very good, right, okay.

I have a little less headroom than I would like. It's not fantastic, but we have our own five-foot sunroof. -ten and terrible for science, we can't have much legroom, that's my driving position. You're missing some climate control here on some heated seats. I guess the BMW has that. I would not do it. I would mean to say that he will just do it. Let's check that yes, everything is fine inside the m3 4000 K and it looks like all the others that are currently on sale. It's so good that we've reviewed the 330 before, so we won't go into too much detail. talk about where it's slightly different yeah, this has a different material here, doesn't it?

This is like wood grain yeah this is wood grain the other one we had was like aluminum the speaker would respond honky-tonk yeah it didn't look that good yeah this is better that's better it's supposed which is a cool design for the alarm. I don't like it, this is a good design, I actually do like this. I just don't like the gauge cluster. I just don't like that. Sorry, I know not, I'm just not subjective, it's utilitarian, it's good, we can see a song there, this has the new infotainment, which is, have you gotten used to it?

So yeah, okay, what I like most about this is ways to cheer oh yeah, yeah, that's cool, although I have problems with it because every time it has over-the-air updates it's great, but when they come up the whole screen goes It gets dark to let you know that an update has been made, so we're on our way here today. I got an update saying the map update was installed, yes, and for about 10 seconds it locked the screen, it locked exactly what it said to update while I was using it, that's really interesting. I didn't know tonight or something, so By the way, you really like the color of the leather and the materials here are pretty good, yeah, it's not as fancy as the Mercedes, but it's a little more.

I think it's less complicated than the error. I agree, it doesn't really feel anything. You know, there's a little bit of a creepy back seat, yeah, I do notice there's a sunroof, but maybe I have more headroom, you have more headroom, we're going to find out you have more. Yes, if you care about your wrists a good inch longer. easily an inch more yeah same leg room oh okay this has the Harman Kardon sound system is it good it's good and our friend Sandwich Keys did a video about sound systems recently on how they adapt the space they are in and how it works. in this car in the room x3 recently it's not that good, the 5 Series can be optioned by Bowers & Wilkins which blew me away it's really good you can't do that for this this only comes in Harman Kardon and in this space works very very well, like s4, okay this is the best interior, it's older now the other one doesn't look older, yeah it's more timeless, absolutely it's like the only thing that makes it dated is this stagnant little thing with something like that. a little bit older, it's just changing exactly with the new generation, but I like this digital cockpit.

I like it better, I think it's the sharpest. This theory, the steering wheel is absolutely charming. Well, Cantera, these seats are really comfortable here. This is there, look at that, don't worry. solid yes build quality the interior gets messy this is where absolutely the Bang & Olufsen sound system is fantastic yes these are good seats for the s seats really good ok I mean there's not much More to say, but this is the best of all. the small weight of the complaint and the way the blind spot detection is on these mirrors, yes it looks like a 1980's orange warning light, oh really, yes, but you see it and that's the point.

I guess other than that, I really like it a lot. this interior, you know, it's lovely, sincere, a back seat, yes, yes, yes, so this is more than a Mercedes, but just like the BMW, okay, let's drive this now, okay, okay, hello, s4 sounds good, it sounds, it feels asphalt, no, da, it's because it's No, it's a fan, now there are two of us in the car, so we'll see, yes, it's definitely not as fast as the m3 forty, there's just no Without a doubt, the ride feels excellent. I'm in dynamic mode right now, yes, and the drive is felt. really very good as a passenger, feels very good, in fact the steering is incredibly light, you can feel the body movements, although you feel a bit more wallowy, the other c43 is much more of a tough guy, I mean yeah , Yeah. and then I would say that the BMW is halfway between the two, yes, I do double duty.

It surprises me how much more afraid I was of a Lexus. I agree, yes I thought it would be very sharp, but the direction is too. Late, do you agree? In the sportiest mode, in the sport mode, yes, but even in the individual mode, where we have adjusted it to the tightest, serious mode. Yes, it is still very light. Yes, he had it in terms of body control. I found it like this. Totally acceptable, he's a great guy, you see, I mean, for me, just spit as a passenger, the interior is so good, how's the good?

Hi, brothers are very good at saying yes and therefore like jacks of all trades and masters of none. Yeah, this doesn't leave me with the same feeling of passion as Class C. It doesn't do as much theater. No, it definitely isn't and usually when you get cornered the front end starts pushing a little. Yeah. He's not super athletic, but we're on a highway right now so that doesn't really count and the owner of this call travels hours a day and bought this car because he wanted to be in the community. I would be my mom for that, come on. yes it has the best gear yes it's just to live with the steering yes they had great headroom yes the brakes are good though - oh it's definitely a competent performer absolutely yes ok so which one would you choose , which would you consider all the things?, you go first actually you know, let's say at the same time ready, okay, three two one c23.

I would have to watch 43 just because there's more theater, there's more drama and that's what I mean, which is funny because that's the one we did. I don't exactly pick anything in the basement, I think the c43 does the best job earning that price premium yes, I think it's the furthest, I think it's closest to the c63, yes, after the c300 and I think the N 340 is surprisingly close to normal. 330 yes, this is what I'm saying, of these three, I would take the C 43, we both agreed on that right, but I wouldn't take the C 43. I would take the regular 330, keep them and save the money, so, ed .

Of these three cars, my choice is the 330, which is better, that's how I land because it makes more sense, it's still very good, yes, but I don't know, I have that's better. It would still eliminate Sepoy three. Of the three, do you think, Sarah? Again, I love Audis and this is lovely, but they are just good. Well, conclusion time, the C 43 is the most exciting, the most dramatic, yes, thanks to the engine and the name of the exhaust, absolutely and the s4. it's the most moderate and possibly the most pleasant to live with every day, yeah, making it so light even when you're really good, oh yeah, and then the M 340i is somewhere in between, yeah right, not very exciting, still so it is easy to live better with it. ride than the C-Class, but not as exciting as the C-Class.

Yes, either way, all three are absolutely fantastic cars and you can't thank them for seeing them.