Audi RS3 vs BMW M2 Competition vs Camaro SS 1LE - Is There An Answer?

James mate, what's going on? No good mate she left me what yeah not even a letter on the bed or anything just an Instagram DM seriously yeah I didn't hear what she said yeah come on James I'm sorry it had to be like that while I. I enjoyed our time together. I realize I can't be with someone who owns a Miata anymore. Not only am I embarrassed for you, but I simply don't want to share a life with you where the

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is always Miata. Sometimes I want to be the

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. In conclusion, I leave you for Gerald, he has a Mini Cooper S and he really likes watching Grey's Anatomy with me.

He says the S stands for sportsman. Gerald, you know, Gerald, the guy has three fingers on both hands. Listen, James, there are other options. out there I really know you hate her she's the one for me what's not buddy there are other car options besides a Miata you're looking at the accelerator and my name is Thomas Holland and my name is James Englishman and we've already reviewed. the m2

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and i think it's the best sport compact car available right now period yes i know i disagree so he brought that yes i insisted on bringing the rs3 and i don't regret it and if he insisted to bring it, I insisted.

I'm bringing this Camaro SS 1 because if you're looking for value for money fun, that one will win, I'm sure you know why you don't drive the car. I was going to drive it, why don't you drive it first? Good. well I'll drive down your narrow street, what an idiot, idiot, the rs3, if I were Italian I would put my fingers and thumb on my lips and say bellissima, but it's German so I'll nod my head and say dust, good all-rounder. traction and a turbocharged inline 5 engine, early promises are 3.5 seconds, zero to 60, time to put that in perspective, that's the same as a Jaguar f-type SVR, a car that costs twice as much but the Audi delivery elsewhere, enter the Camaro 1 SS 1.

It's more than just a car with a license plate name, the heaviest of the group, the biggest of the group, the meanest but also the cheapest of the group, does it belong here? Answer yes, like vm2, it sends its power to the rear wheels, it has rear seats. and like the BMW, a manual transmission but controlling a 455 horsepower v8, this thing leads the pack and power numbers, but we want to know if it has a chance of winning the overall title. I love the m2

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, but I'm not sure about that. James is convinced that he is sure that the rs3's ridiculous off-line abilities will convince me, but I don't know, the m2 now has a proper M engine and a wonderfully high redline.

It is a very special car, but today we must consider everything. -the wheel drive and the livability of the rs3 and the brute force of the Camaro, so James and I will drive the rs3 and the Camaro first and then we will both get in the M 2 to see if we can crown a victor, so do it. Be sure to subscribe because we will have many more comparisons like this coming soon. Alright, let's see what James is talking about in a transversely mounted inline 5 front wheel drive based type of layout. That's why I don't do Audi because I'm a BMW guy.

I like rear-wheel drive, based on the engine being closer to me, closer to the middle, and I don't think James cares much about that stuff and the reality is that you probably shouldn't either because we'll be on the road the next time. Most of the time, first things first, it's true what they say, visibility in this car is minimal. I'll say minimal, okay, let's see what this thing can do, why not, Jesus Christ, okay, okay, I get it. I get it, it's a Camaro, I'm overcompensating, it should be loud, it should be fast, nothing unexpected, it connects immediately.

All-wheel drive, you can't, you can't complain, that's for sure and it hides the speed very well. Holy shit, okay, slowing down the group of cars, the Camaro is like the drunk whiskey drinker at the end of the bar that keeps ringing. I love rock and roll on the jukebox, except it's not a bar, it's a hotel lobby and there's no jukebox and that's it. They asked me to leave it twice. I loved the sound of five cylinders. Okay, there's something about five cylinders, that odd number of cylinders that has something you can't get anywhere else. Listen, that's good, this thing is crazy, like oh, it just holds the road is very good and when you put your foot on it even like you know this is third gear, what's good, quiet Britain, I used to have small roads, doesn't it belong here?

I'm a fish out of water, but I'm a happy fish because this thing has knots, okay, rub the back, what's the direction like? The steering is quite sharp but quite numb, if I'm completely honest, yes I like it, the front end is very very precise, good sound, oh what a sound, there is a slight delay when it delivers the power but there is no boost , it just introduces you to power in a really sophisticated way. This thing is a threat that just wants to continue. In fact, that's part of its charm. The other part of its charm is the thing. under your foot, granting you access to its 455 brake horsepower engine that has a torque number that's the same and won't decimate your wallet either, although this is eight grand more than the SS package, it's still $20,000 less than the m2 and the rs3 has been tested and if you can get over the interior every time you put the pedal to the metal you will be able to relive that epic moment from The Lion King where Simba does all the Wow Wow and then the dad comes in and does it right, It's actually quite noisy.

A good amount of road noise, a good amount of harshness, I wasn't really expecting that, but that makes it attractive, so I'm not going to complain too much about it, what I know for sure is that James is in that Camaro right now and says: Wow. At least he will have said the word Wow once and if he hasn't, the man has no soul Wow, okay and let's throw it in, okay, this is where everyone else does their thing. Definitely detectable understeer here. A bit of a slippery road, but you know what? If you ease off the throttle a little it becomes very neutral, it's still fun.

This is a fun car. I'm having a good time, but that five-cylinder, God, that engine is so. well it just sounds fantastic listen to another run through the gears you know you're in a good car but you keep wanting to slow down on downshifts so then you can accelerate again that's good that's good great powertrain the interior of this car is just It's amazing , it's not very bold in its design, but it's definitely well made. All materials and fit of parts are perfect. As you like? There are some plastics down here, but they're not plastic, so you won't. be careful, they are very very well made, everything is very well made, all the buttons have a click, you don't get it in other cars, there are positive comments when you use the interior of this car, also this steering wheel is By far, in a way , it's the nicest steering wheel I've seen on a car in a long time.

It looks fantastic. The low quality interior and high horsepower engine of the muscle car is something that American brands have been doing very well for a long time because it saves you money and you get an incredible bang for your buck. It also comes with a magnetic LSD ride and a few other things I can't think of because it's too fun to put your foot in this thing, so what does it all mean? translate to respond to a truly epic sports car, okay, serious changes at the moment, yes, it's still fun, it's incredibly comfortable, that's what makes this car, better than anything else, a charming and comfortable commuter when still I'm having fun here in the background, however, wait for this Audi rs3.

It's incredibly expensive, overpriced if you ask me, but what I'm going to do now is drive the Camaro because I want some fun with manual transmission and rear wheel drive, that's what I want. Thomas and I met. I arrived at the appointment and changed cars to have Stevie Wonder sing a song about positivity, but getting out of the Camaro I think the visibility feels good being able to see where I'm going again very quickly from an all-wheel drive standpoint. I can already feel it, I feel super safe in the corners. The steering is wonderfully lighter than the Camaro, oh my goodness, I think there's some merit to a little.

Drives fine back in the Camaro, oh my god I missed this car, this one doesn't have the low end torque that the rs3 has for sure, it really doesn't even look like a big dirty v8, but what it does have is a band of power that makes you drive, makes you lose gears, makes you shift, makes you want to do it. push it and push it and that's the best part about it, it really is, this is a car that makes you want to be a driver, the gear changes are lovely, it makes a little bourbon every time it shifts, oh those are some good burps . your face and you like it, you enjoy it, it doesn't smell like onions, it smells like ice cream.

I really wanted to drive the Audi rs3. On the one hand, the exterior is more discreet than the other two, although it may seem like a negative it is actually a testament to having known its

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ence because those who have graduated from a Golf R this is what they want, they want the car with bed looks, they don't want the super aggressive face of the Camaro or the mean look of the m2 and this is what happens with the foot down, the whole rear end goes a little bit the SS 1le is the Camaro you want if you really want a proper driving experience because it's sharp, it's agile, it doesn't feel like a big honking muscle car, it feels like "A real sports car, even on a back road.

I've driven this on the track and it was phenomenal. "I loved it. It's a very well-balanced, excellently designed chassis that will bite you if you don't know what you're doing." We're doing it, but that means you can drive it really fast and the back end just wants to go. This doesn't go out of style. If the Camaro is everyone's drunken whiskey drinker, then the RS3 is the pretty brunette making it spin. Chardonnay and talking about the geopolitical climate but she knows how to find her match goes for the more sophisticated crowd the person who says I want to go 60 miles an hour in 3.5 seconds but I have nothing to prove and oh my god, do you understand? to hold the most beautiful thing while I do it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Hello, those lovely ruffles. I think they are the best. I want to hold this thing longer than a smelly fart at the table with my girlfriend and her parents everything about this car is just immediate there are no delays in anything the front slams the shifter slams into gear the clutch engages like this the engine responds like a punch in the face makes the same sound this cat with this car is the car equivalent to a punch in the face you are delivering the entire cabin is a wonderful place to sit Hi the digital display is fantastic it is so clear that I have the rev meter right in front of me with the digital speedometer, which I actually prefer that format, it's all within a few inches of everything I need to look at the Camaro while Lovey was extended, you can't see it in one glance, you look down the left to see your revs, you look to the right to see your speed, this I can only look forward, there is no display screen at the end of the day.

I think this does a perfect job and is charming in front of me. I'm a little bit surprised and potentially a little disappointed, but there's something basic about other places. I think the center console could do with livening it up a little too stoically, it's too serious. It doesn't exactly put the fun into functional, okay, definitely completely. less refined than the rs3 this one has more road noise the seats aren't as comfortable the interior feels cheaper the gauges don't look as good it's almost like the people who designed it just did some styling things and there were some people who They did some drawings that were lovely.

I'm sure I'll make the front end look like this, but they didn't care about things like visibility. The infotainment is tilted at an odd downward angle, probably to try to avoid reflection, but it's silly, it looks ridiculous. My climate control systems are these two big dials like speakers that are on the outside that I will always find the first time the armrest is really idiotic like you can't. I literally can't get anything out of the armrest. You have to like it. Do this. That thing where you lift the armrest and catch it with your elbow is a big spiral of anger that just gets in your way, but you stopped caring about all that stuff completely the moment you hit a back road on some curves. and that's what the Camaro SS 1le is also about dominating the track and it does that very, very well.

I'm starting to understand what Thomas is saying. Now there is a fear that is enjoyed with cars like the Camaro. You can enjoy it. Don't be afraid and that's what people buy in the rs3. What you want, you don't want to fear. In fact, before this, when I was talking to Thomas, I couldn't understand, so why do you want fear? why do you want to risk things that don't make sense to me? I want to be able to stomp and I want to go fast and I want to see well and I want to do it while holding a nice steering wheel while looking at a beautifully presented digital dashboard and then I wish I could do all those things, but with the Camaro engine and a manual gearbox, in whichAs for the engine, the Camaro was a little magical, but the only thing cool about this thing This is surgical and maybe that's what you want, but that's what it is before we get back to the m2.

I need to say, yes, I'm having a fantastic time in this Camaro, but the visibility is idiotic and I don't like the fact. that the seats the rear seats are not usable really theThe space in the trunk is bad, it's very wide and those are pretty serious compromises for what is really fun on a back road, so I don't know, I just don't know. I'm going to get James and we're going to drive. the m2, how was the Camaro? It is not surprising? I know that's what he was trying to say. What about the rs3? The rs3 is fantastic for what it does.

Yes, if you want a compact, super fast, comfortable and easy to drive. Bang & Olufsen. and an Audi Alcantara steering wheel offers all of that in spades, but it offers fun, it's in a different way, you drive less, yes, there it makes you the Camaro you had to drive, literally, you have to drive otherwise. If you don't drive it you'll crash, how do you get the feeling that if you just let it do its thing everything will be fine, yeah, yeah, well if you put your foot down in the Audi, yeah, you keep traction, you go super fast yeah we're in the Camaro and you're buying another Camaro yeah, okay, m2 competition, let's do it right, come on, this doesn't have the same digital bathroom.

I think these dials look cooler on this car, I think they just look. because you're an N family, maybe a little, this has all the things, it has rear wheel drive, it has a manual transmission, it has a limited slip differential, it has all the things you want including a parking brake, so does the Camaro , but this one also has comfortable rear seats, yes, yes, so you cost 20 grand more, you have comfortable rear seats and a manual handbrake, right, pretty sad, no, I don't know, I can see it in this one, although yes, which. it's like 50 percent of what you need from a car, oh the other 50%, since you need it to get around, yeah, yeah, you see you need to be able to drive the Camaro.

It's ridiculous as a daily vehicle. This is not ridiculous as a daily vehicle. vehicle no, this is definitely closer to the rs3 and has the ability to be a daily chimera and this has much heavier steering. The other story, our story had a boring address, it's livable, it's different, it's for a different clientele, yes, boring, but the thing is that it's Vista invoice, it sure advertises itself as a really fun and sporty car, you're right, you're right. reason the RS the RS should be more aggressive it should be more aggressive but it felt too easy to drive it felt too easy to drive but people want that they want that I want to have to learn how to drive cars cars are too easy nowadays people I want to win the car I can read Dead Redemption when you tame the horse well and then the horse is yours and then it's yours, okay? when I accelerate in the Camaro I lose the rear end very easily when I accelerate in the RS3 nothing happens you just accelerate you accelerate that line speed you do it it's very fast without a doubt but in the end - oh come on, this engine is so much better, come on, look the inline 5 in the rs3 sounds great but this is much more dramatic, it's dramatic, both the Khmer and the MT represent drama, this represents drama at a higher level and with more class, yeah hey let me drive I wanted to .

Don't let me go right now. I love this car so much and you are depriving me of my opportunity to express myself. You can drive it when it's done. Alright. Alright. I'm back at home. This is where I belong. A suspension. It's actually a bit stiff, isn't it? It's rigid. This is the lightest of the three. You know, you can tell that when you really take it into a corner, it dances. I forgot how much I loved this vehicle, okay, the RS3. It's good, the SS one of these is good and it's a big dirty v8; this is better, it feels like the tube put together, it's okay, I'm very nice, it acts, that's a perfect way to describe it, but if I could change one thing, yes.

I would give this the Audi steering wheel and digital display, yeah that's not there. So I would buy this call 10 times today. Strange, yes, my God, come on, that sounds good. Incredible, you did it without breaking 60, worry Alice. honey I can't believe that's actually really nice it's so magical yeah okay so sport+ for the steering in order to turn off the auto rev matching I have to completely turn off the traction control which is what I'm doing. It's not for the faint of heart at this point because honestly the rear really wants to go when the diff locks up, it locks those wheels together and it just won't engage, it's ultra progressive, the rear disc pulls away from the rear. of a command is just the best feeling and you can't do that on the rs3 directly.

I feel fantastic here, suspension like shepherd, suspension definitely feels stiffer, yeah I'm not arguing that they are all passenger cars. Although you think it's quieter, the r3 yes, definitely quieter than the Camaro, yes, the camera does not do my own rev matches because I can, because traction controls disabled are sick, art is hands down the easiest, confident Yes, it's just a fact. Yes, it's cleaner to drive, so it's a decision. So, do you want a car that's easy to live with? If not, it's Camaro versus M. Yes, I'm M. What do you think it depends on?

It depends on where I live. Put it this way. I live in Toronto which one would be yours I would buy the rs3 with manual gearbox they don't have land so you can't get other people I'll ask them to do it like this while I end the day convinced of the m2 victory James was conflicted, in fact, Ultimately, these are all fantastic cars and owning either of them would be a dream come true, but in the end, while my head said RS3, my heart said M2, so I guess I'll take both. Let us know in the comments which one you would have and don't forget to hit the subscribe button.

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