Best Performance Saloons for 10k | Fifth Gear

earlier in the show tip and Jason introduced us to two new super saloons and are on a mission to find out which is best nice work if you can get it not everyone has 60 to 70,000 pounds burning a hole in their pocket so what are the choices if you want a car with similar performance but for less than a fifth of the price how about these three for starters I reckon these are among the best used performance saloons for around 10 grand the BMW m5 the Mercedes II 55 AMG and the Audi rs6 together you are looking at over 1,300 brake horsepower of German muscle delicious each brilliantly packages practicality performance and style so let's get into the detail if you're going to single out three secondhand super saloons worth paying attention to then one of them has got to have an EM badge on its rear this East 60 version was made from 2005 to 2010 at 66,000 pounds it wasn't cheap but you certainly weren't shortchanged on power because it's b10 motor puts out 507 brake horsepower enough to propel it to 62 miles an hour in 4.7 seconds it's top speed is officially limited to 155 miles an hour but you can get that limiter taken off in which case this bruiser of a machine will go on to 200 miles an hour and beyond and in fact at one stage it was the world's fastest saloon car the chassis is wonderful the engine is phenomenal if you want to pootle around it's very comfortable but if you want to put your foot down and have some fun it will do that big-time [Music] so if you fancy one what must you look out for the hardware that makes up the 7-speed automatic gearbox is sturdy enough but the software can become glitchy a reset consult the problem but occasionally a complete shutdown will occur costing you 6,000 pounds a red warning light on the dashboard is the first sign of a second mortgage stopping a car that weighs almost two tons and goes like a rocket eats brakes and a new set of pads and discs will set you back around 2,000 pounds or so check them carefully the m5 can be an assault on your senses but don't worry you will have time to collect your thoughts at the petrol station expect around 16 mpg if driven carefully next the Mercedes from one iconic tuning division to another AMG now there's a hand-built engine under the bonnet with a fantastic voice just listen and you would be forgiven for buying this car on that alone these w211 models were built between 2003 and 2006 they have 469 brake horsepower which gives this car an identical nought to sixty two time as the BMW 4.7 seconds but top speed here is 180 it's not as athletic as the m5 to drive and it hasn't quite got that terrific steering feel but you have got oodles and oodles of torque and if you want a car to smoke tires in this is the one that so what can go wrong the e55 has self-leveling air suspension and a pump to keep that air going however the airbags can't develop lease and therefore overwork the pump and then the pump can fail now to check your system leave the car overnight and in the morning see if any of the corners have dropped more than the others and there's another pump related problem Mercedes cars of this era have a clever pump that maintains an even pressure in the brake line now in early models this could fail after two to three hundred thousand presses so make sure that your car has had that rectified in the recall and finally the Audi rs6 this model made between 2002 and 2004 is the oldest car here but that's because that RS badge is so desirable you have to go back a bit further to get one for around ten grand rapid acceleration and slow depreciation means this has to be one of the options under my right foot is 444 brake horsepower generated from a full point you'll need a v8 twin-turbo engine does it sound as good as the AMG No the algae has considerably less power than the Merc or BMW but weighs about the same and yet it gets to 62 in exactly the same time it's this a sleight-of-hand you ask no it is simple maths like most Aldi's this rs6 has got four-wheel drive and the more wheels you've got putting the power down the more grip you've got and everything that the engine can give you goes down onto the tarmac the suspension is more taut than in the other two so it doesn't quite give that relaxed and comfort and also it lacks that intimacy that the rear-wheel drive cars can give you however it is a phenomenal straight or I monster what to look for well at Tobruk for starters hauling a caravan around will heat up the oil in the engine and transmission systems and RS sixes don't like that would you like to know the cost of an engine replacement and the intercooler is can leak if the leak is big enough then the turbos can fail and that's another bill you don't have to know about if you bought all of these cars new altogether about 13 to 15 years ago then they would have set you back the thick end of two hundred thousand pounds today you can buy all three for less than half the price of the Alfa quadruple jason's been driving which one do i want to get this one why well I've always had a soft spot for the M badge for me it's a combination of performance and handling that is a pretty perfect package you

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Length: 7min 14sec (434 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 03 2019