BMW FTW, closely followed by the evo. On CA though, this result will be wishful thinking. It’s AWD or bust for these guys.

If only CA just simply change the title to something like: “Under $70k medium sport car shootout”. That would be good enough (would also justify the ommision of the HSV and FPV).

Even after Paul’s explanation, the drivel continues.

Get over it numnuts – out of the 4 cars compared here, one was preferred, and one was least preferred, and the other two were somewhere in the middle.

If you aren’t interested in the car that “won” you are free to be interested in a Hummer instead, or be like some people that love Ford KAs

Just kidding, nice review, nice video! Good to hear a womens’ perspective on sports cars too.

A car is primarily defined or classified by its body style be it a Hatchback – like the VW Golf or Peugeot 207; a Sedan – Like the Mitsubishi Lancer or Toyota Aurion; a Wagon – Like the BMW Touring or Volvo V50; a Ute – like the Falcon or VE SS; a Coupe – like the Porsche 911 or Konigsiegg

Then you look at either the engine be it 4cyl 6cyl or V8; be it Naturally Aspirated; Turbo or Supercharged.
Or the Transmission be it Manual, Automatic or DSG.
Or the Driveline be it FWD RWD 4WD or AWD
Or the number of doors be it 2, 3, 4 or 5 door.

That way you are able to make a more realistic comparison as you are then comparing cars of a similar body style with similar engines; drivelines etc

Because the above characteristics all have a different immapct on a cars performance handling and aerodynamics.
Therefore to compare a diversee group of cars like this doesn’t give an accurate result – unless of course you are looking for an overall winner from all cars available on the market but that would just take to long

The fact you call it a “Sport Sedan Shootout” implies that the cars will have what is traditionally accepted to be a sedan body

I mean you wouldn’t do a Hot Hatch comaprsion and include a Hummer would you Paul?

Allan D congrats on your buy 51k is a steal. id love an F6 over a Clubby but at 51k id take the clubby the LS3 hammers and the sounds great you would also have some money left over for extras.

Here’s the explanation from the editor regarding the use of Sport Sedan:

“A point of clarification, a Sportscar is a vehicle designed for sporting use, it usually has two doors and two seats plus a removable roof – this has become a little more confused in recent years due to folding metal roofs, etc so i.e a BMW Z4 is a Sportscar a Porsche 911 is a Sportscar.

A vehicle that has sedan origins and has been modified or enhanced for a more sporting use is a Sport Sedan, all the cars in our test fall into this classification.”

Hopefully that fixes any confusion.

Both the HSV and FPV equivalents were not available for inclusion in this test unfortunately. They would have most certainly been worthy contenders.

in other words… its slow.

and that’s the only sedan in the field. EVO!

You can buy LS3 clubby for 51k drive away brand new these days. I know, I just bought one, which makes it an even more appealing proposition.

By I agree, why the omission of FPV and HSV from the sedan shootout?