It is a battle of the heavyweight German super coupes->ke141; the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG 507 against the Audi RS5->ke2628. In this episode of Motor Trend’s Head2Head, they take these two V-8-powered monsters and try to decide which is best. Will Audi’s Quattro AWD help it pull ahead, or does that incredible engine in the AMG take top honors.

I won’t ruin anything for anybody, but we can look at some of the high points.

Jonny Lieberman takes the wheel to give these cars a thorough once-over and he comes to a lot of conclusions I agree with. Firstly, the Audi->ke14 is the better looking car. Not in the crazy “go-fast” way, but as a genuinely pretty car the Audi easily takes top honors.

The Mercedes->ke187 may lose in style, but Jonny says it walks away with better braking and steering feel. It also doesn’t suffer from the understeer that the Audi->ke14 does.

It is quite the close battle; click play to see who comes out on top.

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