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They did a comparo between the 545i, the Lexus GS430 and the new "M45". As expected, the M took the honors.

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I hate threads with these kinds of titles.

 

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Which makes sense why the thread's title so effectively intrigued you to click it. And then held your interest long enough to submit a reply.

 

Keep in mind that is just one comparo. Let Car and driver conduct toe comparison and the BMW will come out on top

BTW the M45 is awesome and If I had the spare cash I would get one in a heartbeat

 

Great comparo, and I'm not surprised. I love mine.

C.

 

Gsedanman,

You lucky dog you. What is Cali-brushed?

 

actually car and driver did do a comparo, and the m45 still came out on top. the only thing is that the bmw 545 did not qualify cause of price. The cap was $55k. so they tested a 535, which came out 8/10. Top3 were 3. GS430, 2. Acura RL, 1. M45 sport

 

FWIW, the M45 won the comparo INDEPENDANT of price.......unlike all of the Corvette vs. the world comparisons.

 

^ second that... read the mag, it didnt beat the 5 series only by a little... the 5 came many places back. The only bad thing the M45 had was the "atm dash board"

 

As far as pure druving dynamics, the Bavarians were credited quite nicely in the 3 way comp. The numbers were all top of the scale 20's for the dricing excitment part of the editor survey. Now the M45 kicks ***** and nothing - absolutely nothing should be taken away from the Infiniti - but BMW just frikking cost too much otherwise I think the 545 would be my choice. Until Infiniti sales are on top of BMW the price will put me toward the M in my future purchase analysis. If prices WERE equal the thing that scared BMW probably, is that it still is a helluva fun decision to make without a bad result possibe. They do have the same power and handling essentially - is the BMWness worth 10-20K?

 

You've got the top dog machine. Every other manufacturer will be aiming their guns at Infiniti in the model years to come.

 

Even with the 545 (which wasn't part of the testing, as mentioned), the reliability of non 3 series BMWs makes it a suspect purchase.

It'll be interesting w/ gas prices headed through the roof w/ no end in sight, if the car companies will continue to dial up the HP... I think they will.