I voted Merc, 'cos that A4 that I have now is a real beaut, only 1.4, but very lively & responsive, & only around 2 seconds slower reaching 50 mph, than the Audi 2.0 A4, I'd had, the other day, a neighbour was behind me on the way home, I didn't notice him, anxious to get there fast, I put my toe down & was gone!, by the time he arrived next door in his 1.8 Ford, I'd put the car away & was shutting my gates, with a wide grin, he said b*gger me, I was behind you just now, & you simply vanished, out of sight in seconds, me, I tried to sound casual & said oh, was I?, a nice feeling as he's always tinkering with his Ford, trying to get the last ounce of speed out of it, fitted a megaphone silencer lately, very noisy, mine, you can hardly hear it.