Ok, it's done. I have to say, I'm actually quite disappointed in how it turned out. It just doesn't seem like 3 days of writing, but since I'm a lazy arse and didn't want to start from scratch again, I just carried on with what I had written…so don't expect this to be a 'proper' review. Not by any measure. Anyways…………
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When you think of Germany’s greatest in house car tuners, you think of Mercedes’ AMG, BMW’s M division and Audi’s RS. Their cars are no-nonsense performance machines, 200+mph powerhouses made to a point where perfection has become a step backwards for them. I think you get the point now, these cars were good enough out of the box, and any attempt to make it better would normally end in failure. But it hasn’t stopped RKM from trying.
This is what they’ve come up with. A BMW M5, a Mercedes SL55 and a Audi RS6. A trio of Germany’s finest, with a grand total of 2,300hp shared between them. And this is what they can do.
Let’s start with the Audi. God it’s fast! Although with 900+ horsepower, you’d expect it to be. But what’s surprising here is that it’s fast through the turns as well. I’m driving an Audi the size of the moon, and it’s fine. It’s better than fine. It’s no R8, but for something this big, it is remarkably controllable and fun! It oversteers in 1st and 2nd gear, and has some understeer from 3rd gear onwards, as you’d expect. But now, it’s enjoyable rather than scary, feels connected, not detached. It does corner on rails, but the rails I have in mind are more like roller coaster rails. It’s exciting, but you know that it won’t throw you off. It’s fast too. For something that still weighs more than 1.6 tons, it can shift its weight very well, with lap times getting close to the low 1:10.xxx’s on the test track. Adding to its good and fixing the bad with a lethal overdose of power harnessed by the dark art of tuning, this is now a car which surpasses its stock counterpart on every level.
The less powerful, rear wheel drive Merc and Bimmer doesn’t look like it can hold a candle to the RS6, but don’t jump to conclusions just yet.
Although it’s not as powerful as the Audi, the SL still packs some serious punch. 713 horses to be exact. Which does mean cornering in this 1.4 ton brute is a bit...lively. Any gear, any speed, any corner, and it’ll rip up the back tyres. But the thing is, that’s as far as it’ll get. Unlike normal AMG cars which kick out and kill you after 5 seconds, this will kick the arse out, and let you hold it there. But it still has AMG blood in it. That is to say power over control, fun over lap times. And it does show through when you get serious with it. This car needs an anchor to slow it, but has been given brake from a bicycle instead. It can’t quite hide the fact that it can’t cope with the extra power, and it corners on its door handles in the bends. But I can’t help but like it, I like its childish power = god approach. I like the fact that it just says to you “C’mon, loosen up! Have a bit of fun!”. It’s a very... charismatic car. You just can’t help but love it for what it tries to be. A fast AMG which still retains its abilities to crush continents in absolute comfort. Oh, by fast, I mean ‘not too bad for a big brute like this’. 1.13.992, good enough to scare a few 4WD sports cars and supercars.
So, to the Wutend Deutsch, otherwise known, to you and me, as the M5. It’s the least powerful car here, and if its to keep its pride as Germany’s finest, it’s got a lot to live up to. And it doesn’t disappoint. You see, although it’s the least powerful car here, it’s much lighter. And much more exciting. Someone once described this car, with this tune, as being a wolf. Well, I’d like to add to that and say that this particular wolf is the most savage and unforgiving you’ve ever met. It does not know to forgive. It just knows to bite hard and thrill. In this car, you’ll never be bored, never wishing for the race to end. I will go as far as to say it has an air of the devil Z about it. It exudes menace when you drive it fast. It feels like, and this is high praise, a slightly tamer Deathsycthe Camaro. It feels, like a supercar. It’s so sharp, so exuberant, it makes the Audi and Merc look like the Titanic in comparison. I have not driven such a heavy car which puts you so close to the action. So in contact with what every bit of the car is doing. It’s as close as you could ever get to a 4 door hypercar. This is still the god of the über-cruisers. This, this is what the M5 is all about. This is the essence of the M5. Supercar speed, racing car thrills, road legal.
Lap Times- Top Gear Test Track
1:11.172 (Audi RS6 'Ikeamobile')
1:13.992 (Mercedes SL55AMG 'Autobahn SL')
1:11.239 (BMW M5 'Wutend Deutsch)
By the way, I was hoping to include pictures, but I didn't want to annoy Andre, so I left them out
And I did think yours was the CT230R 
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