[sarg]

First of all, nought wrong with the Merc at all - think I said before, this is almost identical spec (even colour combo!) as my father's car, which is a lovely lovely drive, and nothing wrong with the seats (I am 6'1 and 18 stone, I find bad seats very easily), great choice IMHO, I'd definitely by one. I'll be driving my father's car down to Monaco in May, and back again, it'll be taking 4 adults and our luggage for 2 weeks or so, so will report back on that later, but I expect it to handle it exceptionally.

I still think Audi interiors feel the most special though.

As for BMWs, they probably head the field for handling and efficiency (and this is partly why I might still go back to BMW), but the cabins are nowhere near as special.

Compare the quality of the leather for example, the standard leather on 3s and 5s is pretty nasty, hard, almost not like leather (the Merc is not so great either IMO), no comparison with the softer leather of the Audis.