Originally Posted by musicnsurf
They are! Both versions. However, it seemed to me that GM cut costs on the interior and exterior materials. The drivetrain is very nice, but compared to the SRT (quite a bit less weight and solid build quality) they just didn't leave me that impressed. I happily got back in the graphite and drove off very satisfied with my previous purchases.
Agreed, but being a ~$65K car versus the ~$90K E63 that it can beat around the Nurburgring is still pretty awesome.
And the alcantara steering wheel needs to go, I think with white knuckle driving and sweaty hands that could look horrible, quickly.