Thank you for the few sensible comments. The reason I asked the question on this forum was because I got the impression there were some obsessed car enthusiasts who may know more about these high end cars than I do and value their opinion (some people know more about these cars than the actual owners with over inflated bank balances who just want a badge).

I personally am a classic car enthusiast and know way too much about them for a woman. I have only ever been fortunate enough to own a tiny handful of now collectable cars purely because they were actually still on the road in numbers at the time. I now own a 20yr old BMW E30 convertible 2.5 V6 which is as classic as I have been able to own in the current circumstances

I am now in a very fortunate situation which allows me to have an everyday new car of my choice with no budget constraints so my poor daily used E30 can go and have a rest and some TLC. I also now have access to some excellent classics.

I don't however, have any interest in modern cars and know the basics to get me through a list of whats what at the traffic lights. Therefore the question is actually genuine but thanks for the faith in newbies anyway madf.

Once you've read all the tests and listened to all the advice and evaluated all the data, one last thing to do - spend some time comparing photos of the two cars, from all angles -

I know which one I'd choose on looks alone - tha Aston Martin !!

Edited by Sofa Spud on 13/08/2013 at 17:27