The 8 best performance sedans you can buy right now
The Alpina B7 is a brilliant mixture of performance, luxury, and rareness.
If the speed doesn't keep you busy, the B7's ultra-luxurious gadget-filled cabin probably will.
Just don't get too pre-occupied playing around with that fancy infotainment system. At least not while driving!
Though the B7's pricing hasn't officially been announced, its starting price is expected to be around $130,000. That's $130,000 of pure German, executive opulence.
The BMW M5 is a no compromise performance sedan.
For those who might find the B7 to be a bit out of reach, the BMW M5 might be the call.
With 560 horsepower and a zero to 60 miles per hour of 3.7 seconds, the M5 gets moving very quickly. Also, it can come with a manual transmission, which sadly can't be said for many of the other cars in this slideshow.
The M5 starts at around $94,000. It's not exactly a bargain, but here you get what you pay for.
If you can only have one car, you'll need the BMW M3.
If you want a car that you can run to work and back every weekday, Saturday hit the race track, and Sunday hit the backroads, then the BMW M3 is probably for you. I just wouldn't recommend you repeating that cycle every single week.
The car's gotta rest sometime, right?
For about $64,000, the M3's 425 horsepower and zero to 60 in 3.9 seconds is all the car you really need.
The Cadillac CTS-V is a muscle car wrapped up in a luxurious executive sedan's body.
Thanks to its borrowed motor from the insane Chevy Corvette Z06, the CTS-V puts out 640 horsepower and does zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.6 seconds.
It's basically the most luxurious performance sedan that has ever come out of America.
Like the M3, the CTS-V is pretty much at home on track.
All this luxury and performance will run you about $84,000.
Don't forget about the Tesla Model S P90D.
The Model S might not come in really bright colors or have crazy-sharp design lines, but none of that matters. With its zero to 60 miles per hour time of 2.8 seconds, the P90D trim level can pretty much beat any of the cars on this list in straight line speed.
That's what $109,000 (before government tax incentives) of Tesla will get you. Not bad, right?
The Dodge Charger Hellcat is the 707 horsepower American sedan of doom.
For about $66,000, the Charger Hellcat has the most power and the fastest zero to 60 miles per hour time of any of the performance sedans highlighted here, excluding the all-electric Tesla Model S P90D. But those crazy numbers don't exactly make it the best in show.
Sure, if you're looking for raw power the Hellcat might be for you.
If you wan't class, luxury, or refinement, probably not.
Its interior is decent, but it doesn't scream luxury.
The seats look more couch-like than anything.
The Audi RS7 is the angular sports sedan.
With a starting price that's almost $15,000 more than the $94,000 M5 and a zero to 60 miles per hour time that's slightly slower, you have to really be into the design of the RS7 to choose it over the M5.
But considering the RS7 looks brilliant, Audi probably doesn't have much to worry about.
It's also a better option for any sort of wintry road conditions, since the Audi comes with all-wheel drive.
It might not have the Hellcat's power, but the Chevy SS still has some bite.
It's not built with the near-perfect German precision that comes with the the BMW M3 or the M5, but this muscular-looking American sedan is great in its own right.
Starting at about $48,000, the SS comes with a 415 horsepower V8 motor and a sophisticated suspension setup similar to what's used on the Corvette Z06 and the new Camaro 1LE.
Like the M5 and M3, the SS is also available with a manual transmission option. Why get it with anything else?
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