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Naughty: 2012 Chevrolet Camaro
Nice: 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG
Although it may have four doors, the 518-horsepower CLS63 AMG has a steering wheel with the grip and style of a supercar’s. Unlike the Camaro muscle car that shares its steering wheel with a $14,000 Chevrolet Sonic, the CLS63 uses an Alcantara-highlighted, flat-bottom wheel with genuine aluminum paddle shifters that are similar to the ones in Mercedes’ $190,000 SLS AMG coupe. They didn’t even use the perfectly acceptable wheel found in the $71,300 CLS550. Adding this touch appropriately matches the CLS63’s brute performance and personality.
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