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Originally Posted by Ohio Enthusiast
I always felt Audi did it best - S models for the mid-tier sporty models, and RS models for the top dog sporty models (Porsche might be even better with the Base, S, GTS, GT3/4 progression, but you probably need to be a Porschephile to follow along (and to figure out how the Turbo models branch out)). BMW and Mercedes painted themselves into a corner with only offering M and AMG for top dog, leaving nothing to market the mid-tier except a bigger number (328i->335i, C200->C350, etc.). BMW at least has an easy nomenclature to distinguish M-Performance to full M (with just the model number for full M (M340i vs M3)); Mercedes just use a smaller number, which doesn't work well cross models (A45 is a full AMG, but C43 is AMG-lite). With Audi's way they also did S-Line which is purely cosmetic on the bottom-tier cars, without diluting the RS brand.
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Audi was a good tier system until they watered down their RS brand
Porsche obviously does it best with the GT cars at the top and base, S, GTS tiers.