WURST AMONG EQUALS
WHEN A SPEED sign at the Lang Lang proving ground bumps the limit up to 120km/h, a thought pops into my mind. What happens to a wallaby when you hit one at highway speeds?
This place is full of them. Kilometres of security fencing that cage in hectares of undisturbed bushland have fostered a wildlife sanctuary for the wallabies. Now, mobs of them lurk by the roadside, threatening to jump out at the slightest spook. I proceed carefully.
Given the history of this place, I also wonder what the wallabies think of our BMW 530i and Mercedes-Benz E300. Our duo’s understated class might look out of place among the rugged and overgrown fields of Lang Lang – but their size and layout would be familiar.
The irony of being here to test large rear-drive four-door sedans that are bitter rivals, only from another country, is not lost on me. But if there was any place to assess which of these two is better, it would be in the wheel tracks of the greats we once produced.
Holden spent decades crafting the Commodore here. Of course, the keys to these grounds now belong to Vinfast, who rented us the facility for an unrelated test. I’ve just brought these two
