thanks all for your responses. As much as I'd love an F6 I'm limited to one of the three. As for the "cost is of no concern" I'm lucky enough to work for a company who are willing to offer one of these cars as my own daily driver (which unfortunately means no modifying allowed). On the positive note though, it also means no fuel costs. As a daily driver I'll be covering around 110km per day for work alone so comfort & 'power' (not paying for petrol ) are necessity. People have told me to go the Turbo in the manual, others have told me to get it in the auto as it's got more response (especially the 6sp). Then I have the other group who say go the eight as it's more enjoyable to drive (fortunately no-one has told me to go the eight in a AUTO). I don't know what to choose........ please help!!!!!!