An Auto Bild road test is easily the most detailed and scientific way of evaluating cars. The procedures involved have been honed over years to testing. Just to give an idea, Auto Bild tests over 600 cars every year, and that's in Germany alone.

We at Auto Bild also know that even though we spend numerous man hours testing and measuring cars, a general reader is only interested in knowing the final outcome and in the simplest way possible. A reason, our road tests are also short, precise and educative.

However, for those who'd like to understand the intricacies of our testing and the car better here's a crash course on how to read our specification and scoring sheets.