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Originally Posted by Humdizzle
i agree it kind of feels like a cop out. "well our RCF can't compete with the M cars, so lets make it a 4 door and have it compete with the m-sport lineup"
The stock M340i is quite a bit faster than the RCF straight line, a bit faster on track too. Add in a tune (which you can't really do on an NA lexus) and the gap grows alot more in favor of the BMW.
so it come back around to the question: is the V8 sound, throttle response, and 'feel' of the car enough to make up for the performance deficit?
personally i hope it is. but they have their work cutout for them. if they can make the car feel like an E39 M5 in terms of the feel they might have a hit.
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The e39 m5 is an interesting comparison because for being 23ish years newer and +75hp, the IS500 doesn't seem particularly better (faster) on paper than the e39 M5.