05-19-2014, 07:55 PM | #1 |
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How does a car that weighs 600 lbs more than the M5, with a smaller, less powerful engine than the M5 (4.0-liter, 521-hp, 502 lb-ft) get from 0 to 60, without launch control, in about the same time (3.9 sec) as the M5 competition package with launch control? |
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http://media.caranddriver.com/files/...-e63-amg-1.pdf According to the same magazine, the M5 is .2s quicker to 60mph....but compare the time it takes both cars to get to 130mph... Bentley 15.8s, M5 13.1s. The 2.7s is an eternity. To illustrate the difference, the F10 M5 is "only" 2.8s slower 0-130mph than a Ferrari Enzo. |
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On local roads with traffic lights it can be fun to stomp on the pedal to get to 60 MPH and then back off. That was more fun in my 550xi with the dinan software. The M5 is better off on the highways and twisty roads. The 550 was awful on twisty roads.
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It is asinine to expect 560+ hp at two wheels to be effective as 520 at 4. M5 has a traction issue off the line, nothing new here. Same reason an E63 can match a Viper and a ZR1 in the quarter mile despite being substantially heavier and down 50 hp. AWD is king from a dig.
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