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Originally Posted by ss134
Understand what you're saying but maybe I'm missing something. If the M5 gets to 200 km around 1.5 faster than the M3/4 ( which is huge) then it surely must be quicker to 1km where the terminal speed is around 240+ Kph.
As for the in gear acceleration- the only reason I can think of for this is that the M3 has a higher torque/weight ratio than the M5 which I believe it does.
Regardless it looks like the new cars will be noticeably faster than the E9x and possibly in E60 M5 straight line speed league?!
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One is BMW advertised number other is real world test data by independent magazine; maybe (and in my opinion, very probably) M3/M4 will be slightly quicker than what BMW says to 200 km/h in tests.
In gear acceleration performance can and in some cases/gears should be better than F10 M5 because of the significantly lower weight of the M3/M4. I think all numbers make good sense.
The stock M3/M4 performance level is in line with a FBO tuned 1M, which has similar engine fundamentals with less power in stock form but almost identical weight. This last detail is amazing; such a bigger car with same weight! The only thing I wished for the 1M was it should be around 100 kg. lighter. Apparently that might be achieved with the next M2.
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