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Originally Posted by onefastdoc
Nice review but it's hard to believe the M3 out accelerated a 997 Turbo in 3rd gear on the track. That is unless the 997 Turbo was in the wrong gear, not trying that hard, had a timid novice driver, or the M3 is underrated and actually has closer to 480-500hp. That said, it still sounds like a great car, and a great improvement over the E90 M3 I used to have.
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Using some magazine racing I think the f82 M3 with a DCT compares very favorably in acceleration to a 997 turbo manua,l if you go by car and driver's test numbers. Especially the street start times and trap speeds.
http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1003386
http://media.caranddriver.com/files/...-911-turbo.pdf