M4 CS achieves a 12.01 @ 122.6mph 1/4 mile

[CanAutM3]

https://www.motormag.com.au/events/p...the-drag-strip

M4 CS did a 12.01 @ 197.25 (122.6mph) quarter mile during Australia's Motor Magazine Performance Car of the Year. Not too shabby

[Powerslide]

Wow - that's an impressive trap speed!!

[CanAutM3]

The M4 CS also had the 4th best lap time. Most impressive is the E63S, with it's 2nd best lap time on regular street tires . Cayman S is also impressive with the 3rd best lap time despite being significantly down on power.

Overall the M4 CS finished in 7th place out of 10 cars with the Civic Type-R taking the top honours.

[uniqueMR]

[Parabolica]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

The M4 CS also had the 4th best lap time. Most impressive is the E63S, with it's 2nd best lap time on regular street tires . Cayman S is also impressive with the 3rd best lap time despite being significantly down on power.

Overall the M4 CS finished in 7th place out of 10 cars with the Civic Type-R taking the top honours.

Q.V. two seconds off the pace with 500 hp. Not a good showing.

[Powerslide]

Originally Posted by Parabolica

Q.V. two seconds off the pace with 500 hp. Not a good showing.

Can't wait to see MCC3456's (or whatever the heck is name is) rebuttal to this (especially since "Germanic bias" is off the table)...

[OUGrad05]

Originally Posted by Parabolica

Q.V. two seconds off the pace with 500 hp. Not a good showing.

Alfa has been slower in every track test that I've seen. It gets rave reviews for road manners and driver engagement.

[4everkidd]

Originally Posted by OUGrad05

Alfa has been slower in every track test that I've seen. It gets rave reviews for road manners and driver engagement.

But its so soooo ugly

[OUGrad05]

Originally Posted by 4everkidd

But its so soooo ugly

I disagree, I think it's really good looking especially in person.

[hellokitty]

Time for a CS tune, CS edc and some 763m with sport cup 2s.

[Djvolume]

And I'm complaining...


This is not on my M4, but on my X5M

[SanchoDivine]

Originally Posted by Djvolume

And I'm complaining...


This is not on my M4, but on my X5M

Those SUVs are beastly. Almost makes me consider having one and I'm not a truck or suv guy

[OUGrad05]

Originally Posted by Djvolume

And I'm complaining...


This is not on my M4, but on my X5M

SHIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT son

[TanzaniteBlue]

"Launch control generates too much wheelspin"

Stopped reading there. In the 5 or 6 times I've used it there's been zero wheelspin. Get the rears north of 85-90 F and it hooks. Yet again a car mag launching on cold tires.

Originally Posted by OUGrad05

Alfa has been slower in every track test that I've seen. It gets rave reviews for road manners and driver engagement.

Funny because it's brake pedal has zero connection to the brakes itself, it's brake-by-wire.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by TanzaniteBlue

"Launch control generates too much wheelspin"

Stopped reading there. In the 5 or 6 times I've used it there's been zero wheelspin. Get the rears north of 85-90 F and it hooks. Yet again a car mag launching on cold tires.

Well you should have read on. They say that once they got the tires warmed up, it launched like a catapult. They even mention it as one the M4 CS strenth. How do you think they achieved the 122.6mph trap?

[Time Lord]

Originally Posted by 4everkidd

But its so soooo ugly

Exactly, the car is hideous. Why would you drive that thing.

[Djvolume]

Originally Posted by OUGrad05

SHIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT son

Originally Posted by SanchoDivine

Those SUVs are beastly. Almost makes me consider having one and I'm not a truck or suv guy

There you go

[Kimeran]

Originally Posted by TanzaniteBlue

"Launch control generates too much wheelspin"

Stopped reading there. In the 5 or 6 times I've used it there's been zero wheelspin. Get the rears north of 85-90 F and it hooks. Yet again a car mag launching on cold tires.



Funny because it's brake pedal has zero connection to the brakes itself, it's brake-by-wire.

I disagree a bit there.
I have used launch control on my 18 M3 ZCP on smooth roads, grippy roads, and sandy roads.
On every instance, you could hear something intervening in order to keep the car from breaking into crazy wheelspin.

I then took it to a drag strip (unprepped) and tried using the launch control with warm tyres.... The rpm just shot to red line in 1st, it changed to 2nd and went straight to the red line again, changed to 3rd and did the same, that's when I backed off to get it going straight again.
Tried a few times with the same outcome.

On the street it works perfectly for some reason.

[OUGrad05]

Originally Posted by Kimeran

I disagree a bit there.
I have used launch control on my 18 M3 ZCP on smooth roads, grippy roads, and sandy roads.
On every instance, you could hear something intervening in order to keep the car from breaking into crazy wheelspin.

I then took it to a drag strip (unprepped) and tried using the launch control with warm tyres.... The rpm just shot to red line in 1st, it changed to 2nd and went straight to the red line again, changed to 3rd and did the same, that's when I backed off to get it going straight again.
Tried a few times with the same outcome.

On the street it works perfectly for some reason.

Poor track surface it sounds like.

X3 M40i or X3M is pretty tempting in light of no high performance wagons from BMW

[Celestion]

Beyond the extra cargo space and AWD, I don’t get the appeal of the X series. I’m obviously weird though given how massively popular they are.

[f82fanatic]

Originally Posted by OUGrad05

I disagree, I think it's really good looking especially in person.

Noooooo. It's a matter of opinion, obviously. But I think it looks great on pictures, cheap on the road. I've seen a couple already and they just don't look the part.

[melvyn]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

https://www.motormag.com.au/events/p...the-drag-strip

M4 CS did a 12.01 @ 197.25 (122.6mph) quarter mile during Australia's Motor Magazine Performance Car of the Year. Not too shabby

Anyone know if the CS4 is running full titanium exhaust.