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Originally Posted by bruce.augenstein@comcast.
Agree - but a couple of minor points:
First, if you have knowledge that the new M is going to be underrated at 425-430 HP, so be it, but if not, these two cars are likely to be closer together than half past six, power-to-weight wise. My reasoning is that there is no weigh (  ) the new car will come in at around 3300 pounds, as per marketing hype, although I'd love to be wrong. More like 3400 and some change, at a guess, which is still a victory of course. |
Howdy!
Do you really think there is any chance the car will not be under-rated?
The best stat we have is that the new car will in an apples to apples fashion be 80 kg lighter than the existing car, in other words E92 M3 ~3700 even, F82 M4 ~3530 lb (with driver, fluids, etc.)
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Originally Posted by bruce.augenstein@comcast.
That particular item means that the Lexus will likely lose a drag race, since its average power to weight over a run will be down compared to the bimmer's.
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Yes, very likely given best estimates of the M4 power and IS-F weight.