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Originally Posted by Boss330
Car & Driver has a significantly quicker 0-150MPH E46 M3 time posted here:
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...take-road-test
With the "auto" option the 0-150MPH is done in 27,8s, just 3,2 seconds slower than the E9x M3...
One more data sheet for the E46 M3 from C&D:
http://media.caranddriver.com/files/2001-bmw-m3.pdf
Compare the 0-100MPH time with the E9x (also from C&D) here:
http://media.caranddriver.com/files/...tory-final.pdf
E46 M3: 0-100MPH 11,2 sec, 1/4-mile: 13,1 sec
E9x M3: 0-100MPH 10,4 sec, 1/4-mile: 12,9 sec
And in this data sheet from C&D the E9x M3 has a 0-150MPH time of 26,1 seconds.... A mere 1,7 seconds quicker than the E46 M3...
http://media.caranddriver.com/files/...final-test.pdf
So it seems your article compares C&D's best E90 time with their worst E46 time...
In reality there is (according to C&D test data):
Only 0,2 sec in the 1/4-mile
Only 0,8 sec in the 0-100MPH time
Only 1,7s to 3,2s gap in the 0-150MPH time |
Be serious Boss. I loved my E46 and really enjoyed it in the 7 years of ownership, but my E92 does not even compare in terms of acceleration. It is also obvious on the race track, E46s just cannot keep up on the straights
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Not really fare comparing bad E9X times against the best of E46s...
For instance in R&T the best E46 0-60mph and 0-100mph are 4.6 and 11.6 while for a 6MT E92, they are 4.1 and 9.4. There is a lot of variability in magazine testing...