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      11-24-2013, 10:48 PM   #72
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Originally Posted by CanAutM3 View Post
Agreed. This is in line with what I would have predicted.

I expected 4.1-4.2 0-60mph from the advertised 4.4 0-100km/h. Not 4.3 as the OP posted. This is why I asked what formula he used.
It was a good question.

But an easy/reliable 4.1-4.2 seconds or a best?

IIRC BMW speced the E92 M-DCT at 4.7 s to 100 km/h. In reality it's best time was 3.9 s to 60 mph (thus about 4.1 to 100 km/h). With that simple math transferred to the new model we would predict a best 0-100 km/h of 3.5 s (4.1 - (4.7 - 4.1)). That could be as low as 3.3 s to 60. Now before anyone get's too excited, not that is clearly not the best way to predict this! This really crude extrapolation is probably not very accurate at all and almost for sure under predicts the time. I've predicted (through simulation) a 3.4 - 3.8 s for its 0-60 mph run (here). Either way it's darn clear it will be a sub 4.0 s car to 60 mph (some still actually don't believe this...)
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