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Originally Posted by SROC5
They (BMW) should know very well, the competition for this car is well into the sub 4s already with sub 12 1/4 mile times, and to keep up they'll have to at least match that number + be more than average on the track.
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BMW will not advertise nor print in any of their manuals that the M3/M4 is a sub 4 seconds 0-60mph car. That's, in effect, what's included in Biermanns' "hint."
My takeaway from the Biermann interview is this: he knows that when BMW officially puts a 0 to 60 performance number out there what it means is, any customer can go into any dealership, pick out any M3/M4 on the lot, go to the local drag strip, get a firm grip on the wheel, step on the gas and achieve the advertised performance number. That's a pretty high bar and its, probably, got to happen better than 90% of the time it's tried. Anything less is going to affect reputation and sales.
The car has probably been tested many times and found to achieve a range of 0 to 60 results. My guess is, he went with the one that best fits the criteria above.