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11-21-2013, 03:48 PM | #1 |
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Interview w/ M chief engineer Biermann hints at M3/M4 0-60 in 4.3 seconds and 26 MPG
![]() Featured on BIMMERPOST.com The speed and fuel consumption numbers are metric based in the article and when they are converted to the English system they come out 26 MPG and a 0-60 time of 4.3 seconds. While the term (est) is thrown in next to them, the fact the numbers come from the head man means to me they are reasonably accurate. Pretty good performance. Particularly the MPG since that might erase the gas guzzler tax. BMW previously released the first official M3 M4 technical specs at: http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=892746, but this didn't include 0-60 or MPG figures. |
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11-21-2013, 04:00 PM | #2 |
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I would be very satisfied with those numbers!
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11-21-2013, 04:17 PM | #4 |
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Cruising on the hwy on the tall 7th gear below boost rpm with a 3 liter engine should save us from gas guzzler tax for sure. It should do + 30 mpg on cruise control at a steady 60 mph. Around town will be another story, that low end grunt some crave will likely produce low to mid teens for the TQ addicts.
I think it will be a lot faster than 4.3s to 60. Likely sub 4s in ideal conditions with launch control. Last edited by solstice; 11-21-2013 at 04:25 PM.. |
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I've got two 5.0 liters in my stable - one of them an M engine (ok it's 4.94 liters). It gets 23mpg, easily, cruising at 75-80mph.
I really, really think it's possible to have a highly efficient "efficient design", more aerodynamic, lighter weight 3.0 liter engine pulling mid 20s mpg regularly. If this thing is considered a gas guzzler, I'm gonna be ticked ![]() |
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if 26 MPG is city/highway combined, that is pretty good. If it is 26 MPG only, not as much. But it would still be better than 14 MPG city and 24 MPG highway that I get from my E46 M3.
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11-21-2013, 09:59 PM | #14 |
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I get about 20 mpg on the highway right now, so 26 mpg is right where I thought it would be (30% improvement).
However, 4.3 sec 0 - 60 does not sound impressive. Unless it was without a 1 foot rollout, which it very well could be since that is the "German way", I suppose. But if that included the rollout, it's not as good as the 3.9 second time to 60 that some magazines got for the E92 M3. Cheers.
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Here's one from Car and Driver: http://media.caranddriver.com/ez/ori...af8a28559a.pdf
Some other rag did the same 3.9 sec for a DCT M3 too. I just can't find it right now. Cheers.
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Why are you even arguing over 0-60 times? It's a completely inadequate measure of acceleration. It's too easily influenced by gearing, computerized launch, traction influences, and mechanical abuse.
quarter mile time or trap speed, 40-100, 30-70, 60-120....fine, I get it. But 0-60? C'mon. Means so little. |
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I don't think anyone is disputing that; his point seemed to be that the F8X M3/4 will definitely be sub-4 seconds from 0-60, given that reviewers have timed the E9X M3 at sub-4 seconds (although, as others have pointed out, this is the only review I've seen with a 3.9 second 0-60; most others being 4.1 seconds at best).
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