Didn't you guys read the other article in Autocar about their portable Nitrous Injection kit?

The two cars would be equally matched in a parking lot race, maybe for the first two meters.

Once the road opens up and the BMW starts banging against its speed limiter, where do you think the Ferrari will be?? To say nothing of the M's tire and brake killing weight that when pushed hard in the mountains
wil produce rubber and clutch smells that only your parts salesman will love.

BMW has a terrific M5 formula: Simple minded and easily
impressed journalists appealing to a Bimmer crowd that
easily forgets basic things like: balance,aerodynamics, chassis development,brakes, weight and the fact that no matter how you tart up a 5 series, its still basically a
5 series with a high center of gravity, two tons of weight
and a electrical system that is a nightmare.

Hidden under beautiful paint work, glossy brochures and not too bright journalists, German car companies and their cult of arrogant "experts" are really cranking out some big dollar rubbishmobiles these days.