sportauto supertest of BMW M6
sportauto finally tested the M6 (BTW: the next issue of sportauto will cover the F430):
Tested car was equipped with Pirelli Corsa (i.e. sport tires) which are not available as an option to customers. The car still had the speed limit of 259kph installed (The question is why? If they even mounted tires which cannot be ordered as OEM equipment...)
Hockenheim (with Corsa tires): 1:14,4
Hockenheim (with regular tires): 1:15,9
NBR (with Corsa tires, regular time not available): 8:09
0-200 kph: 12.8 secs (seems they selected the tested car properly...)
sportauto claims that the M6 with regular tires but without the 259kph-limit would probably do around 8:09 on the NBR as well. I personally doubt that: I am sure BMW tested the configuration made available to sportauto in advance. The delimited car was probably not substantially quicker than the limited version. That could be the reason why they sent in the car with the limiter and hoped that there might be speculation about how much faster the car could be without the limiter...
Tested car was equipped with Pirelli Corsa (i.e. sport tires) which are not available as an option to customers. The car still had the speed limit of 259kph installed (The question is why? If they even mounted tires which cannot be ordered as OEM equipment...)
Hockenheim (with Corsa tires): 1:14,4
Hockenheim (with regular tires): 1:15,9
NBR (with Corsa tires, regular time not available): 8:09
0-200 kph: 12.8 secs (seems they selected the tested car properly...)
sportauto claims that the M6 with regular tires but without the 259kph-limit would probably do around 8:09 on the NBR as well. I personally doubt that: I am sure BMW tested the configuration made available to sportauto in advance. The delimited car was probably not substantially quicker than the limited version. That could be the reason why they sent in the car with the limiter and hoped that there might be speculation about how much faster the car could be without the limiter...
