Re: Autobild: M5 test
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Gabriel343 said:
0-200km/h for M5 13.5 sec (e55 stand no chance to 200km/h, 13.5 sec is freaking fast).
I am very positive that the tested car is not representative of the product actually sold to customers. We know this from the first tests of AMG models: initial test results were never confirmed in later tests.
BMW officially claims 14.4 secs for 0-200. Why should they understate the actual performance by one second? Also in other tests in the German press the 0-200 time was close to 15 secs.
I really do not like car companies trying to fool potential customers
which make them less sporty. Of the two the turbo is the better solution in sportcars, thats why you don't see many supercharged sportcars (Only makers like Ford, Jaguar, Mercedes use supercharging for example, though the later finnally dropped supercharging in favour of turbocharging) but many turbocharged (Porsche, Lotus, Noble, Mitsu, Subaru, tunners, etc), though given the same power output, atmospheric is generally better still, atmospheric engines reach higher engine speeds and are more responsive with a more linear and instant power delivery. The problem is that its much harder to achieve the same power output from an atmospheric so sometimes the power advantage of the turbo outweights the atmospheric. (Enzo, Pagani, CGT, McLaren F1, etc are atmospheric but need huge engines and costly materials)
The 997 Carrera S for example is pretty "steady": 16.1,16.5,16.6.
, you're very knowledgable regarding techincal matters and always so helpful 
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