...I love my old E39M5...
...just for you, rr4, link with educational reading...
M5 vs 997s
Better compare new M5 with 997s, but NOT 997turbo...do not forget power-to-weight ratio and also balance on speed (autobahn, for example A3 near Frankfurt, speed, NOT US hwy or EVEN US DE's speed...
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New 997turbo will be JUST FINE with it's hp against opponents...
Lets all not forget where we are comming from with hwy SPEED LIMITS in our countries. In such context US requires 0-60mi/h HIGH HP/TORQUE car on an AT THE MOST 65mi/h speed limited streets to FEEL RELAXED and comfortable against "street competition". That is NOT exactly the case with no speed limited autobahn, where one requires "MORE hp AT HIGHER speeds" and high TOP speed car characteristics...
Also, PORSCHES in the US are used for about 30% of their abilities, these cars, expecially turbos are made for autobahn USE and autobahn LEFT LANE defense.
In the US and the REST OF THE NON-AUTOBAHN WORLD these cars in a majority of cases are UNDERUTILIZED and "babied", and in my personal opinion, you do not need Carrera for US hwys, it's a WASTE of a CAR
...but still very desirable "weekend-noncommute" TOY. I still prefer EVERYDAY-driven performance car...
...going back to M5...
Do you, rr4, REALLY think new M5 IS A 500 hp car?...
In reality, if one is familiar with it's engine design (P400, P500 engine driving modes...
, one will understand, that new M5 in REALITY is a P400=400hp car MOST OF A TIME, but NOT true on demand at any given second 500hp car. It's a FAKE 500hp car in consideration to the REAL 490hp of a new 997turbo...
In reality new M5 not that much more quick, than old E39M5...