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Motor Trend 2018 - Best Driver's Car Contender - F90 M5
This is just a teaser. We probably won't get the full shootout since MT effectively stepped away from YT content, but this is still pretty bad ass.
Enjoy! https://www.motortrend.com/news/bmw-...car-contender/ "This is a sedan worthy of every superlative. Objectively, it ricocheted around our figure-eight course quicker than any sedan we've tested. It stops shorter than any sedan we've tested. And its quarter-mile stats are the best of any combustion-powered sedan we've tested. Credit for these achievements is shared by its 600-hp engine and sophisticated AWD system. Two rear-drive BDC sedans lapped Laguna quicker—the lighter Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio on R-compound tires (by just 0.16 second) and the lighter and more powerful Caddy CTS-V (by 1.29 seconds). Neither is a pussycat like this M5. The M5 feels huge until you really start working it hard. "In spite of its prodigious size, this car is quite happy on the racetrack," Randy Pobst said. "I forgot it was all-wheel drive! That's a well-balanced modern all-wheel-drive system." Quipped Ed Loh: "It initially feels heavy, but then you look down and see speeds comparable to those in the mid-engine British and Italian ballerinas." Angus MacKenzie added that the M5 is "quiet and refined" and "feels less of a hooligan car than the AMG E 63 S. And more capable." And continuing the AMG comparison, Jethro Bovingdon found it "more introverted than an AMG but somehow more sinister and a whole lot cooler." The BMW was one of the few cars that seemed to display little or no bad chassis behavior over the alternately sharp hits and swoopy undulations of Route 198. It feels like a precision tool engineered for this sort of driving. After predicting bank-vault numbness, Jonny Lieberman uttered the rarest of passages: "I love being proved wrong." One piece of constructive criticism: pare back the adjustability. Drivers don't need the distraction of selecting between multiple operating modes on umpteen different systems. Pobst also noted that after about two laps, the brakes, tires, and even the engine started to get hot enough for performance to diminish a bit. Now you know why BMW built the harder-edged M5 Competition." Last edited by mirob; 09-19-2018 at 12:44 PM.. |
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I’ve watched all 12 videos. Jeff loved the M5 even though it’s in a group that it should not be in. (McLaren 720s, ZR1,Huracan, etc). The M5 did post a quicker time at Laguna Seca than the Audi TTRS and Porsche Cayman.
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"Two rear-drive BDC sedans lapped Laguna quicker—the lighter Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio on R-compound tires (by just 0.16 second) and the lighter and more powerful Caddy CTS-V (by 1.29 seconds)." |
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09-19-2018, 08:20 PM | #8 |
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I have a 350R that I daily with Sport cup 2's they are actually good in the wet .... . They are a DOT-r not a " race tire " on a lap like this they would be worth a couple of seconds that's it . They are are no where near as fast as Trofeo R's , or the new p zero corsa tires . No excuse losing to a mustang Gt period .
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09-19-2018, 08:31 PM | #9 |
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We must be talking about different tires. I've not owned but have seen this tire attempted to be driven "reasonably" fast in the wet......not good. Now I've driven pure slicks in the wet. Horrible. Driven Drag Radials..horrible... Anything can be.....but it's not close to a real tire designed for wet conditions with siping, tread depth, etc,etc, etc. Can't defy the laws of physics...
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09-19-2018, 09:05 PM | #11 |
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Keep in mind, all Cup2's are not created equal. The ZO7 Vette cup 2 tire is unique to the ZO7 spec...cold have less everything compared to your tire...your tire could be better in the wet if it has more siping and tread depth...don't take my word for it....go to the corvette forum and you'll find new cup 2's take offs posted from time to time....
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Put Cup 2’s on the M5 and it would be an interesting comparison. Major FAIL on the Jag for the monster wing and on the M5 for no active aero. Over $100,000 base price should have active aero on both cars. Jag is a looker without the WING.
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And as Onfire stated - in a straight line - there is no comparison. to almost anything out there. |
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And when did M turn in to 2000 AMG ??? Can't out handle a mustang but can beat it in a straight line is not something to be proud of for a 130k German car. |
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MT - World's Greatest Drag Race 8 is here: https://www.xbimmers.com/forums/show....php?t=1537523 |
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