Sometimes, statistics themselves are bollocks, this is one of those times.

Power to weight is great and all, but past 100mph, you are looking at power to Cd.

And if you think there is going to be any noticeable difference between an E39 M5 and an E90 M3 on the public motorway/dual carridgeway you are very much mistaken.

I drive round in the S, my mate in his B18C-R'ed EK4. I have >50bhp more than he does and all the way upto 120 leptons, there is NOTHING in it. His car is limited to 120 ATM.

Although if you do want speed records, i'm sure nothing is quite as fast as the Cayenne at depreciating

 

No idea what the relevance of your post is?

No-one has commented on speeds past 100.

The public road argument has been and gone.

 

Tow car anyone: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/958893.htm

 

I've had three drives (an hour or so each time - twice coupe, once saloon). It's a fine car. If you prefer/need four seats. Which I don't. It's no sportscar. But it is a very fine sports coupe/saloon. Engine is a gem. For me, it's still a bit of an exec coupe - albeit one with a fab engine - and that's not my thing. I consider that engine so good that I nearly bought one late Nov last year more or less JUST for the engine. The car has taken a real beating residuals-wise and is fairly brutal economy-wise if you cane it. Which you will! The car is solidly and well-made and feels very planted to the road. I didn't notice an issue with the brakes but then again I never really stratched them. I've heard of one or two sxpensive tinkly noises turning up in engines but if under warranty WGAF anyway. A decent looking car too.

Anyway, no point me rambling on - go and have a damned good thrash of one yourself soon and let us know what you make of it!

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What a lovely bore/stroke ratio!

Might consider one when the Lude expires; bit of a bulky old barge and no 4WS, so I won't be capable of parking the damn thing...

 

Moggy, be specific, i'm interested not being argumentative. which bits of the stats i found are BS?

i think most petrolheads know the E39 M5's rep and love the car for that

 

I'd already said which ones are BS

The M5 is 400bhp.

The weight is 1795kg with a full tank of fuel and a driver.

Therefore the power to weight is somewhere between 222-235bhp/tonne, depending on how you are comparing cars.

0-62 is 5.3s
0-75 is 7.2s
Standing start kilometre is 24.1s

All the above are taken straight from the owners manual.

0-100 is around 11s, depending upon which test run you read-(you can do a reasonableness test on this figure using the 0-62 & 0-75 stats above and assuming linear accelaration up to 100). Possibly you posted 14.1 by mistake? Seriously, I could do that without the use of my legs.

 

no, it's honestly sourced from the sites i mentioned. which may be wrong for all i know
the stuff i do know first hand has always been correct though

they quote 4.9 and 10.79 for the 60 and 100 sprints


EDIT

i've just noticed a typo .. i wrote 14.1 but it was actually 13.1

is that nearer the mark?

 

you great puddin!

Yes, 13.1 for 1/4 sounds reasonable.