BMW M5 - Difference between P400 and P500

[Erik]

---------------------------P400--------------P500------------------
0-100 km/h ----------- 5.4 sec ---------- 4.7 sec----------------
0-200 km/h------------18.0 sec --------- 14.4 sec---------------
0-400 m-------------- 13.2 sec --------- 12.4 sec---------------

Source: Autocar (Peter Robinsons article).


The difference should be noticeable to the driver :MTM:

[7:53 RS6]

Originally posted by Erik
---------------------------P400--------------P500------------------
0-100 km/h ----------- 5.4 sec ---------- 4.7 sec----------------
0-200 km/h------------18.0 sec --------- 14.4 sec---------------
0-400 m-------------- 13.2 sec --------- 12.4 sec---------------

Source: Autocar (Peter Robinsons article).


The difference should be noticeable to the driver :MTM:

The new M5 E60 have a button so you can change from 400 to 500hp when pressing. Is this the differens on or off on the button?

Or is it comperd new E60 aginst previus M5?

[Erik]

This is the "button effect" on the new M5 E60.

[RS4Ever]

is that for the button labeled "launch control" ?

[A418TQTip]

Originally posted by RS4Ever
is that for the button labeled "launch control" ?

Not, that's the POWER button... I don't remember seeing a launch control button in pics... :vhmmm:

[A418TQTip]

Originally posted by Erik
---------------------------P400--------------P500------------------
0-100 km/h ----------- 5.4 sec ---------- 4.7 sec----------------
0-200 km/h------------18.0 sec --------- 14.4 sec---------------
0-400 m-------------- 13.2 sec --------- 12.4 sec---------------

Source: Autocar (Peter Robinsons article).


The difference should be noticeable to the driver :MTM:

Looks like BMW was indeed playing games with the numbers... 0-200 in 14.4 instead of 15... :MTM:

[RS4Ever]

Originally posted by A418TQTip
Not, that's the POWER button... I don't remember seeing a launch control button in pics... :vhmmm:


sorry.. my mistake...thanks for that clarification.. for some reason i thought there was a button as in the stradale...however it is still a mode that needs to be activated.....

"And so is, of course, the SMG's launch mode. For those occasions when you just have to blow off that Camaro from a stoplight, the launch mode automatically sets the M5 for optimum drag-stripping. Similar to the system used in BMW's F1 racers, you first have to disable BMW's DSC (dynamic stability control) and select the sportiest of its manual-shifting modes. Then you hold the gearshift lever forward and mat the gas pedal. The car remains stationary with the engine revving at around 4,000 rpm until you release the gear lever. Then all hell breaks loose as 384 pound-feet of torque and 507 hp are transferred to the tarmac by the SMG's computer-controlled manual clutch. It makes for rapid getaways. "

(http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/roadtests/firstdrive/103035/article.html?tid=edmunds.h..wkedmunds.firstdrive.2 .*)

[Nordschleife]

I doubt the US market will get Launch Control

R+C

[Erik]

Hehe, I remember all the talk about the M3 "Easter Egg." (= Launch control.)

Btw, I hear the new M5 is delayed a longi-long time due to problems with the transmission.

Friend have got their delivery dates postponed 2-3 times, and now it's indefinete.