Autozeitung comparison : S5 vs. 335i

[Leadfoot]

E46 M3 is faster than the 335. Sport Auto got it to 200 in 16.8.

Yeah, but that was one of those magical fairy dust covered M3 which could clearly fly.

Not one other UK magazine ever came close to matching this time, in fact the best I have every read for an E46 M3 to 160km/h is 12s dead.

[3x5PSI]

Are you saying SPort Auto is rigged? C'mon give it a break man. Car & driver got 13.1 1/4 mile, Sport Auto got 13.0 for that test where it ran to 200 in 16.8.

[Leadfoot]

Are you saying SPort Auto is rigged? C'mon give it a break man. Car & driver got 13.1 1/4 mile, Sport Auto got 13.0 for that test where it ran to 200 in 16.8.

For starters, Car and Driver conduct their tests on a dragstrip, not a normal surface and both times are near enough identical to that of the S5.

So now you are saying the M3 could pull a whole 1.5s on the S5 in the extra 25mph it takes to get to 200km/h, who now needs to give it a break and I reckon stay off the sauce.

By the way Autocar got their M3 to achieve the 1/4 mile in 13.3s but it still only achieve the 100mph in 12s and didn't post a 125mph (200km/h) anywhere near 16.8s. So am I saying it's rigged, hey if the shoe fits.

[3x5PSI]

So now you are saying the M3 could pull a whole 1.5s on the S5 in the extra 25mph it takes to get to 200km/h,

No I am not saying that. You are obviously a magazine racer. You can't work out how much car A will pull on Car B based on some tests done in different places with different timing equipment. But an M3 will pull an S5 at those speeds, I can't say if it will be 1.5 secs or what.

And it's a pretty bold statement to say SPort Auto are rigging tests for M3's & M3's only, & only once. I wonder what they would have to gain by doing that. I think they been in business long enough to know better.

[Leadfoot]

No I am not saying that. You are obviously a magazine racer. You can't work out how much car A will pull on Car B based on some tests done in different places with different timing equipment. But an M3 will pull an S5 at those speeds, I can't say if it will be 1.5 secs or what.

And it's a pretty bold statement to say SPort Auto are rigging tests for M3's & M3's only, & only once. I wonder what they would have to gain by doing that. I think they been in business long enough to know better.

Sorry, did I miss something, you are stating times from Sport Auto and I am the one who is the magazine racer.

Man you don't know a single thing about me and I reckon I have a lot more respect on this site than you do.

[3x5PSI]

Yeah, but that was one of those magical fairy dust covered M3 which could clearly fly.

Not one other UK magazine ever came close to matching this time, in fact the best I have every read for an E46 M3 to 160km/h is 12s dead.

Ok so you a bright guy. LEt's use common logic. You say this test is rigged:

http://www.einszweidrei.de/bmw/m32003-2.htm

Test in ams 1/2003Gewicht 1570 kg0 - 80 km/h 3,5 s0 - 100 km/h 4,8 s0 - 120 km/h 6,5 s0 - 140 km/h 8,5 s0 - 160 km/h 10,9 s0 - 180 km/h 13,7 s0 - 200 km/h 16,8 s


And yet on another continent a totally different US spec M3 ran 0-100mph in 11.2:

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...-m3-page4.html

Bear in mind the US spec M3 has slightly less power.