predictions for car mags 0-60 for 550i
12-16-2005, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by darkside' post='212083' date='Dec 16 2005, 12:06 PM
The e39M5 unlaiden is 4024, the 550 is 3814, the 545 is approx 3760.
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Originally Posted by abs' post='212226' date='Dec 16 2005, 04:30 PM
slighty of the topic what is the fasted recorded 0-62 n the 530d
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I took the weights of the e39 M5 and 550i from the BMW brochures. The 545 is from memory from the BMW brochure which I have upstairs.
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Originally Posted by darkside' post='212257' date='Dec 16 2005, 06:18 PM
I took the weights of the e39 M5 and 550i from the BMW brochures. The 545 is from memory from the BMW brochure which I have upstairs.
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As of yet I have only seen one car magazine with a 0-60 times listed for the 550i. It was CAR and they gave it 5.3 (I believe this was 0-62). BMW gives the manual and SMG a time of 5.4, and the steptronic 5.5. It seems to me these are a little conservative. If the e39 M5 does it in 4.8, then it would seem 5.0 or at the worst 5.1 would be appropriate for the 550. After all, the wt. to torque ratio is actually better in the 550 (10.6/1 vrs 10.9/1). And the wt to hp is only slightly worse ( 10.6/1 vrs 10.2/1). The 545 is 11.6/1. If the 0-60 is linear based on power to wt. ratio, and BMW's published times for the e39M5 is 4.8, then one would expect the 550i to be 5.0 and the 545 to be 5.46.
Coming from an e39 M3 with a published 0-60 time of 4.8, it would not surprise me if the 550i was in the 5.0 vicinity. It certainly feels that fast to me. I will be curious to see what the car magazines give as the 0-60 for this car.
Coming from an e39 M3 with a published 0-60 time of 4.8, it would not surprise me if the 550i was in the 5.0 vicinity. It certainly feels that fast to me. I will be curious to see what the car magazines give as the 0-60 for this car.
[/quote]I found a German mag. that gives 5.5 for 0 to 62 for a Steptronic 550i. When I do a straight-line extrapolation, which should yield a slightly slow 0 to 60 time, I get (60 / 62.14) X 5.5 = 5.31--which is only about .2 secs. faster that BMW's claim. But, who knows how the mag's results will compare to the US mag results? Regardless, its results would imply about 5.2 for the manual/SMG, and, about 5.3 for the Steptronic.
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Originally Posted by abs' post='212226' date='Dec 16 2005, 04:30 PM
slighty of the topic what is the fasted recorded 0-62 n the 530d
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