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Hmmm... "To put it crudely, the SMG is a bit of a thumper, and unless you make subtle throttle adjustments to help it on its way (which largely defeats the object of "automatic" shifts) you feel and hear every gear change, up or down, in a way that you'd probably be ashamed of if you were doing it yourself. And with this much power and seven gears it is a real issue. Which is clearly one reason for the next complication?six levels of shift-speed in manual touch-shift mode, and five in full automatic mode. And that's probably nine too many, rather than two that work smoothly. ..."

You've got to wonder if this is a car guy. I kind of like the term "thumper"

The article also says 0-60 is @ 4.7sec. Isn't that wrong?

I talked to the local dealer and they say there will be "a significant premium"added to the MSRP on their allotment of M5's. :'( <sigh>

 

i've read it yesterday. thanks though .

 

1) If you can't shift properly you won't get the lower time.

2) probably $10-$15k. Same as the 645i.