The new M5 has become the fastest sedan around the Nurburgring
12-16-2011 | 04:02 PM
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Not sure if you guys have read about it but just wanted to share it:
"Just a few days after the BMW?s official launch, TeamSpeed reported that the 2012 BMW M5 has just become the fastest sedan around the Nurburgring race track with an impressive time of 7:55. With this new time, the M5 will be placed above models like the Porsche Panamera Turbo (7:56) and the Cadillac CTS-V (7:59). This new lap time also matches the ?Ring time of the Ferrari F430.
The record lap was completed by a BMW driver, but don?t put it in the record books just yet. This is actually an unofficial time, surely to be followed by the real thing shortly."
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/bmw/201...-ar100010.html
"Just a few days after the BMW?s official launch, TeamSpeed reported that the 2012 BMW M5 has just become the fastest sedan around the Nurburgring race track with an impressive time of 7:55. With this new time, the M5 will be placed above models like the Porsche Panamera Turbo (7:56) and the Cadillac CTS-V (7:59). This new lap time also matches the ?Ring time of the Ferrari F430.
The record lap was completed by a BMW driver, but don?t put it in the record books just yet. This is actually an unofficial time, surely to be followed by the real thing shortly."
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/bmw/201...-ar100010.html
12-16-2011 | 05:29 PM
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It's a great time, but it's still an unverified internet rumor. That said, it's probably accurate. Looking forward to the new M5, it's going to be something special. The Panamera Turbo S though is sure to knock more than a second off the time set by the Panamera Turbo so it's going to be interesting to see how things pan out. Great time to be in the market for an uber sedan!
12-18-2011 | 04:23 AM
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They'd better hurry and get an official time, because the Panny Turbo S is going to post a quicker time. For sure it's more than 1 sec quicker than the standard turbo. You'd need to get something for that extra $40K.
12-18-2011 | 10:11 AM
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12-18-2011 | 11:57 PM
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Maybe the new F06 6-series Gran Coupe does it with the styling, but the speed?
http://www.bmwforum....php?f=29&t=2496
http://www.bmwforum....php?f=29&t=2496
03-07-2012 | 01:16 AM
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03-07-2012 | 05:06 AM
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If you took it directly, yes. But you failed to understand what I meant. I wanted to say that the Panamera Turbo S is much faster than the M5. It's like night and day in favour of Porsche. That was my point.