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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='840555' date='Apr 8 2009, 05:37 PM
We will see that won't we?!
BTW where have you been ?
BTW where have you been ?
around... driving my new bimmer will be posting pics eventually...
going to romania to transfagarasan highway in may to see what its all about!
got idea of other routes as well?
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Lookie here people: Already the X6 M is very likely to beat the Turbo S.
With a lower weight 2305 kgs (compared to Porsche 2355kgs) the bimmer hits 100km/h in 4.7 seconds (compared to 4.8 seconds) and is able to hit 200km/h in 16.9 seconds compared to (as per fastest laps.com) 17.2 seconds.
Still wanna bet on the Porsche ?
Souveran? Not anymore it seems....
With a lower weight 2305 kgs (compared to Porsche 2355kgs) the bimmer hits 100km/h in 4.7 seconds (compared to 4.8 seconds) and is able to hit 200km/h in 16.9 seconds compared to (as per fastest laps.com) 17.2 seconds.
Still wanna bet on the Porsche ?
Souveran? Not anymore it seems....
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Originally Posted by 700700' post='841647' date='Apr 9 2009, 03:53 PM
around... driving my new bimmer will be posting pics eventually...
going to romania to transfagarasan highway in may to see what its all about!
got idea of other routes as well?
going to romania to transfagarasan highway in may to see what its all about!
got idea of other routes as well?
Shamefully i don't know my country that well !
PS: I wouldn't call transfagarasan a "highway" cuz it's not! From what i've heard it's a great place to drive with lots of bends, ups and downs. Lots of bikers go there too. Never been there though...still waiting to get a proper car to toss around.
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hey mate... Look at an issue of AUTO BILD SPORTCARS from march 2009... THEN turn to page 41
to see the numbers for the TURBO S and ML63
Porsche
0-100
4.5s
0-160
10.2s
0-200
16.4s
Mercedes ML
0-100
5.4s
0-160
12.0s
0-200
18.8s
to see the numbers for the TURBO S and ML63
Porsche
0-100
4.5s
0-160
10.2s
0-200
16.4s
Mercedes ML
0-100
5.4s
0-160
12.0s
0-200
18.8s
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='844884' date='Apr 12 2009, 11:09 AM
Lookie here people: Already the X6 M is very likely to beat the Turbo S.
With a lower weight 2305 kgs (compared to Porsche 2355kgs) the bimmer hits 100km/h in 4.7 seconds (compared to 4.8 seconds) and is able to hit 200km/h in 16.9 seconds compared to (as per fastest laps.com) 17.2 seconds.
Still wanna bet on the Porsche ?
Souveran? Not anymore it seems....
With a lower weight 2305 kgs (compared to Porsche 2355kgs) the bimmer hits 100km/h in 4.7 seconds (compared to 4.8 seconds) and is able to hit 200km/h in 16.9 seconds compared to (as per fastest laps.com) 17.2 seconds.
Still wanna bet on the Porsche ?
Souveran? Not anymore it seems....
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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='839004' date='Apr 7 2009, 10:24 AM
All I know is that with an ECU remap on this engine, you are looking at 650HP and 600+ TQ. That is going to be INSANE!
My car is so slow now.
My car is so slow now.
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Yes. Believe me, no one understates their official performance figures like Porsche. Porsches virtually always test lower than the official times by a massive margin (in fact Porsche reportedly records its official times with a passenger and luggage in the car.)
Thing is the X6 M has all the ingredients to beat the Porsche, at least at higher speeds. It has a higher reving engine, it has the same hp if not a tiny more, it weighs 50 kilos less but it has less torque. Torque at higher speeds counts for almost nothing. I know! So given those facts... i let my logic do the rest. But time will tell if the X6 M is faster or not that the Turbo S.
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