I heard from a friend of mine, that the Maserati Quattroporte was faster than the M5 round a track... I think it was EVO who was doing the test.
How can this be posisble?
Quattroporte BMW M5
HK 400 507
Torque 451 520
Weight 1860 1830
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I heard from a friend of mine, that the Maserati Quattroporte was faster than the M5 round a track... I think it was EVO who was doing the test.
How can this be posisble?
Quattroporte BMW M5
HK 400 507
Torque 451 520
Weight 1860 1830
Last edited by Klemmel; 11-28-2005 at 11:02 AM.
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I would think the M5 would be faster.
It's superior to the Maserati in all categories.
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except looks and standing.Originally Posted by pergarec
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and size...
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and speed.
The EVO figures for the lap on the West Circuit of the Bedford Autodrome:
M5: 1.29.95
QP: 1.28.35
Fastest lap: Caterham R500 Evo: 1.19.62
other interesting times:
F430: 1.24.20
Gallardo: 1.23.9
SL600: 1.29.95
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i think the most impressive time round the track was by a standard 1.6 focus which is only 31% off the time of the caterham.
a true achievement for the ford
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isn't the M5 more powerful and less heavy?
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true. but its all about getting power down and distributing it well enough to put in a quick time.isn't the M5 more powerful and less heavy?
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could be, but maybe the balance of the car is not so good?isn't the M5 more powerful and less heavy?
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And probably its brake isn't up to the task of getting rid of the speed?
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may be the M5 is an overhyped car???
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Or could it have something to do with the speed limiter in the M5?? I have no idea how cicuit looks like, but I guess that it cab reach over 250 on the long straight. But it has a speedlimiter...
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The course they use is the Bedford Autodrome you can find stuff on Google (that little search engine, kinda new)
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Funny man...
Well I guess the speedlimiter could well be a big hazard for the M5 on this track...
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EVO also gives the top speeds reached on the track. The BMW reached 108.2 mile, the QP only 103.5. First this is well within the 250 kph limiter, and second it shows that handling of the QP must be much better than the M5 in order to compensate for this lack of topspeed.
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