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Originally Posted by MystroX5
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Originally Posted by Paladin1
And (discounting any other quirks) BMW is notorious for underpromising and overdelivering on speed from a standing start.
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^^^Yup.... BMW is so conservative with their HP and performance specs that they are practically sandbagging to lure the competition into a smack down. This also separates the automotive press into who just compares vehicles by the spec sheet and who actually tests them.
Look at what the real world performance reports are with MB and Audi. 
For example the Cayenne with optional Sports Chrono package is getting a real world 5.1 second 0-60mph by MT. What does the X5 40i with it's base V6T engine get 0-60mph????? 
The Cayenne Turbo real world performance comes in exactly the same as the X5 M50i real world performance by the automotive press that actually tested them. 3.8 seconds 0-60mph.
This begs the question of what the X5M will do with the inevitable comparison between the Cayenne Turbo and X5M??
BMW is always bringing a bigger gun to each gun fight in each comparison. |
I've noticed this too with both BMW and Mercedes. Tuners will do a baseline and power is always more than advertised.
There's been a few too where Mercedes comes out with their model first, and BMW with their competitor to it after, and even though the advertised power is the same or very similar, the BMW is always faster, lol.