Article: Autobild compares lap times of recent M cars - X5M and X6M outlap the E60 M5

[DavidV]

check out 2:40 on this video from SPA

Wow man, your car has tons of grip and go. Were you on slicks?
And easy under 3 minutes, really impressive for Spa.

[M3GTtt]

Wow man, your car has tons of grip and go. Were you on slicks?
And easy under 3 minutes, really impressive for Spa.

Yes Semislicks, Michelin Pilot Sport 235/40-18 front and 265/35-18 rear. The car was not really performing its best this day, had some boost leak problems so I could only do 12psi, and I was running a suuuuuper high diffrential, or a S2.65 from a 325tds, hence the grip but also not as fast as it could be. 2.65 makes it possible to reach 200km/h in 3rd gear on the semislicks, and 280km/h in 4th. You can see that I dont need to change gears that much.

[Sticky]

The nr 1 cause for the 1M wanting to oversteer is the amount of torque delivered by the N54 at lower rpm.
With a M3 you really have to rev the engine to get to the higher powerband. The N54 does not need high rpm to get much torque.
Again, Joseph, maybe you should first try to drive a 1M before shooting down this car for what it says om paper.
And the 1M still only has 265 size rubber on the rear wheels as standard tire size versus the 285 (? not sure) of a standard M3.
That would break it out a little more easy with the same carweight.

I'm not shooting the car down. I'm criticizing its makeup and it being classified as an M car.

[Sticky]

Yes, Bmw made the M3 better (for tracking) with the GTS, but the fact that it can't even beat its predecessor, the CSL, shows there's something wrong. It's just too damn heavy. Strip out a CSL the same way and you're looking at what, maybe 1200kg? That would drive circles around all E9x M3s...

Uh, it did beat its predecessor around the ring.