Just got my recent motortrend issue and they have the quarter mile for the new m5 at high 12s around 113 mph. Can someone explain the ?"race"? that showed a stock 996TT getting spanked at the M5Boards a while back. Sorry if this is a repost.

 

The SMG launch is restricted to a low RPM, so the M5 won't produce 1/4 mile E/T's like a different car would. This will also negatively affect it's trap speed.

From a roll is where the M5 shines. Not from a stop.

 

but that video showed the m5 walking the TT from a roll and then from a dig. I am not magazine racing, but i drove the m5 this past weekend and wasnt convinced?

 

I've post some videos with stock TT vs M5 couple months ago. With the fastest setting (P500 sport, S6) on the M5, it can slowly walk away from a stock TT over 200km/h. The V10 go storng all the way to hight end but our TT start to drop a bit. I will say they were really close in rolling.

 

just remember the turbo came out 5 years ago.

 

I agree, although Im a big fan of all the M cars the new M5 did not seem to feel as strong as a stock 996TT. Personally I think It looks better then it drives.

 

Also, the M5 was in another comparo in Car & Driver where it pulled off a 12.5 1/4 mile, so it could be that these engines need a bit of breaking in.

 

M5 doesn't have great torque, so it's not going to feel very "fast". M engines are more about HP which means they excel at upper rev's and need to be there to do their best work. We'll see some interesting numbers/tests when the 6 speed M 5/6 becomes available in 2007.

 

Haven't driven the new M5, but my 03 sure does feel like a torque monster. For an unmodded sedan, there are few that can compare.
So not just about HP and high revs.

 

I just drove a Z8 and compared to my TT (stage 1), it was heavy and sluggish. Beautiful car, but there was not much torque and that was the same engine as the e39 M5. I would hope the e60 M5 has a ton more torque.

 

The new M5s don't have tons of torque. That is a big complaint by some people - you have to rev it to really get at the power, sort of like the M3s. I forget what my TT was like when it was stock, but the new M5 is freakin' fast. I have both and I can tell you for a fact that the M5 isn't a "high 12s" 1/4 mile car. It's faster than that. The shifts at redline in S6 are insane. It's an incredibly fun car to drive.

 

just remember the M5 is a sedan

 

Drive some fast cars and get back to us....

 

LOL...ain't that the truth.

 

I would bet a 996 turbo and the E60 M5 are relatively comparable at higher speeds.

Yesterday was a good day; I had the chance to run a E60 M5, E55k and my buddy's 730+ hp Renntech CL65. Where the heck is a Ford GT or Murci when you need one?

I did a quick roll (50-160) with the M5 and absolutely destroyed it. Afterwards, the owner said he only had 1500 miles and that the engine was not fully broken in and wanted a rematch. I said, "sure anytime"; thinking to myself that a few additional thousand miles are not going to make up for the 15 cars (at least) I put on him and yes, he was in the P500 mode.

When I ran the E55 (50-140) I came from behind and pulled by as quickly as I did to the M5. In fact, after the beating, I dropped below the speed limit and could not get the E55 owner to pull next to me for an encore or at least a cordial wave of defeat. I guess he thought I was a standard Carrera in his rear view mirror. I love destroying supercharged Benzes.

I have run 996 turbos in the past and they fell behind at about the same rate, so my guess is they (M5 and 996tt) are fairly similar. However, I would give the nod to the 996 turbo.