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Originally Posted by Rick955
I saw that C&D M440i review and for whatever reason, they pulled it down. It was showing a 3.5 sec 0-60 time... with the 382 HP 3.0 six engine. The December review of the M 340i showed 3.8 seconds and 1/4 mi at 12.3. That's concerning when you take a 440 and it's faster than the times being shown for the G8x in either regular or Comp versions! It shouldn't even be a contest between the two. So I'll be really curious to see some true testing with these new M's because if those 3.5 second times for the M440 are true, that's faster than BMW's claimed times for these G8x's! Even if the actual test times prove to be mid-3 seconds, the gain in performance is next to nothing over these "M" versions of the 3 and 4 series... pathetic.  |
Would you be equally upset to know the i3 will smoke just about anything in the lineup from 0-30?
C&D's review was on an xDrive car, it looks like the review was taken down, but comments show they were talking 3.8s with a 1 ft rollout so add in 0.3 to compensate and you're at 4.1. Regardless, wait for the AWD/m-xDrive versions come out for a meaningless 0-60 comparison that's more fair, traction is a huge part of any 0-60 figure.
Also, once you're talking mid-threes and lower, don't expect huge gaps, a tenth of a second is huge down there. So if you're saying an M440i xDrive realistically did 3.5 somewhere, I'd expect you'll see the M4 M-xDrive to do it in maybe 3.2, which would be a fairly gigantic difference.