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      12-22-2020, 11:55 AM   #62
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Originally Posted by CanAutM3 View Post
Case in point, excerpt from C&D M440i xDrive review:

It's now basically a two-ton car in the top M440i xDrive trim, with our test car placing a substantial 53.8 percent of that mass on its front wheels. Even with 19-inch Michelin Pilot Sport 4S summer tires (18s with all-seasons are standard), it managed only 0.91 g of skidpad grip, and understeer dominates.

The readout showed 53.8 percent of this car's nearly two-ton mass was positioned over the front axle. This certainly contributed to the M440i's poor 0.91-g skidpad result, the worst we've ever achieved in a Michelin Pilot Sport 4S–shod car.
Good example of that one number isn’t always telling the other.
The F90 pulls a 1g with over 54% weight on the front axle. I expect the G8X to do a bit better than that.
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