e30pwr
06-14-2010, 02:06 PM
the "fastest production sedan" trophy will more than likely be taken by BMW coming in 2012, news indicates that a Twin Turbo V8 will be the powerplant of the new M5.
http://www.bmwcca.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7540
F10 strasse-blaster hits the pavement in 2012
No matter how fast you are, there's always some guy who thinks he's faster.
And sometimes he is.
In the face of Bob Lutz's claim about the Cadillac CTS-V being the fastest sedan in the world last year—at least of the cars in attendance at the CTS-V road course challenge—BMW has announced that the 2012 M5 will feature a twin-turbocharged V8.The next M5 will have an engine quite different from the E34 M5's naturally-aspirated six.
The 4.4-liter V8 found in the X5 M and X6 M super-SAVs will to get a boost from 555 horsepower to around 580 or 600; the V8 will replace the 500-hp V10 used in the E60 M5. That's just the starting point, of course; once you turbocharge an engine, other horses can mysteriously appear in large numbers.
In any event, BMW is upping the ante in this super-competitive class, having enjoyed supremacy among the fast luxo sedans since the first M5.—Paul Duchene
http://www.bmwcca.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7540
F10 strasse-blaster hits the pavement in 2012
No matter how fast you are, there's always some guy who thinks he's faster.
And sometimes he is.
In the face of Bob Lutz's claim about the Cadillac CTS-V being the fastest sedan in the world last year—at least of the cars in attendance at the CTS-V road course challenge—BMW has announced that the 2012 M5 will feature a twin-turbocharged V8.The next M5 will have an engine quite different from the E34 M5's naturally-aspirated six.
The 4.4-liter V8 found in the X5 M and X6 M super-SAVs will to get a boost from 555 horsepower to around 580 or 600; the V8 will replace the 500-hp V10 used in the E60 M5. That's just the starting point, of course; once you turbocharge an engine, other horses can mysteriously appear in large numbers.
In any event, BMW is upping the ante in this super-competitive class, having enjoyed supremacy among the fast luxo sedans since the first M5.—Paul Duchene