Coldlist: Obviously this thread is (was) supposed to be for the US M5 owners. Kind of forgot that. Not sure what you've heard or been told. But I know what I've SEEN
You mentioned work done by others. Sometimes what we believe is done by "others" are actually done by someone not having their name on the car. I have seen some of what Manhart does and all I can say is that some of my previous beliefs got shattered (even stuff that I had allways thought was made by a certain company was changed...).
To quote the magazine "European Car" from a few years back:
"(MHR) is responsible for a good few cars that have eventually surfaced with another badge on the hood. He also spent more than a few years developing engines for BMW in house."
http://www.europeancarweb.com/featur...r/viewall.html
(This was written before they moved to their new premises in Wuppertal)
The info actually has an impact on some of the work I'm in charge of...
Regarding "behind the curtain" stuff, remember that works both ways sometimes
I might not have all the "behind the curtain" info, but then neither might you...
Obviously this car is here in Europe and is not available for you guys in the US. But this is a car that is used and is driven all over Europe. So I believe it's not a impractical car that no one can use. I've driven it and experienced it's driveability and performance first hand
Whether this will be available in the US must be answered by Manhart and not me.
The car will be at a German car magazine for testing. It was supposed to be a comparison test between 4 or 5 tuned M5's. All had confirmed, but when the magazine made the Manhart MH5 S the final car on the list, all the others apparently pulled out of the comparison... So, now it's only gonna be the MH5 S.
Anyway, they have done the Vbox runs and posted their times. Can't you do the same with your car? Then we'll know if this is the same spec/power level
Once again, I appologise for posting this European tuner info on a thread that obviously was meant for the US M5 owners.
If you do the due dilligence, my guess is that Manhart comes out very strong for any Euro M5 owner looking for a tune
They have made a product that they can show to the customer and say, Here is what this car can do. You can buy the same tune and expect the same performance.
Some info from their website:
http://www.manhart-racing.de/english...mance-kits.php