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Originally Posted by M6-Coupe
Well I didn't get what you were referring to by "the same performance" ?
Are you comparing M5 to M2? Or comparing M2 to M135 (or M235)?
I agree M2 is almost M235 with maybe 5-10% more performance, but if you are comparing M5 to M2 I have to say noway... not even close.... no where (street, straight line, race track or even what you called back road)... For your information M5 is about 3 second faster than M2 in ring and 0.5 second faster in case of 0-60 mph and I bet something between 0.7 - 1 second and over 5mph trap faster in 1/4 mile... BUT as I told you several times in your original thread complaining about M5, M5 is not your car... M2 is what you need  |
Hi M6-Coupe,
What I actually said was "the same performance and handling
dynamics". By that I meant extremely fast, good suspension, great body control, M steering, M differential, huge torque at virtually all revs, fast shifting.
There's no doubt that an M5, with its 575hp is ultimately going to accelerate harder than an M2 but there's a lot of girth and weight to contend with and on narrow, winding roads there's no way for an M5 to use all its performance potential. What you need is less weight and size and greater agility....
To give you an extreme example of what I mean.....take 2 motorcycles....a 1299 Ducati Panigale S and a 1200 MultiStrade
In every situation you mentioned, the PanigaleS will be faster, but on the roads I drive, the Panigale's performance, riding position and aerodynamics are going to be more hinderance than benefit. What you want is the ability to move around on the bike, shifting your weight from inside to outside, breaking hard for the multitude of bends without a lot of weight on your wrists, change lines in a heartbeat, picking the bike up and laying it over again mid-corner to skip a manhole cover or puddle. While the Panigale's pilot will be struggling to contain all his bike's power and deal with its lack of agility and unforgiving riding position, the MultiStrade pilot will be having a ball...the bike doing exactly what it was built for....hooning along bumpy, narrow, winding, twisty lanes.
The M5 is without doubt a very capable and hugely dynamic package....but BMW builds cars that are a lot more fun to drive on winding country lanes and they are the roads I mainly drive.....which is why I believe the M2 will be the more suitable car....for me. If ultimate performance is your goal, buy an M5 but if maximum fun is what you're after you should also consider some other models, depending on the type of roads you mainly drive