RE: New BMW M5 Struts Its Stuff On The Snow

RE: New BMW M5 Struts Its Stuff On The Snow

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ktm301p

746 posts

188 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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1000TCR said:
Ve actualli prefer invading France... For ze zame reson or any azer.
hahahaaa thumbup

Stu R

21,410 posts

214 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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That's going to sound absolutely amazing with a decent exhaust on. I can't wait to see the new M5 in action properly, though I'm not convinced about the looks of the back end yet - perhaps a touch much of that god awful 5 series GT thing in there.

Edited by Stu R on Wednesday 16th March 16:07

Beyond Rational

3,524 posts

214 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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Is snow the 2011 replacement for the Nurburgring lap time?

margerison

729 posts

249 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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Love the big red 'abort' button on the dash in the first video! rotate

thewheelman

2,194 posts

172 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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No doubt in M5 tradition it'll be King of the performance saloons. Personally i think BMW peaked with the E39 M5, perect balance of weight, power, size etc.

E21_Ross

34,946 posts

211 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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thewheelman said:
No doubt in M5 tradition it'll be King of the performance saloons. Personally i think BMW peaked with the E39 M5, perect balance of weight, power, size etc.
that seems to be general consensus. but it's not as if they've made 10 M5's since then...it was only 1 car. chris harris said it feels like it's more from the E39 than the E60, which is only a good thing.

and....has there ever actually been a bad M5? smile

so far at least, every time a new M5 comes out, it's always been the top of the big sports saloon cars.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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1000TCR said:
mybrainhurts said:
Steff said:
so that's what Tony Blair is up to these days...
Yes, I noticed that...

Bastid gets everywhere...

Second video was a bit sinister...Schtopp....! You vill buy zis car, or ve vill invade Poland von more time...
Ve actualli prefer invading France... For ze zame reson or any azer.
Lay off...we're having that when I take over..hehe

g3org3y

20,606 posts

190 months

Wednesday 16th March 2011
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Beyond Rational said:
Is snow the 2011 replacement for the Nurburgring lap time?
I think he mentioned that the car had been tested on the 'Ring, South Africa, France and Sweden.


More importantly - I wonder if those were winter tyres!!

will261058

1,115 posts

191 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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That sounds delicious, cant wait to see it without the swirls, but for a teaser it was at least watchable.

E21_Ross

34,946 posts

211 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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g3org3y said:
I think he mentioned that the car had been tested on the 'Ring, South Africa, France and Sweden.


More importantly - I wonder if those were winter tyres!!
i think (this is to g3org3y) the point was the fact that they've come up with a decent package after doing A LOT of testing. not just that it can drive on snow with winter tyres. it's that they've tested it in the severe cold, extremely hot, on track, in cities etc to destruction to bring a good car. lets face it, every M5 thus far has been rather good.

minimatt1967

17,089 posts

205 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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I wonder how many people have gone to the Mpower website and begged for a manual gearbox biggrin

thewheelman

2,194 posts

172 months

Friday 18th March 2011
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E21_Ross said:
thewheelman said:
No doubt in M5 tradition it'll be King of the performance saloons. Personally i think BMW peaked with the E39 M5, perect balance of weight, power, size etc.
that seems to be general consensus. but it's not as if they've made 10 M5's since then...it was only 1 car. chris harris said it feels like it's more from the E39 than the E60, which is only a good thing.

and....has there ever actually been a bad M5? smile

so far at least, every time a new M5 comes out, it's always been the top of the big sports saloon cars.
I agree, no such thing as a bad M5, infact they've all been great. Yet i still lust after the E39 above all the others smile

E21_Ross

34,946 posts

211 months

Friday 18th March 2011
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can hear it best in 1st clip, but sounds ok to me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4QtGwfb2M&fea...

E21_Ross

34,946 posts

211 months

Friday 18th March 2011
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just to add, turns out this 3min video clip is not at all about showing what the car can do on snow. it's also largely about BMW extreme weather testing, and how it helps them work some of the trickery out, as it were. here is is with subtitles.

http://www.youtube.com/user/m5boarddotcom#p/u/1/3E...