E36 M3 0-60

[AKACrimson]

I know 0-60 times mean bugger all, but I still want to know

What is the actual 0-60mph of a E36 M3 Evo?

The owners manual has it down as 5.5 seconds to 62
Wikipedia has it down as as 5.2 seconds (sure it was 5.3 last time I checked on there)
Evo has it down as 5.4 seconds

If you google it, varies anywhere from 5.2 to 5.7 - apprciate some are probably quoting the US model but no other car seems to have so much variation accross different websites for 0-60 times, why is that?

Has anyone ever tested theirs? Or whilst I am at it has one that is delimited and tested top speed?

Edited by AKACrimson on Friday 10th February 13:05

[M3Charlie]

Not done any 0-60 runs but I have had over 160mph out of my 3.0 on the Autobahn. The fastest I had it up to was 167mph on a GPS

[7heo]

M3Charlie said:

Not done any 0-60 runs but I have had over 160mph out of my 3.0 on the Autobahn. The fastest I had it up to was 167mph on a GPS

Was that prior to a Yellow Cupra getting in the way

[M3Charlie]

Yes mate silly Cupra!!

[Frances The Mute]

These sorts of times are largely irrelevant unless you do quarter mile racing.

High 5's seem to be the norm in my experience. They're pretty good at picking up speed when compared to the Evo. It's the difference in peak power where the Evo gains momentum as you wind around the clock.

[4rephill]

BMW are renowned for being slightly conservative when it comes to their 0~60 times and it's quite common for the cars to be marginally faster than the official quoted figure.

[14-7]

4rephill said:

BMW are renowned for being slightly conservative when it comes to their 0~60 times

And very conservative with their quoted mpg figures as well!

[Crackie]

Autocar's EVO roadtest got 5.3 and 12.2 back in the day ~ tyre tech has moved on a fair bit in the last 15 years so a fit EVO is likely to be a a few tenths quicker with the latest rubber on.

There are some 1/4 mile timing slips from standard cars here ~ 13.1 quarter miles with 107 terminal speeds suggests 0-60 dipping into the 4's and 0-100 in the late elevens.
http://www.bmwowner.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&a...

[AKACrimson]

Excellent - thanks for the reponses guys. Sounds like 5.3 is about right then.