M5 review in Auto Week!
10-13-2004, 10:30 AM
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M5 review in Auto Week!
The Ultimate Machine: BMW redefines the driving experience—again—with the new M5
But have we evolved too far?
NATALIE NEFF
Published Date: 10/11/04
2005 BMW M5
ON SALE: Fall 2005
BASE PRICE: $90,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 5.0-liter, 507-hp, 384-lb-ft V10; rwd, seven-speed SMG
CURB WEIGHT: 4050 pounds (est.)
0 to 60 MPH: 4.5 seconds (est.)
>> Knuckles white in anticipation, he clenches the shifter and pushes it forward, the picture of a would-be drag racer engaging a trans brake before the Christmas tree flashes. His left hand grips the steering wheel as he mashes his right foot to the floor, and our ears fill with 4500 screaming revolutions of V10 song. We glance at each other, then in one quick motion he releases the shifter, grabs the wheel with both hands, keeps his foot resolutely planted and... nothing.
The wheels never turn. Launch control, apparently, only works when it feels like it, and this time it doesn’t. Ach!
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But have we evolved too far?
NATALIE NEFF
Published Date: 10/11/04
2005 BMW M5
ON SALE: Fall 2005
BASE PRICE: $90,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 5.0-liter, 507-hp, 384-lb-ft V10; rwd, seven-speed SMG
CURB WEIGHT: 4050 pounds (est.)
0 to 60 MPH: 4.5 seconds (est.)
>> Knuckles white in anticipation, he clenches the shifter and pushes it forward, the picture of a would-be drag racer engaging a trans brake before the Christmas tree flashes. His left hand grips the steering wheel as he mashes his right foot to the floor, and our ears fill with 4500 screaming revolutions of V10 song. We glance at each other, then in one quick motion he releases the shifter, grabs the wheel with both hands, keeps his foot resolutely planted and... nothing.
The wheels never turn. Launch control, apparently, only works when it feels like it, and this time it doesn’t. Ach!
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10-13-2004, 04:48 PM
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There is a thread over at the M5 forum about this article. Not being an expert in the M5 it seems that there are quite a few errors in that article. To the point that several members over there e-mailed autoweek to complain.
