Comments on: Super Sedan Preview: 2011 BMW M5 and 2010 E63 AMG

By: DearS

DearS — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:04:01 +0000

I’d like to see the M3’s V8 in the 5-series and 7-series and every other BMW. More power than the current cars is interesting, but a bit too edgy I think. Although making those edges more user friendly is part of the cars development anyhow, its part of the reasons these cars exists in the first place. The Benz I have some faith they can make into a much more engaging driving machine, but I rather not expect to much.

By: Kman

Kman — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:01:53 +0000

No seriously.

I drove a 335i coupe today, and found the power and torque to be too much for city street driving (did I just say that?).

No, really. I kinda had more fun, more challenge with the 128i driven just prior.

What am I going to do with a twin-turbo 5.5L V-10?

By: gawdodirt

gawdodirt — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:45:55 +0000

“Start stop tech and part time alternator” all sounds the the much maligned BASS from GM. Although it was available on a Saturn.
Man, GM does a similar deal and you guys puke. BMW says they MIGHT do it and you guys get a chubby.

By: blowfish

blowfish — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:16:33 +0000

Sajeev Mehta :
May 8th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Let’s hope the new V-10 won’t burn a quart of oil every 3k like the current generation.

Thats good to keep the oil clean.

By: Sajeev Mehta

Sajeev Mehta — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:08:57 +0000

Let’s hope the new V-10 won’t burn a quart of oil every 3k like the current generation.

By: AGR

AGR — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:20:15 +0000

More Teutonic pornography to keep the various publications busy making comparison test…

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:23 +0000

Zeitgeist :

Sultans of Munich?

My bad. Text amended.

By: Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:27:23 +0000

Sultans of Munich?

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:56:28 +0000

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

By: TriShield

TriShield — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:44:55 +0000

CAFE certainly isn’t going to stop foreign automakers from producing the performance cars they’re known for and that well-off enthusiasts want. Good.

By: SupaMan

SupaMan — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:38:22 +0000

This should be a match for the ages. Pretty sure M-B should have no trouble boosting the 6.2 V8’s power to either match or surpass the BMW’s V10. Then again, with BMW’s recent love affair for forced induction maybe they can uncork some of the V10’s potential.

Either way, while we’re all stressing about emissions and as mileage, these two uber sedans will keep duking it out.