SL55 performance figures!! - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

Lonman · 14th January 2002, 12:38

True or not true?

johann · 14th January 2002, 13:19

Are you refering to the recent test at Nardo?

And if so, do you mean if the results were representative for a stock SL55 AMG or not?

Cheers,
/Johan

Adam · 14th January 2002, 15:50

I heard that the auto motor und sport sl 55 was producing about 500bhp...

all the best

Adam

fais2000 · 14th January 2002, 17:37

i find it hard to believe. i vote no. i need more proof to believe those numbers. like driving it myself

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fas

para22 · 14th January 2002, 22:24

I don't think it's possible to beat this lighter , stick and more powerful lamborghini in 0-300... i choose no , but anyway still it'll be a tough challenge on the autobahn...

BimmerBoyM5 · 17th January 2002, 08:13

Nope... But, whatever the figures turn out to be it's good enough for me. "SL 55 AMG is the fastest MB production car ever made!"

A Beastette for the Beast!!!

HBRAMSTEDT · 18th January 2002, 08:22

The car is OK, but the figures are off. I will always double check any AMS figures in the future. Their explanation for the strong times is really weak. The test car had to have in excess of 500 h.p. in my book. The 0-200 km./hr. times were really wild.
The phenomenon of the auto. trans. accounting for large time differences to high speed because of a continuous power application is very strange and seems over-estimated. I have read many books on racing dynamics for LeMans prototypes and the like and never heard that.