M5 E39 0 - 100 - 0 mph (Autocar) - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

SUPRA · 29th October 2002, 20:02

Can anyone help me with the 0 - 100 - 0 mph on the new M5?

I am looking for all figures which are reliable but please mention the source/method if possible.
The Autocar figure is the most interesting.

Thanks!

The SL55 AMG got 15.15 secs and the RS6 16.75 secs. in this years Autocar. I guess the M5 is in between somewhere?

Edit:
http://www.bmwm5.com/vbulletin/showt...ighlight=01000

15.3 secs for stock M5 not sure about the source though.

louv · 29th October 2002, 20:21

I timed myself once (very unofficial and not terribly accurate, using the timer function of the Nav system)

0-100-0 in 20 seconds. But I was towing a trailer!

JFB · 29th October 2002, 20:49

See this link which quotes from a 1999 Autocar table showing the M5 at 15.7 seconds.

Here's an interesting graphic from Warrender:

MrGrant · 29th October 2002, 20:49

Hi

Autocar figures are (a slightly dissapointing):

0-30 - 2.34
0-60 - 5.70
0-100 - 12.93
Reaction - 0.72
100-0 - 4.46

TOTAL = 18.11

Hey, my second post

tfung · 29th October 2002, 22:24

Quote:

Originally posted by louv
I timed myself once (very unofficial and not terribly accurate, using the timer function of the Nav system)

0-100-0 in 20 seconds. But I was towing a trailer!

Mr Janne · 29th October 2002, 23:54

The link that JFB posted is correct. I have this Autocar issue and the time sure is 15,7.

Richard in NC · 30th October 2002, 04:33

With numbers like these,

Quote:

0-30 - 2.34
0-60 - 5.70
0-100 - 12.93
Reaction - 0.72
100-0 - 4.46

TOTAL = 18.11

It's obvious that Autocar can't drive a manual transmision

Geesh, that is a full second slower to 60 than almost any other test I've seen and 1.5 > to 100. Throw in the longest reaction time of any car in the test and it's obvious to me they were throwing the results.

Mr Janne · 30th October 2002, 11:39

Richard in NC,

The times you posted don´t say anything. That car, which was the first one Autocar tested, had a really bad clutch because it had been a tested by some german magazines before.

The real time from Autocar´s 0-100-0 challenge is 15,7 seconds.

SUPRA · 30th October 2002, 11:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Janne
The real time from Autocar´s 0-100-0 challenge is 15,7 seconds.

That's what I thought too.

HBRAMSTEDT · 31st October 2002, 13:07

Where do these numbers come from?

The M5 tested was probably in '99, which is a slower car than the current M5 model. The current ECU is Siemens and the intake plumbing is different. I have seen a lot of really bogus M5 times all over the place.

The current M5, tested confirmed by a least 5-10 tests in the U.S., is about 4.7 seconds to 60 m.p.h. This equates to 4.9 to 5.0 seconds to 100 km./hr. The time to 100 m.p.h is around 11.2 seconds or so. The 1/4-mile is about 13.2 seconds on average. Why do European mags. show such inaccurate times for the M5 over and over? Are Euro. M5s a lot heavier?

5.7 seconds. I'm really getting tired of people regurgitating data that is clearly in error.