Porsche Panamera's 'Ring record - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

Amjad Ali · 13th July 2009, 12:41

Seems its the quickest 4 door round the ring!!!!

Autocar - Porsche Panamera's 'Ring record

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Taipan · 13th July 2009, 14:19

impressive time that for a big car that the panamera is.

xraym5 · 27th July 2009, 16:05

The latest Motor Trend also stated 3.8 second 0-60 for the upgraded turbo-charged Panamera. Looks like high performance sedans have a new "king of the hill," a title short-lived for the CTS-V. This is good news for those who are looking to buy an F10 M5 as it will need to be quicker to reclaim the throne. With the latest E60 M5-beating competitors, I am feeling better and better about my decision to get a Dinan stroker motor.

Sebring NL · 27th July 2009, 16:20

Surely, you can't consider the CTS-V or the XFR Jag serious competition for an M5 V10 ?

xraym5 · 27th July 2009, 16:48

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Originally Posted by Sebring NL

Surely, you can't consider the CTS-V or the XFR Jag serious competition for an M5 V10 ?

Forget about the XFR. I was referring to the love affair the mags have had with the CTS-V, beating (barely) the E60 M5 in their tests. As an American I must admit I am glad GM has significantly improved performance, which a step in the right direction. However I still prefer my M5, and I still prefer natural aspiration to turbos and superchargers--thus the Dinan stroker I have on order.

Sebring NL · 27th July 2009, 17:53

What aggrivates me , is that esteemed magazines such as CAR write that the XFR is ' ultra modern" compared to the " stone age SMG" of the E60 M5.

Get real.

XFR and CTS-V are developed 4 years after E60 M5, are S/C and still slower.

xraym5 · 27th July 2009, 18:31

I'll take stone age and ultra fast over ultra modern any day. It's the engine and suspension, not the computer and gadgets, that make a car most enjoyable to me. Hypocrisy: to think that not long ago the E60 was criticized by the mags for being "overtechnical."

Copasetic222 · Yesterday, 05:37

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Originally Posted by xraym5

I'll take stone age and ultra fast over ultra modern any day. It's the engine and suspension, not the computer and gadgets, that make a car most enjoyable to me. Hypocrisy: to think that not long ago the E60 was criticized by the mags for being "overtechnical."

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