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Originally Posted by Jason

Tested: 2020 BMW M8 Competition Rockets into Absurdity

The 617-hp, 2.5-second-to-60-mph M8 Competition makes us think the Bavarians may have finally come unhinged.


Read the full review article @ https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/

Here are the incredible instrumented test numbers:


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Sigh, good numbers regardless but framed in a shed-load of clickbait. It wasn't 2.5s, it was 2.7s--rollout bothers me. What's it for (rhetorical)--traction and immediacy of acceleration are all factors that we all care about so why normalize them; the difference matters.

In addition, 2.7... what? 2.70s? That's very different from 2.79s. Clickbait.

With a JB4 and everything else stock, 2.59s in a Gran Coupe is achievable. The 1/4 came in 10.44s... both on desolate farm roads. In a Coupe, I'd expect a 5/100ths to perhaps a 1/10th less in the 1/4 mile and perhaps a slightly faster 0-60. My 2020 M5 Comp ran 2.57s to 60 and 10.37 in the 1/4... both repeatable. The M8 GC exhibits similar consistency.