Unofficial: BMW F10 M5 sets fastest production sedan time at the Ring with 7:55 lap

Sawyer · 06-27-2011, 01:20 PM

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/27/u...n-time-at-the/

shank0668 · 06-27-2011, 02:04 PM

There is a lot of proof.

lil_chef · 06-27-2011, 02:06 PM

i read somewhere else that it was with track tires, not production ones

MEDISIN · 06-27-2011, 02:11 PM

Yes and there are reports circulating that I am secretly dating Megan Fox although the reports are completely unconfirmed and unofficial, you KNOW it's true

Number 3 · 06-27-2011, 05:46 PM

So the all new M5 beats the CTS-V by less than 4 seconds. Guess we'll have to go back over and make the point again

IBM · 06-27-2011, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shank0668

There is a lot of proof.

syr74 · 06-27-2011, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shank0668

There is a lot of proof.

It's the Ring, realistically there never is any proof. It's an 'honor system' competition, which means you're faster than the next manufacturer until he decides to say he went even faster than you did....whether he actually did or not.

lil_chef · 06-27-2011, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Number 3

So the all new M5 beats the CTS-V by less than 4 seconds. Guess we'll have to go back over and make the point again

you have to take the Z06 back. it is too close to the LFA time. you guys didn't quite dominate that overpriced lexus enough.

a_Username · 06-27-2011, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syr74

It's the Ring, realistically there never is any proof. It's an 'honor system' competition, which means you're faster than the next manufacturer until he decides to say he went even faster than you did....whether he actually did or not.

Porsche?

truth411 · 06-27-2011, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syr74

It's the Ring, realistically there never is any proof. It's an 'honor system' competition, which means you're faster than the next manufacturer until he decides to say he went even faster than you did....whether he actually did or not.

A bit exaggerated, atleast GM shows video of Their laptimes. Your talking about Porsche.

LostInMoscow · 06-28-2011, 12:23 AM

If it is true, the impressive thing is that it beats the existing M5 by 18 seconds! That's a lifetime on the ring! Wow!

helmincamaro · 06-28-2011, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MEDISIN

Yes and there are reports circulating that I am secretly dating Megan Fox although the reports are completely unconfirmed and unofficial, you KNOW it's true

Quote:

Originally Posted by LostInMoscow

If it is true, the impressive thing is that it beats the existing M5 by 18 seconds! That's a lifetime on the ring! Wow!

Well, the new M5 is a totally different car... in case you didn't notice, they didn't make one last year.... all getting ready for the next generation. I've driven an '08 M5.... total beast... and yet it doesn't feel that fast. 3-8K rpms is barely noticeable in 6th gear on the highway.... too easy to go insanely fast and never know it.... not that I'd know

Rock36 · 07-04-2011, 07:14 AM

On smaller tracks 4 seconds is big deal, on the Ring not so much IMHO. It is quite a long track. So the CTS-V is still quite a relevant car.

Besides Ring times are the ultimate in magazine racer bragging rights.

The vast majority of people will never run their car on the ring. Even if you are lucky enough to live in Europe and run out to the ring on a public day, I garauntee that the vast majority of those people won't even run a sub 9:00 minute lap time in their CTS-V or M5 or whatever.

But it looks like the M5 has the production sedan title for now...

06-27-2011, 01:20 PM	#1
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06-27-2011, 05:46 PM	#5
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,310 View My Garage	So the all new M5 beats the CTS-V by less than 4 seconds. Guess we'll have to go back over and make the point again __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

06-28-2011, 12:23 AM	#11
LostInMoscow Exiled Speed Junkie Drives: None Join Date: May 2010 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 803	If it is true, the impressive thing is that it beats the existing M5 by 18 seconds! That's a lifetime on the ring! Wow! __________________

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shank0668 Drives: '14 LML/'06 LJ/'76 Trans Am Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,438 View My Garage	There is a lot of proof.

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lil_chef Banned Drives: 2010 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 1,823	i read somewhere else that it was with track tires, not production ones

06-27-2011, 02:11 PM	#4
MEDISIN Drives: 2011 CTS-V Sedan Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 1,505 View My Garage	Yes and there are reports circulating that I am secretly dating Megan Fox although the reports are completely unconfirmed and unofficial, you KNOW it's true

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Rock36 I just like V8s Drives: 2007 Corvette Z06 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 919	On smaller tracks 4 seconds is big deal, on the Ring not so much IMHO. It is quite a long track. So the CTS-V is still quite a relevant car. Besides Ring times are the ultimate in magazine racer bragging rights. The vast majority of people will never run their car on the ring. Even if you are lucky enough to live in Europe and run out to the ring on a public day, I garauntee that the vast majority of those people won't even run a sub 9:00 minute lap time in their CTS-V or M5 or whatever. But it looks like the M5 has the production sedan title for now...