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e46m3 vs m5, 0-60 market issues (m) (archive)
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Posted by rca on December 30, 1999 at 22:45:41:

Motor Trend has the m5 at 4.7 for 0-60 and the car listed for $71,000.

.3seconds is considered (by Road and Track) as a signficant difference in 0-60 sprints.

Even if the new m3 was technically capable of going 5.0 or less, how could BMW possibly put it on the market tuned to go that fast given a 45-50K price tag?
Consumers would read the numbers as the m3 and m5 being statistically equal performers, at least as far as the 0-60 sprint.

My opinion, e46m3 will be tuned to go at least .3 to .4 slower than the m5. So I will be very happy with a 5.0 or 5.1 reading.

If anyone sees the marketing issue differently, please advise.

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