We can all agree that a drag race is more about entertainment than a definitive measure of performance. While acceleration is important for many buyers, sports cars are more than just in a straight line. For example, do the M3 tour. It offers the entire Shebang by serving as an ultimate family car. It is quick, powerful, practical, luxurious and loaded with functions.
Even if it is not the most scientific test, a drag race is undeniably fun. It is particularly true if one of the competitors has built up controversy since his start a few years ago. Enter the latest AMG C63, which will be available to his beloved V8 in favor of a complicated plug-in hybrid setup based on a turboch four-cylinder engine. Mercedes believes that there is a replacement for the shift, but a tiny 2.0-liter unit in a C63 simply does not sound right.
This special showdown, organized by Cars.co.zatook place on the Killarney International Raceway in Cape Town, South Africa. The Toronto Red G81 is the revised M3 touring, which won 20 additional performance over the pre-LCI version and delivers the total of its 3.0-liter SIX from Twin-Turbo-Inline-Six to 523 hp. BMW also offers a hot M3 -CS tour with 543 hp and a little less weight.
It would not be right to spoil the result of the Drag -and -Rolling race. However, it is worth noting that the BMW is much lighter, while the AMG has significantly more electricity and uses the immediate torque of the electric motor. But as always, strength and weight are not everything. Other important factors are the driver’s reaction from the line of how quickly the gearbox changes the gears, the type and the condition of the tires and how the performance is transferred to the floor. Both models are delivered with all -wheel drive and start control, so that traction should not be a big problem.
While AMG offers a C63 property, this All-German fight shows the limousine variant. In the future of the C63 we have heard contradictory reports. Some say that a switch on a plug-in hybrid six-cylinder setup could occur next year. Others suggest that the C63 can be completely equipped in favor of a new, less C53 model, which is powered by an inline-six-engine.
In the case of the M3, BMW has already confirmed a next generation model. Internal sources refer to the Super Limousine as “G84”. It remains unclear whether BMW is planning a new M3 tour. The fingers crossed that it was. If not, we can comfort ourselves If you know that the M5 car will be there in the coming years.
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