Top Gear drag races the i8 and M4

Arobotbrain · 03-24-2016, 03:50 PM

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Always fun to watch

YWGT3 · 03-24-2016, 05:16 PM

Seen this before, but as you say, always fun to watch. Seems, however, the top gear driver with the i8, has a slow 0-60 time. Wonder if he actually utilized launch control. I've been able to achieve between 3.9 to 4.1 seconds with launch control in the i8.

newoldbeemer · 03-29-2016, 04:58 PM

Yeah at half the price..

MalibuBimmer · 03-29-2016, 05:10 PM

From a seat of your pants perspective the M4 seems a bit quicker. It sure is noisier.

antzcrashing · 03-29-2016, 06:03 PM

Pretty cool

sh55 · 03-29-2016, 06:09 PM

The M4 spun it's rear tires with LC active in yet another video. If that guy spent a little more time with the manual he may have realized that you can launch at a lower rpm and hook up properly. My bet is the race would have ended close but in the reverse order.

MrTookies · 03-29-2016, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sh55

The M4 spun it's rear tires with LC active in yet another video. If that guy spent a little more time with the manual he may have realized that you can launch at a lower rpm and hook up properly. My bet is the race would have ended close but in the reverse order.

On the point!

SabineBimmer · 03-29-2016, 06:23 PM

Hmmm... This got me thinking. I just recently read a review about the M2 and how the car needed to be better than good, it needed to be great. The point of the review was that M cars, as of late, have not been in the same spirit as of the earlier M cars. They were cars made for profit margin rather than driving enthusiasts. I am not a fan of the M4 as it is, and I think the i8 is a car of the future, and the way the company should go. Jeremy Clarkson said it best, that he is a dinosaur and the future is the i8. I can't remember the exact episode but it was recent. He chose the i8 over the M3.

So to make a long blabbering story short, glad to see the i8 won!

aveillez · 03-29-2016, 06:46 PM

4.6 0-60mph for the M4??? Yeah, right. Get a real driver.

bmwm3redblack · 03-29-2016, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by aveillez

4.6 0-60mph for the M4??? Yeah, right. Get a real driver.

+10000000000000000

Appeltje · 03-29-2016, 07:36 PM

Would like to see the M4 against the Camaro SS and completely kill it!!

Thescout13 · 03-29-2016, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Appeltje

Would like to see the M4 against the Camaro SS and completely kill it!!

How about against the 2017 ZL1? Seems similarly priced at 60k somethings

Sedan_Clan · 03-29-2016, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MalibuBimmer

From a seat of your pants perspective the M4 seems a bit quicker. It sure is noisier.

I agree. The M4 felt a bit quicker to me too, and I tooled around in the i8 for about a couple of hours and got a solid feel for it.

IB M · 03-29-2016, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MalibuBimmer

From a seat of your pants perspective the M4 seems a bit quicker. It sure is noisier.

That's the Active Sound being pumped into the cabin.

Kidding aside M4 would win with better driver.

Royce Martin · 03-29-2016, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by aveillez

4.6 0-60mph for the M4??? Yeah, right. Get a real driver.

Those are still some pretty good numbers from a i6 Twin Turbo engine.

Royce Martin · 03-29-2016, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Thescout13

How about against the 2017 ZL1? Seems similarly priced at 60k somethings

This would be a good drag race.

conradb · 03-29-2016, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Royce Martin

This would be a good drag race.

How would it be a good race? The ZL1 would demolish the M4. It has 580HP on wider rear tires. Even at about 500lbs heavier, it would still win.

Bosozoku · 03-29-2016, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackDragon

Another loss for the M4 off the line in a drag race. No surprise.

Next-gen M3/4 will need xDrive to keep up.
It's so obvious. But the next M5 will get xDrive first.

Crashnbrn5 · 03-29-2016, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Royce Martin

Quote:

Originally Posted by aveillez

4.6 0-60mph for the M4??? Yeah, right. Get a real driver.

Those are still some pretty good numbers from a i6 Twin Turbo engine.

Horrible numbers. I can achieve that with my 3950lb 335 GT with a tune. I think vid is 4.65 sec.

Royce Martin · 03-29-2016, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by conradb

How would it be a good race? The ZL1 would demolish the M4. It has 580HP on wider rear tires. Even at about 500lbs heavier, it would still win.

Because it's an M-Performance car and less gears. Isn't the 2017 ZL1 a 10-Speed?

Royce Martin · 03-29-2016, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Crashnbrn5

Horrible numbers. I can achieve that with my 3950lb 335 GT with a tune. I think vid is 4.65 sec.

Put that same tune on the M4 and lets see if you can match the numbers it produces.

Manbnda · 03-30-2016, 12:25 AM

This is nowadays the only way to get a drag race post on the front page. Bmw vs Bmw.
Pretty much the only way we can win one.

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