Here is a video of a new Tesla Model S P85D with dual motors, all wheel drive and 691HP taking on a 2015 BMW M4 powered by a Twin Turbo 3.0L Inline-6 with 425HP and a 7 speed dual clutch transmission. The BMW M4 used it’s Launch control system and got the jump from the start but the Tesla quickly took over leaving the M4 behind by a few cars.   On the top end the race evened out as the Tesla ran out of steam and and hit it’s top speed allowing the M4 to quickly catch up. This BMW M4 is no slouch running Read More

The 2015 BMW M4 Convertibles are just starting to arrive at dealers across the US and we got hold of one to do some baseline testing.  The M4 is all new for 2015 and is powered by a 3.0L I6 Twin Turbo engine producing 425 horsepower (although dyno results show the engine is making much more power).   Our  car was painted in a striking Sakhir Orange with matching interior has the optional 7 speed dual clutch transmission along with the driving assistance package, executive package, full leather seating, M adaptive suspension, 19″ Black wheels and a Harman Kardon Surround Sound Read More

Bimmerpost member MGWally took his brand new 2015 BMW M3 F80 to ATCO Raceway this week and ran a very impressive 11.66 @ 119 MPH completely stock with on 103 octane fuel, which is actually quicker than any stock M5 we’ve seen run so far. The new F80 M3 is powered by a 3.0L straight 6 cylinder engine with 425 horsepower through a 7 speed dual clutch transmission. However, dyno results show the new M3 is making much more power, putting down 424 horsepower to the wheels as we reported a few months ago. Weather at ATCO was optimal as Read More

EAS got their hands on a brand new 2015 BMW M3 F80 Sedan and gave it a few runs on their DynoJet Dyno.  BMW’s latest ///M has a 3.0L Inline 6 Twin Turbo engine rated at 425 horsepower and 406 ft-lbs of torque through a dual clutch transmission.   On the dyno the M3 put down 424 horsepower and 425 ft-lbs of torque to the rear wheels.  Using an estimated 13% driveline loss for it’s DCT transmission,  that puts the new M3 at 487+ horsepower. While the dyno numbers are certainly impressive no matter how you calculate it, we’ll reserve judgement Read More

Here is a great race between the all new 2013 BMW M5 powered by the 4.4L TwinPower Turbo V8 making 560HP through a 7 speed dual clutch transmission vs a stock 2009 Nissan GT-R powered by a 3.8L V6 Twin Turbo putting out 485HP through a 6 speed dual clutch transmission. The new M5 put up a good fight matching the GT-R from a slow roll to over 160MPH, luckily for the M5 they didn’t race from a dead stop where the GT-R’s all wheel drive system would have left the BMW way behind spinning the tires.

We had some time with a brand new 2012 BMW 328i Luxury Line  powered by an all new 2.0L Inline 4 TwinPower Turbo engine producing 240 horsepower and 255 ft-lbs of torque through an 8 speed automatic transmission.   We ran some straight line acceleration tests using a Racelogic Performancebox and recorded some pretty impressive numbers from BMW’s entry level 3 series.    We had the car in sport mode with the  traction control systems off and used a slight power brake to around 2,000 RPM.   The car had a slight amount of wheel spin as shown in the Read More

Here is a quick race of a 2012 Nissan GT-R racing heads up vs a BMW M5. The M5 gets the jump but it isn’t enough with the GT-R getting to 60 MPH in under 3 seconds. The 2012 GT-R is powered by a V6 Twin Turbo pumping out 530HP vs the M5’s 500HP naturally aspirated V10. The race might be closer when the new BMW 5 debuts in a few months sporting a V8 Twin Turbo Motor pushing out 550+ horsepower, although without all wheel drive, the BMW will still be lagging behind with wheel spin.

Take a look at one of the highest trapping BMW M3 Coupes we’ve seen. Drew outfitted his 2008 BMW E92 M3 with a Gintani Stage 2+ supercharger, Gintani intake,  midpipe, Gintani front mounted intercooler,  Meth injection, along with some custom ECU tuning and H&R suspension modifications. Run only 8 PSI, the supercharged M3 put down 515 horsepower to the wheels and 340 ft-lbs of torque through the DCT (dual clutch transmission). On a set of drag radials and running 109 race gas, this supercharged M3 ran a 11.45 @ 131.67 MPH at Sacramento Raceway Park, CA. We can’t tell on Read More

The all new 2010 BMW X6M and BMW X5M come with a twin turbo V8 motor pumping out 555HP to all 4 wheels. This videos shows some GTEC 1/4 mile runs comparing the X6M against a Porsche Cayenne and Nissan GT-R. The X6M smokes the underpowered and overpriced Cayenne, but loses out to the Nissan GT-R by quite a bit. The X6M is very quick and pulls hard and fast through the gears with a mediocre launch, 0-60 MPH comes up in just 4.1 seconds and it passes through the 1/4 mile 12.5 seconds at 111.47 MPH. We’re expecting to Read More

The BMW M5 is fairly limited with options for adding decent amounts of power to it’s naturally aspirated V10 engine. We’ve heard about some supercharger and turbocharged M5’s running around, but most seem to be “vaporware”, never really hitting the street with real numbers aside from worked up dyno sheets. If you want to make an M5 move, Nitrous seems to be the way to go. AWD Motorsports seems to have the right combination of modifications along with a custom progressive nitrous system to boost it’s BMW M5 to 584 horsepower and 484 foot pounds of torque at the rear Read More