The fact that BMW usually underestimates its car is yesterday’s news, and yet, we are pleasantly surprised when it happens. We are not just talking about the actual horsepower of the engine, but about the performance of the car. In particular, companies are extremely cautious with acceleration periods. Take, for example, the latest M240i xDrive, which takes 4.4 seconds to reach 60 mph (96 km / h) per space sheet.
Well, Matt Watson’s Whoa! Fame decided to test those numbers. Not surprisingly, the M240i was much faster than advertised. To accurately measure velocity using a professional device, a small BMW required only 3.82 seconds. What’s not to like about a non-M car at the end of the day, is it?
In fact, Cars and drivers Has managed better runs in his time with the M240i earlier this year. Although the effort was not recorded on video, the M Performance Coup took only 3.6 seconds to 60 miles per hour. C&D Complete the quarter mile in 12.1 seconds, which is almost equal to Matt Watson’s sprint.
The M240i is not much slower than the higher performance cars from AMG and Audi
BMW has been caught lying again, but this is the only good kind of lie. Inside Carwow’s On testing, the M240i was slower than the AMG A45 S (3.71 seconds) and the Audi RS3 (3.63 seconds). However, it is an apple to compare with the orange because the M240i is not a full-fat M car where the other two are the king of the mountains.
Although the M240i is currently only an xDrive, BMW has promised to introduce an RWD derivative as well. To get a vague idea of how slow it is going to be, the M4 competes 0.4 seconds faster than the tail-happy equivalent of xDrive’s 60 miles per hour. For the faster 2er, the new M2 is coming later this year and will offer an optional automatic.
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