Autocar 7th of June 2005: BMW M5 beats the Ferrari F430
 

www.autocar.co.uk

Buy the issue and read it. This is why the M5 has a two year waiting list in the UK.

In which categories exactly?

Sounds like a lot of Jeremy Clarkson style bollocks and hyperbole.

^^agreed no scan or anything???? and i wouldnt count on just a magazine to tell me which one is better.

They are not even in the same category - so I wouldn't be making a choice between them anyway. :?

Definitely not straight line............nor conering ...............prolly not breaking too.

But M5 can beat in # passengers, driving range, comfort ...and have proper trunk.

wow thats a very intesting conclusion
i cant wait to read it

autocar always making a one sided opinion...thats why I usually don't easily belive what the Autocar said

LOL! I dont see it beating it in any category, the F430 acclerets like an F40, and it definetly corners better then the damn sedan......sounds like RC said, some JC bullshit.

You guys haven't even read it yet.

Apparently, the F430 couldn't shake the M5 when the roads got twisty, and the M5 destroyed the F430 in a straight line.

Again - in what catagories... :P

"couldn't shake the car behind" is a long way from "the car behind was out performing me".

Just because I can hustle and muslce my car through the bends up the back bumper and arse of an Enzo wouldn't mean I "beat" it - since by definition I couldn't get past... :)

Hahaha - yet more "BMW is king" tripe... ;)

Couldnt care less what they write, 'cause I frankly I couldnt give a shit when they get an M5 to "destroy" and F430 in straight line.

Not buying that magazine thats for sure :lol:

they must be giving the M5 a head start then. :?

From the figures I have seen the F430 does the 1/4 mile in about 11.8sec and the 0-130mph sprint in ~13sec. The Beemer on the otherhand takes about 12.8s and 15.6s for the same tests - so you tell me who destroys who in a straight line. :wink:

There something that everyone knows before reading the article....physics.

^ Hahahahaha. . . should be interesting to see what they wrote though.

I'm scanning the article right now, and I'll upload them in a minute... you guys decide.

I've said this before in another thread: 4 door saloon matching/beating a supercar? Now THAT is progress for you.