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Originally Posted by lucid
It looks like BMW got exactly the torque curve they wanted out of this one. Torque at the crank should not be confused with torque at the wheels. But I guess this reviewer is not happy with the torque at the wheels for some reason. If the car indeed suffers from low-end torque, how did C&D got 4.4s from "standstill" to 60 out of it and said it will even do better? So, I don't know about the torque comment. We need to see some detailed acceleration data on it to see if they are valid.
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The car suffers from the LACK of low end torque; which I assume is what you meant.
However, you don't need an abundance of torque to achieve a good sprint time, whether it's 0-60, 0-100 or the 1/4 mile.