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Originally Posted by GatorBlue371
Maybe they could. Maybe they couldnt.
And as far as AMG, I (like everyone else who has driven their cars) understand why their engines are bigger. The torque is more valuable than the bragging rights. Do you think the driver of a C63 AMG cares that he has a 6.2 making the same as a 4.0 when he is plastered against his seat watching the M3 sink into the rearview?
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Actually, no because a stock M-DCT M3 easily runs neck and neck with a C63 without a doubt. Horspower, torque curve and gearing are everything. Torque to the crank means nothing without these.
Give the M3 equal power (450 - 460 HP, let's say with a tune) to get a power-to-weight advantage and it will royally destroy a C63 with those additional HP. That low end torque on the C63 would be useless.
Also for the real thing, the M3 owner is smiling blasting through race tracks in the turns and on the straights while the C63 is sliding around like a maniac burning tires and tail kicking out at every corner as it fades away in the back looking so sad. That is what it is all about.
p.s. If you have not noticed, Mercedes seems to be embracing high-revving concept a lot more lately especially with the multi-clutch transmission since automatics cannot stand high-revs well while BMW is moving towards FI ditching high-revving philosophy. The SLS AMG Gullwing will produce ~570 HP and 480 ft-lbs of torque from the same 6.2 Liter V8. That is 92 HP/liter.