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Originally Posted by Swamp2
Performance tests show very closely matched acceleration figures for the cars. The M3 accomplishes this with more weight, less power, less torque and a substantially worse power to weight ratio. Could there be some advantage of the high rpm design linked to an appropriately matched transmission that contributes to making the car a much closer competitor that one might guess.
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The M3's hp figure is under-rated. That's the only explanation i can think of, if it dynoed at 373hp at the wheel, that means it's only losing around 10%, that seems very low.