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Originally Posted by footie
OK, you doubters that the Volvo wouldn't win. Lets change the vehicles, say a Merc SL65 vs a humble tractor.
The Merc has far more power and torque compared to the tractor, which would win?
In fact take it a stage further, the Merc against 8 mens. Still think the car would win?
It's all about weight/traction and Bruce is correct, the M3 only has half of it's weight over the driven wheels where as the Volvo has all it's weight as both axles are being driven.
P.S.
Not an XC90 vs M3 but you get the point.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/ep...episode7.shtml |
Not a fair comparison because the chevy was only using one tire. With the LSD on the M3 it would be better. Still shows that its not about power, its about friction.
Also as long as the M3 had MDM enabled it wouldn't allow the wheels to spin, still keeping the higher static friction coefficient. Once the chevy started spinning the wheels he was done for. The M3 would put up a much bigger fight than that.