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Originally Posted by stefan
This shouldn't surprise anyone. The power to weight ratio in these two cars is very very close. 0.246 in the E92 and 0.215 in the E46. That, to me, is close enough to allow driving skill, tires, things like that, to actually affect the outcome. That the E92 is leaps and bounds quicker than the E46 is strictly marketing.
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A roughly 15% difference in power to weight translates to a significant difference in acceleration - on the order of five percent or so. Road tests of the E46 showed quarter-mile times in the mid 13s at around 107-108 mph, while the E9X times are clustered in the mid-to-upper 12s, at 112-114 mph.
In a quarter mile, we're talking perhaps eight car lengths, with the V8 car basically loping away at the finish line.
Around these here parts, that's pretty much getting killed - or "leaps and bounds", if you prefer.
Bruce