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Originally Posted by aerisolphaln
I believe this speaks to a point that I posted about 1.5 months ago and for which I received some serious heat. I think what is going on here, as others have mentioned, is that these times were obtained in less than optimal conditions. Their driver probably had a slight amount of wheel spin, he may not have had perfect traction, and he might not have executed the perfect launch technique for the new M3. [...]
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I think you nailed it. Another way of looking at these times is to look at the split times from the 400m mark to the 1000m mark. This takes the launch out of the equation. The new M3 does this split in 10.71 seconds. The 997 Carrera 4s referenced in this thread does the split in 10.70 seconds. So it's a pretty safe bet the new M3 will match the 997 S in terms of acceleration (if you trust that Autopista performs their tests consistently)