The guys from MotorTrend just published this year’s rendition of the World’s Greatest Drag race on their Youtube channel and we’re happy to report that the new BMW M5 was included in the shortlist of 12 cars selected for the event. Considering the upgrades the new generation M5 got and how good it performed in every single drag race we’ve seen it in so far, this was only a logical step for the MotorTrend people to take.
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Of course, if you’re familiar with their tests, all the cars in the video below are part of this endeavor because they’re also contenders for the title of the Best Driver’s Car of the year. The M5, with its new M xDrive system wooed them on the track as well as on the drag strip. This year’s edition is the eight so far and it’s hosted by the Wanderberg Air Force Base, with its 15,000-feet runway designed in the 1970s to allow a space ship to land.
As for the roster we’re looking at here, let’s just say the M5 is in awesome company. As usual, there are underdogs here like the Kia Stinger GT, Honda Civic Type R and Audi TT RS. It’s not that they are slow, but compared to some other cars here like the McLaren 720S, Porsche 911 GT2 RS or the Huracan Performante, they just fade away. The M5, however, held its own against some rather tough competition.
It managed to finish 1 full second behind the McLaren but then again, the 720S is a proper supercar by comparison. The M5 was also just 0.3 seconds slower to cover the 1/4 mile than the 750 HP Corvette, but the Aston Martin Vantage was slower than the uber-sedan by 0.6 seconds while the Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV finished 0.7 seconds behind it with a time of 11.8 seconds.
Anyone concerned about BMW going fwd. should read what Car and Driver had to say about their Lightning Lap Civic – not only is the fwd. performance envelope still being pushed, BMW may have a challenge keeping up!
Anyone concerned about BMW going fwd will never buy one.
Their loss. I’m looking forward to it, loved the small 3 Series.
Never has been a FWD 3 series.
Was referring to size & cost, not layout.
My two favourite sports cars came in at one and two.
Not bad for the M5, though.
M5 got crushed though. I was expecting it to be a little faster
Crushed, right. How much more $$$ were the cars that beat it? How many passengers & their luggage can they carry? If the M5 is crushed, where does that leave the Vantage? Dumpstered? The M5 is a little faster. Than almost everything else on the market.
Relax! It got crushed badly from what I saw. Maybe you saw a different video
I saw the Top Gear video, where M5 crushed AMG & Panamera. In Motor Trend’s it was #5 out of 12, top sedan. Stock. Not Competition.
There’s no AMG or Panamera here. You must have been watching the wrong video. Video you are reffing to are bunch of fast sedans and I have seen many results where those other cars came out on top, so the conclusion have to be it depends on the driver or condition. The Video I’m talking about is where the 720, the 911 and many others completely humiliated the M5, I was in shock, I thought the M5 would be a lot closer to those cars
He said AMG and Panamera were crushed on TOP GEAR by an M5
And noone give a shit, because we all have seen those other cars crushed the M5 too, all depends on the driver. Btw I wouldn’t buy a M5 over those other 2. But we are talking about the Motor Trend video here 😜
So what? The others also got crushed by McLaren. If the commie Lada 2022 joins the next world biggest drag race part 3 in 2022, many car brands will burn. Don’t worry, I see Germany (Bmw M ?) at the head of the table after next big drag race in 2022. The others will play a very small role.
Kenny is a volume troll. BMW could cure cancer & he would claim AMG did it better. Then he will call you names. Ad nauseum. Wash, rinse, repeat.
To be fair, the M5 is a lot heavier and a fully-fledged sedan. I didn’t expect much when you look at the cars in front of it, especially the Porsche and McLaren.
I wouldn’t say it was “crushed”.
If that’s not crushed I don’t know what is
You expected the M5 to win with those supercars in the race? You’re delusional.
So much crying. Who said anything about winning?
11.1 seconds in the 1/4 mile isn’t impressive for you??
No, because other sedans does that time too
So the M5 isn’t impressive unless it’s the only sedan in history that does 1/4 mile in 11.1 seconds?? You are so stupid LMAO
Nothing BMW is impressive to him, another BMWblog BMWtroll.
The race starts at 5:30. Up to that point, it’s BS.
That was a disaster for the imperial germans ( Bmw M, Porsche), world power USA and the italians. Where was Ferrari? And where was Koenisegg from sweden? The fastest and best sportscar comes now from england. McLaren is the master of all sportcars, they know how to built proper sportscars and how to crush their competitors with carbon monocoque, lightwight materials, plenty of hp and Nm. You better watch out Lada 2022 from the communist Russia, because they are preparing the next big dragrace, what we call ww3. According to some prophecies Lada will totally destroy McLaren during the next big race in 2022.
Neither Koenisegg nor Lada are available in America.
Wrong on Koenigsegg, in more ways than one!
It is sold in the USA.
Not in the MAGA trailer park I live in.