Can A Competition Pack Help The BMW M5 Beat A Mercedes-AMG E63 S?
Earlier this year, the ladies and gents at Car Wow drag-raced two hugely potent super saloons: the BMW M5, and the Mercedes-AMG E63 S. Both have V8s with similar power outputs, and both send power to all four corners, but the AMG took a fairly convincing victory.
Now, it’s rematch time. In the Munich corner it’s the new M5 Competition: a slightly lower, slightly stiffer version of the four-door missile which - crucially - has more power. With 616bhp it’s pokier than the Mercedes (which develops 603bhp from its 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8) on paper, and we all know how conservative BMW tends to be with its factory figures.
As ever with these drag races, we also have a rolling-start race to go along with the conventional standing quarter, plus a braking test.
Place your bets, then press play.
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Comments
Yeah but what’s the Doug Score?
The E63 was better at 73/100.
Tbh it was the estate.
Btw these 2 cars have same performance. 0.1 or 0.2 seconds is not what will make buy you the car, it’s now the interior, the relation that you have with your dealer, the service you have, etc …
BMW delears are known to be as**oles sometimes, Mercedes ones have better reputation. Guess that’s why you see more Mercs than BMW in the street
In the UK I’ve found Merc dealers to be bigger assholes. We’ve had cars from Audi, BMW, Mercedes and VW (of the big brands, we’ve had other cars as well). VW was the worst, then Merc, then BMW and then Audi, who are actually a really good dealership. One of my friends was put off buying Merc bcus no-one rly cared about them or served them when they visited the dealer, so they’ve only had Lexuses since.
In my experience, Merc dealers are more incompetent (havent had any rude service, just incompetence.. both the customer-facing staff who have no knowledge of cars and the technicians, they managed to install roof lining which was wrong colour to the rest of the interior.. i mean how can you get that wrong)
Never owned a bmw but was in dealerships a few times when looking to buy a car and they all seemed ok
But if you want superb customer service, you should walk past the M5 and E63 and just get a Porsche Panamera
The performance thing you said is true but most people don’t give a shit about reputation of brand owner they just want the best for themselves
The thing is in most m5 vs e63 drag races on youtube even the normal m5 wins against the e63, except for some videos so its a bit confusing, all we know is their performance is incredibly similar
BMW all the way
It isn’t about the performance anymore, it’s about preference of brand. Some people like the BMW more and some the Mercedes. Like me, I prefer the E63 S, but still think the M5 is awesome! They’re both great and insanely fast sedans and in case of the E63 a wagon as well.
Gimme a Guilia Quadrafoglio over either of these!
BMW are too stupid to realize that simply taking a poorly-built, supposedly fast 4-door sedan and simply adding a ‘competition package’ means it’s STILL crap to drive! The Mercedes isn’t much better either with its cheap twin turbos that simply don’t belong with ANY V8; even if it is built by Germans.