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It’s Physics. Tires and chassis can only do so much and the more complicated chassis and suspension need to be, the heavier they get. It’s a vicious cycle. Also, I never said that heavier cars “have trouble getting around corners”. A dump truck can go around the same corner as a GT3 but it will do it at much lower…
Power-to-weight is only one aspect of performance. The more weight you carry into corners, the more weight you have to transfer etc. etc.
I’ve generally been a BMW guy but the C63 has always appealed to me because it has always punched so far above its weight in terms of power and sheer lunacy. I also have to applaud AMG for keeping the V8s while BMW gave up on them.
I inherited one of these right out of college and loved it to bits. That M30 is a sweet thing but the ZF auto is only ok.
Smile Kristen!
Not trolling.
I think it’s incontrovertible proof that every single member of congress has been replaced by their polar opposites: sentient, benevelont, intelligent beings.
I hear you. Kinja and the general popularity of the site has made the commenting unwieldy and overwhelming.
It’s actually a diesel.
Gynotron 69. Now with rear-mid mounted V12
Fair.
If you’re going to wax philosophical and make massive hypotheses about a tiny sample size, details matter. I understood his intent. He simply did a poor job of articulating his reasoning and used the wrong terminology. Also, there is absolutely no evidence (except his opinion) to substantiate his ultimate conclusion…