I was racing my 330 Ci with/against a Mercedes CLK 500 (whose license plate was NEW CASH) in front of me on a 20 km (12 mile) stretch of Canadian highway the other day at autobahn speeds, and much to his surprise I'm sure, I was able to "tailgate" him all the way. Too bad BMW limited its North American models in speed....I mean, afterall, Car & Driver or was it some other magazine wrote that the manual BMW 330i tied the Mercedes CLK 500 automatic in 0-60 acceleration time.
I thought that was sort of fun since he was the one who was weaving in & out, cutting traffic off. Especially since that Merc has a more powerful engine and way more horsepower
Too bad the BMW has an engine cutoff....Why is that again???
This is an *old* link comparing the BMW to the old Merc CLK 430 coupe (amongst others) but still worth a browse....
http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/comp...edmunds.e.comparison.content...Mercedes-Benz*
I thought that was sort of fun since he was the one who was weaving in & out, cutting traffic off. Especially since that Merc has a more powerful engine and way more horsepower
Too bad the BMW has an engine cutoff....Why is that again???
This is an *old* link comparing the BMW to the old Merc CLK 430 coupe (amongst others) but still worth a browse....
http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/comp...edmunds.e.comparison.content...Mercedes-Benz*