Engine of the year 2005

Graham Ross · Post by **Graham Ross** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:13 pm

The BMW 5 litre V10 (M5, M6) was voted the International Engine of the Year for 2005.

It is certainly a convincing overall victory for this M5- and M6-powering heart: 344 points, some 129 more than the second-placed engine (which you?ll note was another BMW, the twin-turbo diesel). Last year?s winner, the Toyota Prius Hybrid, ran smoothly and silently into a close-run third place.

So what are the M?s winning features? Why has the judging panel deemed this the finest engine in production today? Power is unquestionably a factor because a so-engined M5 can accelerate from zero to 100km/h (62mph) in 4.7 seconds, but the way in which it delivers such pace has also won votes ? refinement, a willingness to rev to 8,250rpm, and accessible torque (some 450Nm of the peak torque is available at 3,500rpm).

There are other categories and BMW have won in a number of those!!

The V10 with a 90 degree V is very much like an F1 engine and it is no wonder that BMW have objected strongly to the V8 2.4 format.

Source: http://www.ukintpress.com/engineoftheye ... inner.html

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:05 am

And the price is ?

Graham Ross · Post by **Graham Ross** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:03 am

According to Red Book, the M5 7 speed

V10 is a cheap 226K

And if you can't afford that, the M3 is almost 100K cheaper at 137K

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:05 am

Graham Ross wrote:According to Red Book, the M5 7 speed V10 is a cheap 226K

And if you can't afford that, the M3 is almost 100K cheaper at 137K

Well, I won't be stuffing one of those into "Therapy" and buying another for spares this week,

Graham Ross · Post by **Graham Ross** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:22 am

Did you know that the M5 is worth nearly 17 Hyundai Getz's

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:27 am

Graham Ross wrote:Did you know that the M5 is worth nearly 17 Hyundai Getz's

That confirms my opinion of the Hyundai Getz then

rah · Post by **rah** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:26 pm

That's only in money terms. Really the M5 is worth a lot more than that.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:17 am

rah wrote:That's only in money terms. Really the M5 is worth a lot more than that.

Are we talking prestige, or pick up power?

rah · Post by **rah** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:59 am

julian mayo wrote:
rah wrote:That's only in money terms. Really the M5 is worth a lot more than that.
Are we talking prestige, or pick up power?

Yes.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:08 am

rah wrote:
julian mayo wrote:
rah wrote:That's only in money terms. Really the M5 is worth a lot more than that.
Are we talking prestige, or pick up power?
Yes.

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rah · Post by **rah** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:24 am

julian mayo wrote:
rah wrote:
julian mayo wrote:
Are we talking prestige, or pick up power?
Yes.
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Ok, what I meant to say was YES.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:24 am

rah wrote:
julian mayo wrote:
rah wrote:
Yes.
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Ok, what I meant to say was YES.

Much more betterer

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:20 pm

Graham Ross wrote:According to Red Book, the M5 7 speed V10 is a cheap 226K

And if you can't afford that, the M3 is almost 100K cheaper at 137K

A car for $226000

You are kidding me!!

If you had 226000 wouldn't it be wiser to invest most of it and get 4 Hyundai Getz's (1 to own and 3 to spare

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Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:32 pm

JayVee wrote:
Graham Ross wrote:According to Red Book, the M5 7 speed V10 is a cheap 226K

And if you can't afford that, the M3 is almost 100K cheaper at 137K
A car for $226000

You are kidding me!!

If you had 226000 wouldn't it be wiser to invest most of it and get 4 Hyundai Getz's (1 to own and 3 to spare )

No no no, that is for the engines JAYVEE

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:53 pm

What do you mean for the engines ?