2014 BMW M5 / M6 Gran Coupe with Competition Package - Car and Driver
It comes from a long line of high-performance sedans tuned by BMW’s M division. First Drive Review – 2014 BMW M5 with Competition Package With no track handy, we settled for storming about on two-lanes through the hill country outside Bellingham, Washington, where we drove both models equipped with the seven-speed dual-clutch... BMW says the tweaks are good for 0. 1 second in the 0-to-60-mph dash in the sedans, which the standard cars accomplished in 3. 7 seconds in our tests. The biggest gain in driver involvement is that the hydraulically assisted rack-and-pinion steering has what BMW calls “more-direct programming. ” It’s evident in quicker responses to steering inputs and is so immediate that you’d call it twitchy in the Sport or Sport Plus settings if the steering weren’t so absurdly overweighted. (The additional modes are chosen via a button beside the shifter or programmed into one of the two M buttons on the steering wheel. The best steering feel for road use came in Comfort mode,. Source: www.caranddriver.com
