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It is a good testing ground for a big car like the M5. The corner complex at the end of the main straight is a series of four right-angle turns – left, right, left, left – where the requirement to maintain pace, while shifting a 1900kg sedan, can... To keep things safe and under control, BMW’s lead driver trainer takes the role of ‘hare’ in an M4 Coupe. It isn’t as violent and edgy as the M3 /M4, and power can be wound on smoothly as you build up speed. Heading through turns one to four at a moderate speed, the big sedan sits flat and is very comfortable. There is good feel from the steering and brakes, the car doing exactly what it is told. With its standard head-up display showing the colourful tachometer and digital speed readout, the numbers jump by four and five at a time, the system struggling to keep up with the rapid acceleration of the car. I match the move and the M5 washes off speed, down into fourth and through the chicane, down to third then around the tight Dandenong Road left-hander before I’m back on the gas. The sheer size of the car does a great job to lessening the sensation of speed, though it never dulls the excitement of the M5. Powering on early out of turn 12, the M5 gives a slight hint of. Source: www.caradvice.com.au
