2006 BMW M5 vs. Cadillac STS-V, MB CLS55 AMG - Car and Driver (blog)
An intriguing element of BMW's presentation for the new M5 emphasized this supersedan's all-around usefulness, suggesting it's as well suited for a wife's run to the supermarket as it is for a BMW-club track day. Putting aside for the moment the politically incorrect characterization of a wife's life, along with the notion of the primary driver's giving up control before his cold dead fingers have been pried from the wheel, we have trouble digesting this... First, one look at the pricing tells you these cars aren't grocery getters. You know what they say: 10 grand here, 10 grand there, pretty soon you're talking real money. So when a Dodge Charger SRT8 — base price, $38,095 — showed up at Hogback Road just as the Bahn Burners were heading to Grattan, we thought it would be interesting to see how this relatively low-priced missile would measure up against the... Propelled by a DaimlerChrysler 6. 1-liter Hemi V-8 — 425 horsepower, 420 pound-feet of torque — the 4274-pound Charger rumbled to 60 mph in 4. 8 seconds, covered the quarter-mile in 13. 2 seconds (a tie with the Cadillac) at 109 mph, pulled 0. 90... Even though we experienced brake-fade problems during the full-tilt process, we were able to herd the bad-boy Dodge around the track in 1:32. 65, just 0. 1 second behind the CLS55 Benz and almost a full. Source: www.caranddriver.com
