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Since my Super car series article was a flop, I decided to introduce what our audience needs. What is petrol? A pure and refined form of petroleum. What is diesel? A less refined and cheaper form of petroleum. So obviously petrol has a performance advantage. What are diesels meant for? To do more kilometers at lesser stops at the pump. But these cars will prove you wrong. They are torque monsters, turbo hooligans and insanely fast. These are the cars you should consider if you won a lottery and you want to spend all of it on a new car. So which are the fastest and still efficient cars? My top three list.
1. BMW M5 50d X drive.
BMW's performance brand, M is the mother of one of the fastest cars around. Their recipe for perfection is usually take a stock sedan or coupe by BMW and add a fire breathing petrol V8,V10 or fit as many turbos as you can. And yeah add a stiff suspension and a couple of super computers.
But now they have chose to do their bit for environment. So here is my favorite diesel, the BMW M5 50d Xdrive.
So whats under the hood?(Technical)
Its a Triple turbo,3 liter straight six. And a diesel obviously. It produces 380 horses and 660 NM of torque. Thats almost 400 HP from an oil burner! The petrol M5 is powered by a twin turbo V8. It produces 555 horses. So the diesel must be much slower right? No. It does 0-100 KMH in 4.7 seconds. Yeah you read right and thats no typing error. Thats 0.2 seconds slow compared to petrol. Of course it has a slower top speed at a slow 285+ KMH but who actually manages that in real? Plus the torque. 660 NM is enough to pull a hill.
And it is mated to a super quick 8 speed semi-automatic Dual clutch gearbox. Shifts gears quicker than you can blink! And its four wheel drive so everything remains in control when exploring that torque. And yeah also some super computers so it uses its power efficiently. And if driven efficiently it can return you 10-8 KMPL. Thats what my car gives. Also it doesn't pollute that much. Perfection? Yeah sort of.
The numbers
2993cc, 6cyl, 4WD, 376bhp, 660 Nm @ 2000 RMP, 44.7mpg, 165g/km CO2, 0-100 in 4.7secs, 155mph, 1970kg(THATS HEAVY).
So it will keep up with the V8 petrol M5 on almost any road. And it is cheaper by 15000 pounds( 13 lacs). Plus it handles even better(grip).
Glorious M badge!
Ooooh you dont want to get out now!
5000 red line for an M car is first time.
Here are the Beemers pics
1. BMW M5 50d X drive.
BMW's performance brand, M is the mother of one of the fastest cars around. Their recipe for perfection is usually take a stock sedan or coupe by BMW and add a fire breathing petrol V8,V10 or fit as many turbos as you can. And yeah add a stiff suspension and a couple of super computers.
But now they have chose to do their bit for environment. So here is my favorite diesel, the BMW M5 50d Xdrive.
So whats under the hood?(Technical)
Its a Triple turbo,3 liter straight six. And a diesel obviously. It produces 380 horses and 660 NM of torque. Thats almost 400 HP from an oil burner! The petrol M5 is powered by a twin turbo V8. It produces 555 horses. So the diesel must be much slower right? No. It does 0-100 KMH in 4.7 seconds. Yeah you read right and thats no typing error. Thats 0.2 seconds slow compared to petrol. Of course it has a slower top speed at a slow 285+ KMH but who actually manages that in real? Plus the torque. 660 NM is enough to pull a hill.
And it is mated to a super quick 8 speed semi-automatic Dual clutch gearbox. Shifts gears quicker than you can blink! And its four wheel drive so everything remains in control when exploring that torque. And yeah also some super computers so it uses its power efficiently. And if driven efficiently it can return you 10-8 KMPL. Thats what my car gives. Also it doesn't pollute that much. Perfection? Yeah sort of.
The numbers
2993cc, 6cyl, 4WD, 376bhp, 660 Nm @ 2000 RMP, 44.7mpg, 165g/km CO2, 0-100 in 4.7secs, 155mph, 1970kg(THATS HEAVY).
So it will keep up with the V8 petrol M5 on almost any road. And it is cheaper by 15000 pounds( 13 lacs). Plus it handles even better(grip).
Glorious M badge!
Ooooh you dont want to get out now!
5000 red line for an M car is first time.
Here are the Beemers pics