8 Cars The BMW M850i Can Beat To 62mph

With an M8 on the way the M850i isn't even the fastest version of the 8-series we'll ever see, but it's still stupidly quick

Matt Robinson

18 Jun 2018

The new BMW 8-series is here, and perhaps the only thing more dramatic than the way it looks (check out the size of those kidney grilles!) is the performance of the M850i. Yes, with 523bhp available from its 4.4-litre V8, the top-of-the-range 8er isn’t exactly wanting for power. But even so: this is a big car which you wouldn’t expect to be as quick as it actually is.

We don’t know the weight figure yet, but despite all the carbonfibre-reinforced plastic and aluminium used in its construction, it isn’t going to be light. And yet, thanks to its clever ‘xDrive’ all-wheel drive system, it’s absurdly fast off the line, hitting 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds. And to think, this isn’t even the fastest version of the 8er we’ll ever see - an even faster ‘M8’ should come along at some point.

So to put that acceleration figure in perspective, here are some sports cars and supercars that the M850i could - based on factory figures - beat to the benchmark speed. Progress is a wonderful thing, isn’t it?

Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 - 4.2 seconds

Ferrari F430 - 4.0 seconds

Aston Martin V12 Vantage S (manual) - 3.9 seconds

Nissan R390 - 3.9 seconds

McLaren-Mercedes SLR - 3.9 seconds

Ferrari F40 - 3.9 seconds

Porsche 911 GT3 (manual) - 3.9 seconds

Mercedes-AMG GT S - 3.8 seconds

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

Check out that 8 ,M8 !

Some poor perspective BMW buyer in Florida is going to be very upset to learn I took their license plate idea… sorry.. m8

It’s also a real winner in terms of looks 😍

The R35 would like to say hi

I’ll just leave this here..

Nice to see an acknowledgement of the R390

I mean sure it can beat those cars to 60

But let’s be honest it’s no where near as good to drive or have such a feel good factor as any of the cars on this list

Escpically that Aston And Porsche

No denying that! This is more about putting its bonkers straight-line pace into perspective

That was my tought too😂

I can assure you it is more lively and fun than an SLR or SLS which can be considered it’s competitors, as opposed to the other more performance oriented cars on the list.