[Car리뷰천車만별]⑪ Porsche vs. BMW, drag race winner-Part 1

[10번째 리뷰] Porsche vs. BMW, won at Yeongam Circuit. 1 episode

What if a sports car brand’s’eco-friendly’ car and a premium brand’s high-performance car compete on the circuit? Porsche’s hybrid four-door coupe Panamera 4-E hybrid, called the’daily supercar’, and the M550i, which boasts the highest output among BMW’s sedans, met at the Jeonnam Yeongam Korea International Circuit. In terms of total power, the M550i leads the way. What was the result?

V8 engine emotion Excluding the high-performance model M5, the M550i boasts the highest output among the 5 series. The 4.4L V8 twin turbo engine delivers a total of 530 horsepower. An engine that also goes into the M5. It is no exaggeration to say that M5’s’mild taste’.

Porsche Hybrid? The Panamera 4-E hybrid produces 462 horsepower by adding a 2.9L V6 engine and an electric motor. Compared to the normal gasoline engine version, it is stronger than the Panamera 4 and a little weaker than the Panamera 4S. However, it features a strong torque with the power of an electric motor.

The 400m drag race result is In all 3 matches, the M550i won. With the power of an electric motor and a spot response (a kind of boost function), the Panamera 4-E Hybrid was promoted up to 200m in the beginning, but it could not overcome the difference in output afterwards. However, the result of’zero back’ (the time to reach 100 km/h from a standstill) was only 0.01 seconds apart.

In lap time? The lap time measurement was also the victory of the M550i with a power difference of more than 70 horsepower. But the difference wasn’t as big as I thought. After all, the moment it proved that Porsche’s’sports DNA’ is not easy.

TMI
· The torque of the Panamera 4E-Hybrid, reaching 71 kg·f·m, showed terrifying performance at early acceleration. In the process of re-acceleration, the difference in total power cannot be overcome.
The M550i is equipped with Pirelli P-Zero tires, while the Panamera 4E-Hybrid is equipped with Pirelli Chinturato tires. If the Panamera had high-performance performance tires, the result would be unknown.
· Although it showed a strong performance of over 500 horsepower, the M550i tended to understeer because of the weight of the engine. But cornering looks stable.
The rear spoiler (a wing-shaped device that lowers the vehicle body) that protrudes during high-speed driving adds to the Panamera’s’force’. After all, Porsche.