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The World's Fastest BMW Coupe?

Posted May 20, 2009 12:00 PM by CarDomain

With 750 hp, the G-POWER M6 Hurricane CS just might achieve that title. Looks the part, too. According to a story over on worldcarfans.com, this baby has a top speed of over 370 km/h. Or so says German BMW tuners G Power.

So what do we know for sure? According to worldcarfans.com, "air is cooled down by a water-to-air cast-aluminum intercooler, and pushed into two ASA T1-316 belt-driven superchargers. The company claims no typical supercharger lag with these units, saying that throttle response is immediate, as is the increase in torque."

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Re: The World's Fastest BMW Coupe?

05/23/2009 3:56 PM

Of course there's no lag with a supercharger. Lag is a characteristic of turbocharging not supercharging.

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