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Old 04-02-2019, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Best4x4xFAR View Post
Hmmm, I'd always heard it as, "Torque gets you up to speed, horespower keeps you there." And although I know that the Internet is full of misinformation, I didn't have any trouble finding similar statements with the help of Google, so color me confused..



Interesting, I thought I remembered Car and Driver saying the 2014 X5 35d was a tad 'slower' than the Model it replaced..
2014 has the N57 with a single turbo. It makes less power than our M57 with two turbos. But it also got the 8 speed which makes up for most of the power loss.
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