{"id":35347,"date":"2022-11-05T03:23:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T07:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35347"},"modified":"2022-11-05T03:23:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T07:23:35","slug":"bmw-m4-csl-loses-to-porsche-911-gt3-in-track-test-at-hockenheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35347","title":{"rendered":"BMW M4 CSL Loses To Porsche 911 GT3 In Track Test At Hockenheim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, the BMW M4 CSL dueled the Porsche 911 GT3 Touring in a drag race<\/a> and now they\u2019ve met again for a different comparison. This time around, the Competition Sport Lightweight was pitted against the non-Touring version of Zuffenhausen\u2019s track weapon. The venue chosen by the journalists at Sport Auto<\/em> was the Hockenheim track in Germany.<\/p>\n

It should be noted the two high-performance sports cars are similarly priced as the M4 CSL<\/a> retails for \u20ac165,200 in Deutschland where Porsche is charging \u20ac167,518 for the 911 GT3. In addition, both are rear-wheel-drive cars with automatic transmissions and six-cylinder engines, but that\u2019s where the similarities end. At 1,435 kilograms (3,164 pounds), the 911 GT3 with the PDK is a substantial 190 kg (419 lbs) lighter than the M4 CSL.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a pair of turbochargers, the BMW has more power and considerably more torque compared to the Porsche. The S58 engine produces 550 hp and 650 Nm (478 lb-ft) whereas the naturally aspirated flat-six of the 911 GT3<\/a> has 510 hp and 470 Nm (346 lb-ft). However, power isn\u2019t everything, especially on a challenging circuit like Hockenheim.<\/p>\n

Sport Auto\u2019s<\/em> Christian Gebhardt tested the two cars back-to-back on the Grand Prix configuration of the Hockenheim circuit. We\u2019re getting the impression the seven-speed PDK of the Porsche changes gears quicker than the torque-converter eight-speed gearbox of the BMW. In the end, there was a nearly three-second difference between the two cars, with the 911 GT3 taking 1 minute and 47.3 seconds to complete the lap while the M4 CSL did it in 1 minute and 50.1 seconds.<\/p>\n

Other BMWs tested by the same driver on the same track include the M4 Competition xDrive (1:53.9) and the M5 Competition (1:54.2). Christian Gebhardt also spent time behind the wheel of other Porsches, such as the 911 Carrera 4 GTS (1:53.3), 911 Carrera S with a manual (1:53.4), 718 Cayman GT4 (1:53.9), and a Taycan Turbo (1:54.1).<\/p>\n

The gap between the M4 CSL and 911 GT3 doesn\u2019t come as a big surprise if we look at their N\u00fcrburgring lap times. The former needed 7 minutes and 20.2 seconds<\/a> to complete the full lap (20.8 kilometers \/ 12.9 miles) while the latter did it in 6 minutes and 59.9 seconds.<\/p>\n

Source: Sport Auto \/ YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, the BMW M4 CSL dueled the Porsche 911 GT3 Touring in a drag race and now they\u2019ve met again for a different comparison. This time around, the Competition Sport Lightweight was pitted against the non-Touring version of Zuffenhausen\u2019s track weapon. The venue chosen by the journalists at Sport Auto was the Hockenheim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":35348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}