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The M2C is faster, big surprise there..

Seriously, it is, you can actually see the extra power propelling the car forward..

But take into consideration it's manual vs a DCT, for what that's worth..

Great test video, confirms that there are very few street vehicles that could keep up with the M2C..
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The M2C is faster, big surprise there..

Seriously, it is, you can actually see the extra power propelling the car forward..

But take into consideration it's manual vs a DCT, for what that's worth..

Great test video, confirms that there are very few street vehicles that could keep up with the M2C..
There were 2 OG M2s in the video (DCT and MT) and an M2C (DCT I believe). So it was apples to apples (DCT vs DCT) IMO :
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The M2C is faster, big surprise there..

Seriously, it is, you can actually see the extra power propelling the car forward..

But take into consideration it's manual vs a DCT, for what that's worth..

Great test video, confirms that there are very few street vehicles that could keep up with the M2C..
There were 2 OG M2s in the video (DCT and MT) and an M2C (DCT I believe). So it was apples to apples (DCT vs DCT) IMO :
I guess another manual M2C wasn't in the budget or available..

But logic would dictate that it would be right above the DCT M2, maybe even neck and neck..

A manual can't shift and modulate power as fast as the computer can.. But I still would take the manual.. #Compromises
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I guess another manual wasn't in the budget or available..

But logic would dictate that it would be right above the DCT M2, maybe even neck and neck..

A manual can't shift and modulate power as fast as the computer can.. But I still would take the manual.. #Compromises
Agreed, I went with the manual transmission but I'm 22 I don't wanna never own a manual transmission, I've had a Corvette Manual but that was a shared vehicle I went half and half with my father on since it was both of ours first real sports car. Having owned a Dodge Charger and the Kia Stinger 3.3TT they both were automatics and I'm itching to shift manually!
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The M2C is faster, big surprise there..

Seriously, it is, you can actually see the extra power propelling the car forward..

But take into consideration it's manual vs a DCT, for what that's worth..

Great test video, confirms that there are very few street vehicles that could keep up with the M2C..
It lost to an Alfa 4C. There are plenty of street cars that can keep up. Like every single new Mustang GT and Camaro SS. Just sayin.
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It lost to an Alfa 4C. There are plenty of street cars that can keep up. Like every single new Mustang GT and Camaro SS. Just sayin.
Yeah tons of cars will beat it on the street in the price range especially straight line, it's the track that cars in the same price range will have a harder time, camaro and a few others can do it.
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The M2C is faster, big surprise there..

Seriously, it is, you can actually see the extra power propelling the car forward..

But take into consideration it's manual vs a DCT, for what that's worth..

Great test video, confirms that there are very few street vehicles that could keep up with the M2C..
It lost to an Alfa 4C. There are plenty of street cars that can keep up. Like every single new Mustang GT and Camaro SS. Just sayin.
You have to look at the big picture; you're getting a German engineered M vehicle, that can efficiently and comfortable get up to 60mph in 4 seconds and stop the action just as quick..

I'll take that anyday over a Chevy or Ford..

Folks that work on those American-made vehicle reveal that they are made with plastic, cheap, throwaway parts and the engineering as not as thought-of as their German counterparts.. Yes, they can haul ass due to their gas-guzzling, larger displacement motor.. If they weren't fast, what would they be?

Or the Alfa with its limited dealer network and niche acceptance the US, I wouldn't exactly classify those an average street car..

When is last time you seen an Alfa in the 'hood?
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That 4C is modded…

A standard 4C does the quarter mile in around 12.8 which is around the same time as a standard 6MT M2

Here you can see it keeps on pulling...

The M2C is faster than I thought against the M2...can really see the S55 hauling the car forward
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I guess another manual M2C wasn't in the budget or available..

But logic would dictate that it would be right above the DCT M2, maybe even neck and neck..

A manual can't shift and modulate power as fast as the computer can.. But I still would take the manual.. #Compromises
In the video the M2 6MT beat the M2 DCT (Race 1 by a clear margin and Race 2 by half a neck)...it all comes down to the driver really between 6MT and DCT
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Thought M2c wouldve been a lot faster that - for sure faster than the OGM2 but not by much (bummed)

That 4c is a bad ass...I don’t like the looks though
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Light year difference in reaction times from the M2 drivers.

For the M2C to reign that in and then pull away says a lot about the difference between OG and M2C
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You have to look at the big picture; you're getting a German engineered M vehicle, that can efficiently and comfortable get up to 60mph in 4 seconds and stop the action just as quick..

I take that any day over a Chevy or Ford.. Folks that work on those American-made vehicle reveal that they are made with plastic, cheap, throwaway parts and the engineering as not as thought-of as their German counterparts.. Yes, they can haul ass due to their gas-guzzling, larger displacement motor.. If they weren't fast, what would they be?

Or the Alfa with its limited dealer network and niche acceptance the US, I wouldn't exactly classify those an average street car..

When is last time you seen an Alfa in the 'hood?

Which is why I'm going from the one on the right to one like on the left.

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Thought M2c wouldve been a lot faster that - for sure faster than the OGM2 but not by much (bummed)

That 4c is a bad ass...I don't like the looks though
The M2C has more top end. It would continue to pull away.

Bottom line, the M2 is a fast car. Let's not take 4s cars for granted. Both the M2 and M2C are frickin brilliantly engineered cars.
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To really observe the difference in acceleration among the 3 M2s in the video they should have also included a rolling start race so the cars and do the work (I believe another YouTube channel with a bunch of drag races always include standing and rolling start races)

From a launch driver skills and reaction time play too much of a factor. Regardless it's clear the M2C is significantly quicker
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To really observe the difference in acceleration among the 3 M2s in the video they should have also included a rolling start race so the cars and do the work (I believe another YouTube channel with a bunch of drag races always include standing and rolling start races)

From a launch driver skills and reaction time play too much of a factor. Regardless it's clear the M2C is significantly quicker
That's the problem with all these "races." Basic physics. Trying to launch a car at exactly the same time and get a perfect hookup on both cars (or three at a time) is extremely difficult for 99% of drivers. Now put them on a strip and put pro-level drag racers behind the wheels, and we'll get some consistency going. Just look at the first couple of races where the blue M2 launches way ahead of the other two cars. These aren't actual races of the cars as much as examples of the driver's abilities to launch on time (not too early, not too late) and being able to hook hard off the line.

The same thing happens in roll-on comparisons. For whatever reason (well, it's a standard human bias actually), the majority of people don't understand time versus distance versus velocity when they see it in action. They let their eyes fool them into what they think is obvious but in fact 100% false.

Take two absolutely identical cars, with everything exactly identical and driven absolutely identically. Put them in a roll-on battle. The driver in car A hits the throttle 0.2 seconds quicker than car B. Off they go. What happens? Car A will continually open up the gap between the two cars as they accelerate. Most watch and proclaim car A is "faster". I mean, LOOK! It continually increased the gap between itself and car B!! How can it not be faster?

Because it's not. They're identical and accelerating identically. The difference is the initial time gap to start the acceleration run. It's within typical human reaction time too. The cars will always be 0.2 seconds apart since they are accelerating identically but starting with a different initial condition.

By 60mph, car A will be 17.6' ahead of car B. By 120 mph, car A will be 32.2' ahead, and at 155mph car A will be 45.5' ahead. All in attendance will proclaim car A the "faster car" (even though they are absolutely identical).

The same thing happens on a track when even announcers proclaim how one car "pulls away" from the other behind it only to be "almost caught" in the next corner. These cars are likely near identical too and driven very well, so in fact there isn't any "faster car down the straights" but instead the car in front will *always* be on the throttle ahead of the 2nd one exiting the turn onto the straight. The identical cars doing identical laps times will *always* show the car in front "pulling away" from the car behind as velocity increases on a straight. Always...since they are doing exactly the same lap times, the time gap between them remains constant, so the distance between them will always vary as a function of velocity (assuming they are doing exactly the speed at every point in their lap time, i.e. perfectly identical cars/drivers). The net of it is that what needs to be evaluated is the time gap between the two cars, not the distance gap. Eyes see distance gap differences and trick the brain into making false conclusions.

Whew! Sorry for the brain dump here...two cups of coffee will do that.
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To really observe the difference in acceleration among the 3 M2s in the video they should have also included a rolling start race so the cars and do the work (I believe another YouTube channel with a bunch of drag races always include standing and rolling start races)

From a launch driver skills and reaction time play too much of a factor. Regardless it's clear the M2C is significantly quicker
That's the problem with all these "races." Basic physics. Trying to launch a car at exactly the same time and get a perfect hookup on both cars (or three at a time) is extremely difficult for 99% of drivers. Now put them on a strip and put pro-level drag racers behind the wheels, and we'll get some consistency going. Just look at the first couple of races where the blue M2 launches way ahead of the other two cars. These aren't actual races of the cars as much as examples of the driver's abilities to launch on time (not too early, not too late) and being able to hook hard off the line.

The same thing happens in roll-on comparisons. For whatever reason (well, it's a standard human bias actually), the majority of people don't understand time versus distance versus velocity when they see it in action. They let their eyes fool them into what they think is obvious but in fact 100% false.

Take two absolutely identical cars, with everything exactly identical and driven absolutely identically. Put them in a roll-on battle. The driver in car A hits the throttle 0.2 seconds quicker than car B. Off they go. What happens? Car A will continually open up the gap between the two cars as they accelerate. Most watch and proclaim car A is "faster". I mean, LOOK! It continually increased the gap between itself and car B!! How can it not be faster?

Because it's not. They're identical and accelerating identically. The difference is the initial time gap to start the acceleration run. It's within typical human reaction time too. The cars will always be 0.2 seconds apart since they are accelerating identically but starting with a different initial condition.

By 60mph, car A will be 17.6' ahead of car B. By 120 mph, car A will be 32.2' ahead, and at 155mph car A will be 45.5' ahead. All in attendance will proclaim car A the "faster car" (even though they are absolutely identical).

The same thing happens on a track when even announcers proclaim how one car "pulls away" from the other behind it only to be "almost caught" in the next corner. These cars are likely near identical too and driven very well, so in fact there isn't any "faster car down the straights" but instead the car in front will *always* be on the throttle ahead of the 2nd one exiting the turn onto the straight. The identical cars doing identical laps times will *always* show the car in front "pulling away" from the car behind as velocity increases on a straight. Always...since they are doing exactly the same lap times, the time gap between them remains constant, so the distance between them will always vary as a function of velocity (assuming they are doing exactly the speed at every point in their lap time, i.e. perfectly identical cars/drivers). The net of it is that what needs to be evaluated is the time gap between the two cars, not the distance gap. Eyes see distance gap differences and trick the brain into making false conclusions.

Whew! Sorry for the brain dump here...two cups of coffee will do that.
This is AWESOME. I was a physics major, and it never occurred to me that this is what was going on. The power of cognitive biases and illusions! But after your explanation, makes perfect sense!
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That 4C is modded…

A standard 4C does the quarter mile in around 12.8 which is around the same time as a standard 6MT M2

Here you can see it keeps on pulling...
Exactly, just looked up C&D 2015 review....13s @ 107....11s to 100. Slower than an OG M2.
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You don't need a technical thesis to explain which car is faster..

The M2 has a more top-loaded tune which allows it to pull ahead of the M2C but it blows its load sooner and runs out of breath by the time the M2C starts pulling ahead, at full boost..

It doesn't matter who had the better launch, there is enough distance to accommodate for error and for each car to stretch their legs, showing who has the most endurance, i.e. faster..

As far as the Alfa C, it's 1,000 pounds lighter than the M2C and possible tune, so that explains its advantage on it pulling ahead.

I have a N55 motor and I know exactly when it runs out of breath due to its single turbo and lack of fuel supply..

The N55 is great motor but the S55 parallel turbo and dual fuel pump set up is always going to trump a single turbo. No race needed to confirm that..
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You don't need a technical thesis to explain which car is faster..

The M2 has a more top-loaded tune which allows it to pull ahead of the M2C but it blows its load sooner and runs out of breath by the time the M2C starts pulling ahead, at full boost..

It doesn't matter who had the better launch, there is enough distance to accommodate for error and for each car to stretch their legs, showing who has the most endurance, i.e. faster..

As far as the Alfa C, it's 1,000 pounds lighter than the M2C and possible tune, so that explains its advantage on it pulling ahead.

I have a N55 motor and I know exactly when it runs out of breath due to its single turbo and lack of fuel supply..

The N55 is great motor but the S55 parallel turbo and dual fuel pump set up is always going to trump a single turbo. No race needed to confirm that..
Maybe I missed... In which part of the video exactly did the M2 pull ahead of M2C? Do you mean the start of first two races where both DCT M2 and DCT M2C drivers were sleeping and reacted decades later than the 6MT M2 driver?
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