The Experience with the BMW M5 CS: A Test of Speed and Performance

As I stepped into the BMW M5 CS, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. The car's performance capabilities had been touted as exceptional, with some reports suggesting that it could reach speeds of over 300 km/h. But how did it perform in real-world conditions? I decided to put it through its paces on the track, testing its limits and pushing it to see what it was truly capable of.

As we began our first test, I couldn't help but feel a sense of respect for the car's abilities. With its massive 4.4-liter V8 engine producing 630 horsepower, this was a car that was designed to deliver. And deliver it did, with the M5 CS quickly taking the lead as we hurtled down the track. The acceleration was seamless, and I found myself grinning from ear to ear as I took each successive turn.

But just when I thought things couldn't get any better, another car appeared on the scene - a rival M5 model that had been modified for extreme performance. This car was a beast, with its own 4.4-liter V8 engine producing an astonishing 700 horsepower. The two cars faced off, with the M5 CS taking the early lead as we hurtled towards the finish line.

As we approached the half-mile mark, I couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at what these two cars were capable of. But just when it seemed like the M5 CS had secured victory, its rival surged ahead, leaving me wondering if I had misjudged things entirely. In the end, however, the M5 CS emerged victorious, crossing the finish line with a blistering pace that left the competition in the dust.

But what about the top speed? Could this car really reach the incredible speeds that some reports had suggested? I was determined to find out, so we set off on another rolling test - this time, with the M5 CS in gear and manual mode. As we picked up speed, I couldn't help but feel a sense of trepidation - what would happen when the car hit its top speed?

The answer, it seemed, was that the M5 CS had reached its theoretical maximum speed. With the engine screaming at 4,500 rpm, the car slowed to a stop just shy of 265 km/h - an astonishing pace for a production car. It was clear, however, that this was not what the car's manufacturer had intended - the M5 CS had been fitted with a performance upgrade that allowed it to reach speeds far beyond its official top speed.

In the end, I was left wondering whether I had somehow managed to squeeze out more power from the car than anyone else. But as I reflected on my experience, one thing became clear: this was a car that was truly exceptional - and one that would stop at nothing to deliver unparalleled performance.

But it's not just about raw speed - sometimes, brakes can be just as important as acceleration when it comes to safety. That's why we decided to run another test - a brake test - with all three cars lined up at the starting line. The car that could bring the pack together with its powerful brakes would win.

The M5 CS was fitted with carbon-ceramic brakes, while the other two cars had standard steel brakes. As I took off down the track, I felt a sense of trepidation as I approached each successive turn - but the M5 CS quickly demonstrated that it could bring its competitors to life. With each brake test, however, it became clear that this was more than just a test of raw braking power - it was also about understanding how different types of brakes perform in real-world conditions.

Despite what seemed like an advantage on paper, I couldn't help but be surprised by the results of our brake test. It turned out that the M5 CS's carbon-ceramic brakes performed admirably well, stopping almost as quickly as their competitors - even if they didn't quite have the same level of fade resistance.

Finally, I had to share some disappointing news with one of my viewers - a car that had been purchased by John for its exceptional performance was found not to be so exceptional after all. The test revealed that it did not actually possess the performance upgrades claimed on it by BMW and thus could be classed as defective.

As I wrapped up our time on the track, I couldn't help but feel grateful for the experience - and excited about what other adventures awaited us in the world of high-performance cars.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enHi how are you maton here from carwow so I'm satting a BMW ma8 competition Grand Coupe and next to me is a BMW M5 Cs and next to that is the BMW M5 competition we're going to have a drag race to see what is the difference between these cars in terms of their performance because they are very similar but have some key differences so they all have 4.4 L twin turbo V8s now in this M8 and the normal M5 competition they put out 625 horsepower and 750 newm of torque however in the m5cs the power output is up to 635 horsepower they still got the same 750 NM of torque they also have the same four-wheel drive system 8-speed automatic gearboxes with torque converters and launch control they all have the ability to decouple the front axle so you can put them in rear wheel drive mode and they're all extremely quick and expensive though there are some price differences so the normal M5 competition costs £14,000 this M8 Grand Coupe competition thingy it costs £14,000 but that m5cs it's a lot more expensive it's £140,000 now for that you do get some lightweight Parts you see that car weighs in a just over 1.8 tons whereas the normal M5 competition weighs just under 1.9 tons and this is the heavy one this weighs just under 2 tons now this particular car has been lent to me by a viewer and if you want to lend us your car to have them featured in a drag race simply email us at reviewy car car. co.uk okay okay so do that there's a link in the description below you can do that now this particular let's have a look around his car he's very much into his M stuff look he's got an M cap in here it's got M performance things here after walking things on the seat belts and there's also a very big wing on the back which I think will actually slow the car down cuz it'll create drag anyhow let's see what else he got in here googly eyes stick on eyes now the owner of this has also told me that he paid his BMW dealer an extra £2,000 for the M performance pack which basically increases the top speed to 190 M hour though he's never been able to vouch that because he's never even been up to 155 mph let alone 190 now the m5cs has that fitted to standard but that M5 comp over there doesn't have it but it'll be interesting to see what happens in the rolling race see if this really is fitted with that system or not now before we race please make sure you subscribe to this Channel and hit the Bell icon to turn your notifications on that way you won't miss a single up also if you're thinking about selling your car you can now do it through carw okay all you have to do is click on the pop out B up there follow the link in the description or simply Google help me Carwell after this video and you can go to our website you'll be able to upload photos of your car put in the registration dead quick and simple to do and our dealers will bid on your car and you'll get a great price for it and you can choose which dealer you sell to and they'll come pick it up take it away and give you the cash no messing around so make sure you check that out anyway let's go on with the race but before we do just want to say hi to a guest driver hey how are you Yanni hi Matt I was actually looking at you when you were doing your piece of the camera and I could see you holding up hats and things like that is the owner of that a real BMW Fanboy exactly is a real BMW Fanboy how about you do you like BMWs when I was younger I had loads of BMWs E30 36 um M3 Schnitzer so yes back in the day I'm not such a fan anymore however the one I'm sitting in is very very special so you think you're going to win in that special car I think it'll be closed probably between you and me let's do it buying a new car then head to carwow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price carwow your One-Stop car buying comparison site now before we race obviously we're going to do the custy car W sound check so I'm going to sta by revving up this M8 I reckon these cars will sound very similar there's my car go and Revit yours Yan 4 and half th000 Max and let's have the M5 competition yes we've all got soft limits though mine seems to be at 5,000 RPM rather than 4 and a half the extra half makes all the difference mate you're absolutely right yeah I don't know what he's talking about oh do you know what you got do now before we race should we warm up our tires and shall I go first ladies first classic sorry to do this to your car John do it the other way now I'll probably do it better now I've got the M Cup on yeah it made me better didn't it can I play gone then Yanni you warm up your tires wow there's too much battery leave some tread left we got to get home in that W this is mad that car is probably quicker than every Lamborghini you've owned ywn it's actually not it's a to door with a bit quicker I just like winding him up go on then Sam show us how it's done Dave I know you had new tires on it before this but you might need some new tires after it oh that was lovely I enjoyed that shall we now race three 2 1 oh got the jump on him on the line but can he come past come on oh he's ging he's ging he's ging he's ging oh yeah that don't work oh that was so close I had to jump on you on the line I'm not sure if I jumped I think we're going to have to go to Steward's inquiry but you were gaining Yanni yeah a little bit longer I definitely catch you but yeah we need to see if anyone jumped it weren't me maybe you student inquiry did I jump I may have jumped but it doesn't matter so I think Sam jumped Matt you were borderline but Yanni was on time I win but you didn't win I won you jumped I'm going to have borderline borderline is not quite you know it's on the border it's on the border line it's not over it it's on the border you're not Switzerland you jumped do you know what Yanni to be fair on you I'm going to rerun the race okay and that is the correct decision my friend I've got a feeling it's going to be the wrong decision for me in the long run though yes I well let's do it 3 2 1 oh oh such a good Lun wo that is just a bit quicker normal competition been dropped oh my gosh first of all I'm going to go to the normal M5 comp did you have a problem with that it bugged a little bit but it wasn't too much of a problem it was a good enough launch it just can't keep up with you too yeah know I think you just beat me off the line but then you started to like Gap me didn't you this car is mad is so so fast it is a noticeable upgrade isn't it don't you think huge difference would you pay that extra 40 grand for that extra performance no I just get someone to remap it for about 10 bags and then save 30 bags and you'd wrap it in rose gold as well right so then what exactly happened well the M5 cs1 completing the standing quarter mile in 10.9 seconds the M8 competition took 11.3 seconds and the M5 competition was last finishing in 12.7 seconds actually the best time we've had out an M5 competition was 11.1 seconds now we're going have a rolling race the cars are in automatic mode and all the Comfort settings uh this is in kilm an hour so I think it's going to be about 80 km an hour right I'm going to count it in ready 3 2 1 go kick down was good in this that m5's dropped goodbye goodbye goodbye my friend I'm slowing down the B God the smash my wing Mir off my car okay we're going to that race again I just want to say a quick prayer for the bird poor bird makes me feel a bit sad anyway The Show Must Go On in honor of the bird let's do this I'm going to count this in get to 50 which is 80 km an hour here we go ready guys you ready 3 2 1 go kick down good kick down there there we go other m5's gone I'm going be y to the half mile can I can I can I I don't know a I don't know that I did let's go to the mile will this car be able to go past 260 km which will be 155 mph has it got this speed limited res restriction removed I don't believe it has that topped out 264 km an hour I think I need to report that to the owner okay so YY what top speed did you have I want to say around 160 but I'm not 100% sure okay right so this car seemed to hit a limiter at um well 264 km an hour but it's supposed to have the performance upgrade where it will do like way above that like 300 km an hour 190 mph let's do another rolling race but this time in gear and we'll keep on going okay see what these cars will do now we're going to do another rolling race from 50 mph and I've got my units in Miles hour as well so we'll see the top speed of this car exactly sports mode for everything manual mode for the gearbox here we go you ready guys 3 2 1 go the way this pulls on the normal M5 comp and then the m56 just is ahead it's just gapping totally beat me to the half mile what's it going to be like at the mile and what will this car's top speed be 15500 oh look it's doing it oh no it's topped out 164 huh it doesn't do 90 Mi it stops 164 what's all that about I think that was pretty conclusive the m5cs is definitely quicker and the M5 competition is definitely the slowest as simple as that got to 175 not bad mine hit a wall at 164 so I don't understand I I don't think this has got the um D restriction sorry John bit bad news for you mate probably want to go speak to your dealer now we're going to do a break test but if you don't watch this and you'd rather watch a group test with an m5cs against its key competitive from Mercedes Porsche and Audi click on the pop out B up there I'll for the link in the description to go watch that video if you want to see the brake test stay here oh that M5 CS it's on carbon Ceramics these other two cars are normal steel brakes should make a difference for a one-off brake test more carbon camic is just better for repeated braking but let's find out what happens anyway here comes a li oh oh oh yes so there we go he won that in fact he pretty much won everything didn't he damn let's not tell him although I'm sure he's well aware and gloating the camera right now I found an amazing deal on a performance German car on car that's a lot less expensive than these cars here if you want to check out what that car is cuz it's not far off in terms of performance actually click on the pop out banner up there follow the link in the description to see what that car is anyway if you haven't done so already please make sure you following me on Instagram it's @ mat Watson cars and finally I'm going to have to give some bad news to um to somebody so I'm going to go do that now uh John I got a bit of bad news for you mate top speed on this car that I got out of it 164 mph and it just like wouldn't go any quicker so I don't know whether you need to go to your dealer and double check whether you really got the performance pack fitted or maybe there's a way to engage it or activate it or something yeah not not having not being able to test it makes it a bit sorry to be the bearer of bad news but hopefully it won't be bad news when you check anyway I hope you enjoyed the video if you did please give it a like if you didn't give it a dislike I don't really mind if you want to suggest some other videos first let us know in the comments below click on those windows there to watch more videos on that box there to see how these cars times compared to all the other cars with drag race the car I drag gra lead the board see you next timeHi how are you maton here from carwow so I'm satting a BMW ma8 competition Grand Coupe and next to me is a BMW M5 Cs and next to that is the BMW M5 competition we're going to have a drag race to see what is the difference between these cars in terms of their performance because they are very similar but have some key differences so they all have 4.4 L twin turbo V8s now in this M8 and the normal M5 competition they put out 625 horsepower and 750 newm of torque however in the m5cs the power output is up to 635 horsepower they still got the same 750 NM of torque they also have the same four-wheel drive system 8-speed automatic gearboxes with torque converters and launch control they all have the ability to decouple the front axle so you can put them in rear wheel drive mode and they're all extremely quick and expensive though there are some price differences so the normal M5 competition costs £14,000 this M8 Grand Coupe competition thingy it costs £14,000 but that m5cs it's a lot more expensive it's £140,000 now for that you do get some lightweight Parts you see that car weighs in a just over 1.8 tons whereas the normal M5 competition weighs just under 1.9 tons and this is the heavy one this weighs just under 2 tons now this particular car has been lent to me by a viewer and if you want to lend us your car to have them featured in a drag race simply email us at reviewy car car. co.uk okay okay so do that there's a link in the description below you can do that now this particular let's have a look around his car he's very much into his M stuff look he's got an M cap in here it's got M performance things here after walking things on the seat belts and there's also a very big wing on the back which I think will actually slow the car down cuz it'll create drag anyhow let's see what else he got in here googly eyes stick on eyes now the owner of this has also told me that he paid his BMW dealer an extra £2,000 for the M performance pack which basically increases the top speed to 190 M hour though he's never been able to vouch that because he's never even been up to 155 mph let alone 190 now the m5cs has that fitted to standard but that M5 comp over there doesn't have it but it'll be interesting to see what happens in the rolling race see if this really is fitted with that system or not now before we race please make sure you subscribe to this Channel and hit the Bell icon to turn your notifications on that way you won't miss a single up also if you're thinking about selling your car you can now do it through carw okay all you have to do is click on the pop out B up there follow the link in the description or simply Google help me Carwell after this video and you can go to our website you'll be able to upload photos of your car put in the registration dead quick and simple to do and our dealers will bid on your car and you'll get a great price for it and you can choose which dealer you sell to and they'll come pick it up take it away and give you the cash no messing around so make sure you check that out anyway let's go on with the race but before we do just want to say hi to a guest driver hey how are you Yanni hi Matt I was actually looking at you when you were doing your piece of the camera and I could see you holding up hats and things like that is the owner of that a real BMW Fanboy exactly is a real BMW Fanboy how about you do you like BMWs when I was younger I had loads of BMWs E30 36 um M3 Schnitzer so yes back in the day I'm not such a fan anymore however the one I'm sitting in is very very special so you think you're going to win in that special car I think it'll be closed probably between you and me let's do it buying a new car then head to carwow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price carwow your One-Stop car buying comparison site now before we race obviously we're going to do the custy car W sound check so I'm going to sta by revving up this M8 I reckon these cars will sound very similar there's my car go and Revit yours Yan 4 and half th000 Max and let's have the M5 competition yes we've all got soft limits though mine seems to be at 5,000 RPM rather than 4 and a half the extra half makes all the difference mate you're absolutely right yeah I don't know what he's talking about oh do you know what you got do now before we race should we warm up our tires and shall I go first ladies first classic sorry to do this to your car John do it the other way now I'll probably do it better now I've got the M Cup on yeah it made me better didn't it can I play gone then Yanni you warm up your tires wow there's too much battery leave some tread left we got to get home in that W this is mad that car is probably quicker than every Lamborghini you've owned ywn it's actually not it's a to door with a bit quicker I just like winding him up go on then Sam show us how it's done Dave I know you had new tires on it before this but you might need some new tires after it oh that was lovely I enjoyed that shall we now race three 2 1 oh got the jump on him on the line but can he come past come on oh he's ging he's ging he's ging he's ging oh yeah that don't work oh that was so close I had to jump on you on the line I'm not sure if I jumped I think we're going to have to go to Steward's inquiry but you were gaining Yanni yeah a little bit longer I definitely catch you but yeah we need to see if anyone jumped it weren't me maybe you student inquiry did I jump I may have jumped but it doesn't matter so I think Sam jumped Matt you were borderline but Yanni was on time I win but you didn't win I won you jumped I'm going to have borderline borderline is not quite you know it's on the border it's on the border line it's not over it it's on the border you're not Switzerland you jumped do you know what Yanni to be fair on you I'm going to rerun the race okay and that is the correct decision my friend I've got a feeling it's going to be the wrong decision for me in the long run though yes I well let's do it 3 2 1 oh oh such a good Lun wo that is just a bit quicker normal competition been dropped oh my gosh first of all I'm going to go to the normal M5 comp did you have a problem with that it bugged a little bit but it wasn't too much of a problem it was a good enough launch it just can't keep up with you too yeah know I think you just beat me off the line but then you started to like Gap me didn't you this car is mad is so so fast it is a noticeable upgrade isn't it don't you think huge difference would you pay that extra 40 grand for that extra performance no I just get someone to remap it for about 10 bags and then save 30 bags and you'd wrap it in rose gold as well right so then what exactly happened well the M5 cs1 completing the standing quarter mile in 10.9 seconds the M8 competition took 11.3 seconds and the M5 competition was last finishing in 12.7 seconds actually the best time we've had out an M5 competition was 11.1 seconds now we're going have a rolling race the cars are in automatic mode and all the Comfort settings uh this is in kilm an hour so I think it's going to be about 80 km an hour right I'm going to count it in ready 3 2 1 go kick down was good in this that m5's dropped goodbye goodbye goodbye my friend I'm slowing down the B God the smash my wing Mir off my car okay we're going to that race again I just want to say a quick prayer for the bird poor bird makes me feel a bit sad anyway The Show Must Go On in honor of the bird let's do this I'm going to count this in get to 50 which is 80 km an hour here we go ready guys you ready 3 2 1 go kick down good kick down there there we go other m5's gone I'm going be y to the half mile can I can I can I I don't know a I don't know that I did let's go to the mile will this car be able to go past 260 km which will be 155 mph has it got this speed limited res restriction removed I don't believe it has that topped out 264 km an hour I think I need to report that to the owner okay so YY what top speed did you have I want to say around 160 but I'm not 100% sure okay right so this car seemed to hit a limiter at um well 264 km an hour but it's supposed to have the performance upgrade where it will do like way above that like 300 km an hour 190 mph let's do another rolling race but this time in gear and we'll keep on going okay see what these cars will do now we're going to do another rolling race from 50 mph and I've got my units in Miles hour as well so we'll see the top speed of this car exactly sports mode for everything manual mode for the gearbox here we go you ready guys 3 2 1 go the way this pulls on the normal M5 comp and then the m56 just is ahead it's just gapping totally beat me to the half mile what's it going to be like at the mile and what will this car's top speed be 15500 oh look it's doing it oh no it's topped out 164 huh it doesn't do 90 Mi it stops 164 what's all that about I think that was pretty conclusive the m5cs is definitely quicker and the M5 competition is definitely the slowest as simple as that got to 175 not bad mine hit a wall at 164 so I don't understand I I don't think this has got the um D restriction sorry John bit bad news for you mate probably want to go speak to your dealer now we're going to do a break test but if you don't watch this and you'd rather watch a group test with an m5cs against its key competitive from Mercedes Porsche and Audi click on the pop out B up there I'll for the link in the description to go watch that video if you want to see the brake test stay here oh that M5 CS it's on carbon Ceramics these other two cars are normal steel brakes should make a difference for a one-off brake test more carbon camic is just better for repeated braking but let's find out what happens anyway here comes a li oh oh oh yes so there we go he won that in fact he pretty much won everything didn't he damn let's not tell him although I'm sure he's well aware and gloating the camera right now I found an amazing deal on a performance German car on car that's a lot less expensive than these cars here if you want to check out what that car is cuz it's not far off in terms of performance actually click on the pop out banner up there follow the link in the description to see what that car is anyway if you haven't done so already please make sure you following me on Instagram it's @ mat Watson cars and finally I'm going to have to give some bad news to um to somebody so I'm going to go do that now uh John I got a bit of bad news for you mate top speed on this car that I got out of it 164 mph and it just like wouldn't go any quicker so I don't know whether you need to go to your dealer and double check whether you really got the performance pack fitted or maybe there's a way to engage it or activate it or something yeah not not having not being able to test it makes it a bit sorry to be the bearer of bad news but hopefully it won't be bad news when you check anyway I hope you enjoyed the video if you did please give it a like if you didn't give it a dislike I don't really mind if you want to suggest some other videos first let us know in the comments below click on those windows there to watch more videos on that box there to see how these cars times compared to all the other cars with drag race the car I drag gra lead the board see you next time\n"