[David70]

M4 does 0-60 in roughly 4 seconds and 1/4 mile mid 12's. If interested in this car and worried about acceleration numbers, I would compare it to other cars and see their acceleration results.

Once you see the results for all tests, why does the hp figure matter? The M4 seems to be competitive on acceleration. Unless you are going to look at both graphs of torque and hp and compare them I also don't see just the maximum number mattering that much.

I also think the 5-60 mph time is more revealing as it cuts out many of the advantages of launch control and probably more how the average person will drive it. The odds of me pulling up to a stop light and using launch control are very small and unless at a drag strip (which I have never driven at) I am not sure when I would use it. I have never seen it used at a road course either.