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Originally Posted by Singh
I was in a 535 V8 and my friend in my A8 4.2 at a few years back, and the 4.2 A8 pulled from the 535 V8 like it was a Fiesta, even the 740's of the D2 year are 20 BHP short iirc.
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A lot of the BMW fans pull the line that the x40i engine (in the 540i and 740i, possibly appearing in the same state in the E31 840i?) under-performs on paper. That it feels a lot stronger than it's figures would suggest. I don't think it does, I think it feels about right. And comparing that to a facelift 4.2 A8 shows how good the A8 is! A decent turn of pace for a 13 year old luxury car!