Carwow’s back at drag racing cars with another special episode. This time, Mat Watson takes the current BMW M4 and Mercedes-AMG C63 and pits them against the BMW E90 M3 and Mercedes-Benz W204 C63 AMG. As a bonus, the Lexus RC F Track Edition joins this German-only affair. Here’s how it all went down.

Old meets new, but who wins?

Alright, so as usual, let’s go quickly through each car’s specs sheet. The current BMW M4 is good for 425 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque coming from a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine. 0-60 mph takes 3.9 seconds with the seven-speed M DCT gearbox, while top speed is 174 mph (unlockable as an option).

The Mercedes-AMG C63 S is blessed with a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 cranking out 503 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque sent through a nine-speed automatic gearbox. 0-60 mph takes 3.8 seconds.

As for the old guard, the BMW E90 M3 packs a naturally-aspirated 4.0-liter V-8 based on the 5.0-liter V-10 found in the E60 M5. The engine makes 414 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, enough to send the M3 from naught to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds.

It’s long-time arch rival, the C63 AMG, was designed around a naturally-aspirated, absolutely bonkers 6.2-liter V-8 churning out 451 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque aimed at the rear wheels through a seven-speed automatic. It needed just 4.4 seconds to go from 0 to 60 mph and is deemed as one of the most vicious AMG-badged cars to come out of Affalterbach.

The ‘gaijin’ in this all-German affair is the Lexus RC F Track Edition. The Japanese carmaker fitted the RC F with a high-revving 5.0-liter, naturally-aspirated V-8 pumping out 472 horsepower sent to the rear axle only via an Aisin-sourced eight-speed automatic and a tuned Torsen limited-slip differential. 0-60 takes just 4.0 seconds for the Track Edition, which is 0.2 seconds quicker than the regular RC F.

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