These BMW M5 Vs Mercedes-AMG E63 S Races Are Insanely Close

You pretty much already know what’s going down, here. In the silver corner, we have the new, four-wheel drive BMW M5, packing 592bhp and 553lb ft. In the, err, ever-so-slightly darker silver corner it’s the Mercedes-AMG E63 S, whose ordinary-looking bonnet hides 603bhp and 626lb ft.

Both drive all four wheels, both have the latest in trick automatic transmission technology, both weigh about the same, and both come shod with sticky summer tyres. Car Wow raced the two at Bruntingthorpe, starting with a straightforward drag race, then a 70mph brake test and finally a rolling-start drag face-off. Which do you think will win?