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Why is everybody hating on the new BMW M5?
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Do people not like the fact that you get this M effect in the ambient lighting?
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Look at that.
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Oh, that's very M, isn't it?
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But despite that, you look at anything online where people are discussing it and it's just negativity everywhere.
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What's wrong with people?
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I guess people just don't like change, but BMW has had to make a change to keep with the times, but at least they haven't changed the engine.
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It's still a 4.4-litre twin-to-be V8. that didn't shut.
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I guess people just don't like the fact that BMW has had to add one of these to the car.
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A place when you can plug it in because it's hybrid.
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But I'm going to find out if people are wrong to hate on this latest M5 by performance testing it,
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weighing it and stick it on a dyno to see how much power it really makes.
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Because BMW are known to lie about those things.
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Anyway, I'm Matt Watson and you're watching CarWag.
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In this video, I'm going to tell you five good things about the new BMW M5.
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Then I'm going to tell you about five bad things about the new M5.
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And at the very end of the video, I'm going to give you some alternatives that you might want to buy instead of it.
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But before that, let's kick off with one obvious benefit of this new car being a hybrid.
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So go and pop the bonnet.
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Yes.
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So we've got this 4.4 litre twin turbo V8.
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It's got 585 horsepower however it's mated to an electric motor
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and combined the total power output is 727 horsepower
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and 1000 newton meters of torque and that drives all four wheels for an eight-speed automatic gearbox.
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Now that's quite a lot of power isn't it but is it making more power than BMW suggest?
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Let's put it on the dyno to find out.
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I'm here with Mitch from Ori Performance in Swindon so So we're going to find out what the reality is.
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Now, in my experience, BMWs usually overperform.
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Yeah.
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Do you find that?
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Yeah.
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Well, this one.
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When I dyno-tested the old BMW M5 competition, it was supposed to have 625 horsepower, but actually produced 652 horsepower.
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So have things got better, or have they got worse, with the new M5?
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Here we go.
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Whoa, look at that climb.
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Yeah, they're some good numbers.
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So Mitch, this graph looks pretty blooming good.
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So what have you found?
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She's got a lot of horsepower.
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A lot.
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And even more torque.
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What we've actually got on there is what is calculated today at our engine is 774.4 horsepower.
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Wow, so that's a considerable uplift over the claimed 727.
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And then we come to the torque.
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So the car's supposed to have 1,000 Nm peak torque.
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Yeah, it's 1,000 Nm.
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So, okay, so today it's running at 1,000 Nm.
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And the interesting thing as well is just that torque curve, look how it just rises so sharply that it stays flat until 5,000, then tapers off.
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It's nuts!
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It is nuts.
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What are these cars like to tune?
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Because the previous generation were pretty good for tuning you can
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get to a thousand horsepower with an engine build you have
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to build the engine for this to get to a thousand
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not for a thousand one of these really one of these
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i believe literally by just doing a stage one map yeah
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very little modification to the engine at all you know you talk in an intake
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and exhaust and you'll be seeing one over a thousand
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and do you reckon like bmw when they're designing this car
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and building it they they work
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that in they're like right we're doing a hybrid let's make
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sure it's an absolute banger even on paper like you look
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at the engine output it's no more than the previous generation car.
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You're saying that actually it's another level.
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It's also the electric side filling in as well.
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Yeah, wow.
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This car is supposed to do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds.
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Let's find out what the reality is.
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I've got my specialist timing gear up here.
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I'm going to time it to 60 miles an hour and over the quarter mile, see what it does.
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Launch control.
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We're ready.
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Frickin' hell, that was mental.
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That can go a lot quicker because of the wheel spin.
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Let's try again.
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That was brutal.
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That was a bit of launch.
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3.48, see?
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11.37.
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3.37, once again though I think it can go quicker.
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This is serious, this thing is.
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That was a good one.
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This'll be it.
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No. 3.52, but maybe quicker on the Quar.
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Nope.
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One more blast.
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3.41.
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I reckon I can get it a little bit quicker,
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but I think that's some good attempts there.
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What I like about it is it's letting me launch over and over and over again, whereas BMWs didn't used to do that.
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That's a good one.
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No. Come on.
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It's getting consistent now.
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I think we are where we are.
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I'll tell you what, though.
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There is something about this in the way that it just has no lag.
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If I just put my foot down, that torque fill from the electric motor, there's no pause when you put your foot down.
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Let me just put it into just normal drive mode, and this is where you really feel the benefit.
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So you're just driving along, and you want to accelerate, and it's just on it straight away.
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Look, you can see the battery power there in the blue, whereas normally there'd be a pause while the turbo spores up.
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That just fills it in, and it's just on it straight away.
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Blimey.
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So while it might not be quicker so far with the quarter mile, it does feel quicker when you initially put your foot down when you're driving along.
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It does pick up better than I remember the previous generation M5 did.
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For a plug-in hybrid, this car sounds blooming good, you know.
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Rev it up.
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It's not bad, is it?
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The second good thing about the new BMW M5 is that it has rated brakes over the standard 5 Series.
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So at the front, you have 410mm discs gripped by six-piston calipers.
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Then at the rear, you've got 398mm discs gripped by a single-piston caliper.
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That's for the standard iron disc.
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If you upgrade to the carbon ceramics, which costs about £8,000, then you get 420mm discs up front, though at the back it's still the same size as the iron discs.
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Anyway, let's see how they perform.
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Right, brake test from 60mph.
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It's a heavy old car.
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Let's try it.
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Here we go, 3, 2, 1.
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That's like double leg press.
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Can we beat 35m?
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Whoa, look at that.
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Certainly stops well, 32m.
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That is really, really impressive stopping power.
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really impressive.
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Good brakes, good brakes.
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The third good thing about this new BMW M5 is related to the fact that it has adaptive dampers as standard.
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This car is super relaxing.
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If I want to go into electric only mode and it's silent.
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Well, apart from the tyre noise and some of the noise of the vehicle is going past that it's not too loud.
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I can go up motorway speeds in electric power for short distances.
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You can do just over 40 miles on electric power alone but it's quite nice just cruising along like this.
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So if I go in hybrid it will manage the systems better.
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So you get the benefit of electric power but you've got the petrol motor so you don't have range anxiety.
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Now this thing is only averaging 22 miles per gallon but that's because it's been ragged by a load of journalists.
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It's letting me launch over and over and over again.
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And really when you think about this kind of car and what it can do in the performance, 22 miles per gallon is pretty good especially
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when it's been in the hands of people who like to drive enthusiastically
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and will have been doing so to test the car for their reporting.
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But it is a very nice long distance cruiser.
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It's comfy too, surprisingly comfy.
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I think it feels more comfortable than the previous M5 and the one before that.
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It's like they're going more in a comfort orientated direction.
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There's a touch of a Bentley about this car in the way that you have ballistic performance, yet quite good levels of comfort.
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That does mean that it's slightly less M car-like though.
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Another good thing about this, being a BMW, you can get a good discount through CarWow.
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So you can save an average of £6,000 off a new M5 already through CarWow.
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But you might not want to buy one yourself.
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You see, for the first time in a long time, you might want to consider one of these as a company car.
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Yeah, that's right.
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You don't have to go with a boring full-on electric car.
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You could have an M5.
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Reason being, because it's a hybrid
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and can go a decent amount of mileage on electric power
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alone over 40 miles it falls into an eight percent benefiting kind tax bracket
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that means that you will pay the taxman
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if you're a top rate taxpayer which you'd like to be
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if your company is willing to buy you one of these
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things it will cost you three thousand five hundred pounds a
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year paying to the taxman to have this car now with
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the old m5 competition you'll be paying the taxman fifteen thousand pounds a year to drive one of those
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if you're changing your car then you've got to check out CarWow
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because there's nothing quite like knowing that you're getting a great price both
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when selling your old car and finding a new one.
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CarWow makes all the stuff that's hard work about car changing like the haggling, the no-shows and the nasty surprises.
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A thing of the past.
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Life-changing.
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Now if you want to go to CarWow right now I'll put a link in the description of this video
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and the pinned comment.
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Alternatively you can click on the pop-out banner a ping in the top right hand corner screen now
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or scan the qr code on screen using your mobile phone
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to go directly there car change car wow the fifth good thing about the new bmw m5 is
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that it certainly stands out especially
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if you have it in the company car park you know
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well you compare it to electric cars it's definitely distinctive and
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when you compare it to an electric bmw 5 series even
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the i5 50 60 70 whatever it is m it's way more aggressive
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because you've got this big m style grille
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which illuminates at night then you have this huge lower front bumper with huge air intakes
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and all the intakes are real moving down the side you've
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got 20 inch yellow wheels at the front at the back
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they're 21s you've got fistable door mirrors you can get it with carbon fiber roof
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and stuff like that more on
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that later then moving to the back you've got the m5 badging there on the rear pillar
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and this crazy diffusory thing it's not really a diffuser
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but it's a thing going on here
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and quad tailpipes plus the all-important m5 badge yes
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and there's more on the inside
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so there's the m steering wheel with the center marker there your m trickle
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or stitching your m1 and m2 pre-configured buttons
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so you can quickly change modes you've also got the m sport seats
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which are very comfy and they've got a little illuminated m5 logo there
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and you can have them in this two-tone effect if you pay a bit extra.
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Also you've got some M things going on here in the centre console like the red stop start button,
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your different modes there with some red accents and M on the iDrive controller.
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You also have some M kick plates, you've got some M pedals and footrest
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and you also get some M functionality here on the infotainment system such as an M lap timer.
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Ooh look at that and you can get some M ambient lighting effects.
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Then on the digital dials you have some M graphics as well.
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All very, and I shouldn't forget this because I love this, the M tricolor here on the seatbelts.
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You get them in the rear as well.
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Thing is though, while there's lots of bespoke features on this car, they can't save the way it looks, can they?
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And that brings me up to five bad things about the new M5.
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I think the first one is that it definitely is the least good looking, or dare I say it, ugliest of all the M5s ever made.
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Do you or disagree.
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In fact, you know what, here's a quick recap of all the other M5s.
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In our pinned comment, we have a system where you can vote on which you think is the best looking, and I bet this car has the least votes.
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The second bad thing about this car is that there's actually too much choice in terms of the driving modes, and I'll show you why now.
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First of all, we have the ability to go into the hybrid system
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and go for dynamic plus dynamic hybrid electrical e-control hybrid operation
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to condition the drive for maximum driving performance this includes the yeah I don't really understand
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that but anyway you've got those modes and then you have your
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setup where you can set the car up slightly differently
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and then configure between those two m1 and m2 buttons
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so this allows you to control the drivetrain so that'll be the gearbox
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and engine response between comfort sport and sport plus the energy recovery
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so that's like the regen braking that you get
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when you lift off the accelerator between min mid and max
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and then there's the drive logic I think
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that might be the severity of the changes of the gearbox between comfort sport
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and sport plus then the suspension between comfort sport
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and sport plus then the steering weight between comfort
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and sport then the brake between comfort
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and sport then the four-wheel drive system between four-wheel drive four-wheel drive sport
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and two-wheel drive and then there's the m sound more on
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that in a bit between on and off
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and i'm sure as well where's the stability control there let's
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go into the stability control we can have stability control on stability control halfway house
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and stability control off is there anything else oh yes there is then i can go into m mode
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and have it set up for all driver assistance and all
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that kind of stuff and the screen all on go into sport mode
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which kind of gives you driver assistance to more sporty settings
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and then track mode
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which basically then brings up this where you can then go back to changing your DSC on off
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or mid and it will even turn off the main display
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when you engage M mode
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when you go to track function not available until I've got
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the car on I need to move it just take my word for it okay
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that was long wasn't it sorry it's the car's fault why don't they just give you a few settings
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that you can just choose between
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or none no just a few will be fine the third bad thing
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and probably the worst bad thing about the new BMW M5, and the one everyone is talking about, is the weight.
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Because you've got a hybrid system on board with the battery and the electric motor, it weighs in at 2,435 kilograms.
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But what's the real weight?
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Let's get on scales to find out.
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It's weighing in at 2,405 kilograms, but its fuel tank is only 60% full we need it 90% full
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so we've got to add in some fuel
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which comes to about 14 kilos of fuel to get to 90%
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so it's a comparable number to the listed figure and
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that means that we have this car weighing at 2,419 kilos so slightly less than claimed.
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I thought it was going to be more still very heavy though.
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Now the problem with weight is
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that it affects a car's performance in a number of ways
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in terms of acceleration it's all down to your power to weight ratio
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so what we're going to do now is compare all the BMW M5's power to weight ratios over the years.
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As you can see, this is the very first time
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that an M5's power to weight ratio has got worse with a new iteration.
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But there's another downside to added weight.
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Got to hand it to BMW's engineers
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because this handles way better than you imagine a two and a half tonne car would, but ultimately it's still a two and a half ton car
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and you can sense it yes the suspension is incredible the
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way it keeps the car flat through the bends yet isn't overly bumpy either
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and the cost is really quickly you know that's partly down to the rear axle steering
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and then there's a performance you know whoa it just hooks up
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and if you have it in this semi-off traction control setting it gets sideways on you pretty quickly
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but there's just something about it you just don't get the sensations from
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because the weight masks the sensations coming into your body, either through your hands or through your bottom.
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And so it all feels a little bit computer-controlled in a way.
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Impressive, but not especially good fun.
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Just mind-bendingly quick and very capable.
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And it is incredible.
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But am I getting thrills?
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Probably not so much.
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And I was thinking about what this car's like, and it's sort of like Muhammad Ali.
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You know, it's a heavyweight.
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It's got one serious punch.
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Yeah, it's amazing how you can still dance around the ring.
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And like Muhammad Ali, it seems to lack personality.
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That's a bit of a shame, especially for an M car.
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The fourth bad thing about the BMW M5 is that you're going to have to spend on some options.
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You see, while this car may start from £112,000, the one I've got here is actually £134,000.
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Now, £20,000 worth of options is included in something called the Ultimate Pack and that includes carbon fibre roof,
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carbon fibre boot lip spoiler and carbon fibre mirrors.
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The pack also includes adaptive cruise control which really should be standard on a car at this price.
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Top speed de-restriction from 155 miles an hour to 190, pointless on the road but may be handy if you go on track.
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There's Parking Assistant Pro
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which in addition to the standard camera system allows the car to park itself automatically into parking spaces
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and you can even control it remotely to drive it in and out of parking spaces with you outside the car.
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All features that you never actually use because it takes too much time.
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It even has a tow bar.
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That's £1,200.
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It's electrically operated.
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Look, towing with your M5.
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That's one hell of a flex.
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The towing capacity, in case you're wondering, is two tonnes.
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The final bad thing about the new M5 is that it just doesn't feel quite as expensive inside as the old one.
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Here's some examples.
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You used to have leather on the dash now you have leatherette
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and it doesn't feel as nice
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and it also doesn't look as expensive then there's the fact
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that the switches just feel cheaper especially this one here the indicator it's like out the one series
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which is worse than in a Kia then there's the gear
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selector paddles in the M4 they're carbon fibre in this they're plastic
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hmm so then what's my final verdict on the new bmw m5 should you avoid it consider it shortlist it
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or just go right ahead
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and buy it well i reckon you should consider it you see it has mega performance
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but the added weight of the hybrid system does count against it
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and with that in mind i've got a couple of other choices
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that i would pick ahead of this car
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and none of them are hybrids so an audi rs7
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or rs6 is just more fun to drive
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and feels pretty much as quick then there's the fact that you could go for a Porsche Panamera GTS.
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Not quite as quick but handles better and it feels posher inside.
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Or why not if you want to stick with BMW just get an M3 Touring
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which from my point of view is the better car.
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Anyway hope you'll enjoy the video if you did give it a like.
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If you want to watch some other videos click on the video windows
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and if you haven't done so already make sure you subscribe to this channel
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because I'm going to be doing some more videos with the new M5 to test its performance.
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Thanks for watching.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “New BMW M5 Review: Why does everyone hate it?”. Deze video bevat 317 zinnen en 3535 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 19:57. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 177 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| hybrid zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/ | kruising, hybride |
| horsepower zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɔɹsˌpaʊɚ/ | (metrieke) paardenkracht |
| torque zelfstandig naamwoord | /tɔɹk/ | koppel |
| fibre zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/ | vezel |
| brake zelfstandig naamwoord | /bɹeɪk/ | rem, remmen |
| weigh werkwoord | /weɪ/ | wegen |
| gearbox zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡɪəbɒks/ | versnellingsbak |
| steer werkwoord | /stɪɹ/ | besturen |
| blooming bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈbluː.mɪŋ/ | bloeiend, bloeiende |
| configure werkwoord | /kənˈfɪɡə(ɹ)/ | configureren |
| kilogram zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ | kilogram |
| piston zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɪstən/ | zuiger |
| adaptive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /əˈdæp.tɪv/ | adaptief |
| litter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | strooisel |
| gallon zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡælən/ | gallon |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
| bring up werkwoord | opvoeden |
| check out werkwoord | onderzoeken |
| hook up werkwoord | aansluiten |
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen |
| turn off werkwoord | uitzetten, uitschakelen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Let's put it on the dyno to find out.
- Do you find that?
- You're saying that actually it's another level.
- Let's find out what the reality is.
- I've got my specialist timing gear up here.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Voorwaardelijke zinnen if + zin, will/would + werkwoord — een voorwaarde en het gevolg | if I go in hybrid it will manage |
| “Used to” used to + werkwoord — een vroegere gewoonte of toestand die niet meer klopt | used to do · used to have |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has had · have you found · has rated |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | are known · is calculated · been ragged |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 79 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you've, I'm, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: sensation /sɛnˈseɪʃən/, acceleration /əkˌsɛl.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, restriction /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/, modification /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, traction /ˈtɹæk.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: accelerator /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, electrically /ɪˈlɛk.tɹɪk.li/, illuminate /ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/, accelerate /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/, severity /səˈvɛɹ.ə.ti/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: hybrid /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/, adaptive /əˈdæp.tɪv/, pause /pɔːz/, badge /bæd͡ʒ/, plug /plʌɡ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: kilogram /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/, adaptive /əˈdæp.tɪv/, ambient /ˈæm.bi.ənt/, gallon /ˈɡælən/, badge /bæd͡ʒ/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gearbox /ˈɡɪəbɒks/, configure /kənˈfɪɡə(ɹ)/, kilogram /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/, gallon /ˈɡælən/, grip /ˈɡɹɪp/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als hybrid, horsepower, torque.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.