simply badass. i want one.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37247

1/21/2007 10:10:09 PM

:old:


me too.

1/21/2007 10:11:11 PM

what's with the chicken wire in the front?

1/21/2007 10:11:36 PM

i find the new bmw's kinda ugly. that one isn't too bad though.

1/21/2007 10:19:39 PM

This one is ok. For some reason, it looks honda-esque, to me

1/21/2007 11:26:34 PM

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"what's with the chicken wire in the front?"

They've been doing that since at least the E36's. It was only in the center though, and often body color so you couldn't see it very well.

1/22/2007 6:07:22 AM

how much

1/22/2007 10:39:07 AM

Is this the 300 HP AWD Turboed one?

1/22/2007 10:54:45 AM

i heard it was twin turbo

1/22/2007 11:01:14 AM

the BBS CH's look great on it! yeah it's the 300HP twin turbo inline 6. but i don't think it's AWD...just RWD.

1/22/2007 11:04:18 AM

there will be AWD option as well

1/22/2007 12:43:30 PM

The awd version only comes in 328
In which case i would rather have an acura rl awd with 290hp na

1/22/2007 12:47:40 PM

^you're on crack. The BMW can hit sixty in less than 5 seconds. The RL, barely under 7. The BMW would blow the Acura into the weeds handling wise.

However the E46 M3 is still superior in handling to the 335i. But the price of the 335i makes it tempting.

1/22/2007 1:12:09 PM

it's called reading comprehension
i was refering to the awd.....which currently only comes in the 328xi

i realize that a 3liter turbo is faster than an na 3.5liter......omg what a concept

and i highly doubt the bmw would "blow the acura into the weeds handling wise"
don't know if you botherd to read about the sh-awd.....but it varies the torque between all 4 wheels and accelerates the outside rear wheel in a turn and compensates for over and understeer

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"It features a sophisticated all-wheel drive system Acura calls "Super Handling All Wheel Drive". It integrates active differentials with the all-wheel drive system and traction control to improve handling, similar to the "ATTS" system featured on the 1997 Honda Prelude SH. This all wheel drive system was in an issue of Popular Science as one of the best automotive innovations of 2004."

[Edited on January 22, 2007 at 3:16 PM. Reason : .]

1/22/2007 3:00:09 PM

all of that translates to: understeer like a mother fucker

1/22/2007 3:03:37 PM

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"all of that translates to: understeer like a mother fucker "

1/22/2007 3:16:20 PM

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"accelerates the outside rear wheel in a turn"

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"best automotive innovations "

you can ignore the facts all you want but they are still there
and the car was #1 on the c&d 10best when it was released in 2005
and it has a 2.5inch wider stance than the bmw

1/22/2007 3:20:47 PM

There are some tuning company's for the 335i that are getting 405 bhp out of the engine (Xede and Vishnu). Only thing I worry about is the I6 being a high compression engine already, how will it handle the extra boost down the road?

1/22/2007 4:29:56 PM

is that 405 bhp after just an ecu flash?

1/22/2007 5:20:32 PM

the latest is 355whp and 405wtq from xede and exhaust. xede is like piggyback, nothing more.

1/22/2007 5:48:35 PM

^Thanks for clearing that up. I didn't have time to finish it. Sneaking a post in at work...lol

1/22/2007 6:07:34 PM

yeah the turbos are small i don't think capable of anything over 400hp
but the tq numbers will go nuts..

High compression should be fine as long as bmw took their time designing the combustion chamber/pistons which knowing them... they did.


how high is the cr?

1/22/2007 6:16:48 PM

Much better than a stock 335i: (just like the 535d kicks the butt of the 540i)

BMW 335d

here is a test drive:

http://www.worldcarfans.com/features.cfm/country/gcf/featureID/1070316.001/bmw/wcf-test-drive-bmw-335d

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"The three-litre twin-turbo under the bonnet kicks out 282bhp, a respectable figure in itself, but then it’s a veiled reference in this context, diesels live and die on torque – lots of it. The 335d comes with 428lb/ft, way more than the all-conquering M5 in a more compact and chuckable package. In fact this car has so much power that BMW couldn’t fit a manual ‘box, so the automatic is the only option. That and a limited rev range are the only downside of the car. Even those that have absolutely no idea what torque is will appreciate just what it’s doing for them with a prod of the right foot. This car can trundle along on tickover, and then a nudge on the loud pedal is all it takes to catapult it down the road. And that means in the real world, when we want to overtake, power away from a standstill, it’s way better than the petrol-powered alternative. It will hit 60mph in 6.1s and has to be limited to 155mph, as with all the high-power BMWs in accordance with the gentleman’s agreement with Audi and Mercedes. But even that doesn’t do justice to a car that will smoke its tyres from a standstill and pull like a train from anywhere. You need to wind a petrol engine up to the upper echelons of the rev counter to get the kind of performance that’s available at tickover in this beast. This car has a reservoir of pull just waiting to be tapped, with 95 per cent of the torque available from 1300 right through to 5000 revs, which took some clever technology to achieve. Almost every other twin-turbo has them side-by-side powering a selection of cylinders each: not this one. In the three-litre BMW they’re sequential, with a smaller turbo working at low revs and the bigger one kicking up further at the range. Towards the red line, a control valve vents some of the gas directly into the exhaust system. That means no lag whatsoever and as much power as you’ll ever need from a car that returns 38mpg on the combined cycle and can cruise for hundreds of miles at a time."

3/17/2007 5:50:19 AM

theres a 19 y.o. kid at my gym that has a 335i, twin turbo rwd

sweet car

3/17/2007 11:55:28 AM

^ That makes me want to cry.... Is the 19 year old that intelligent, or did Daddy get it for him b/c he 'deserved' it?!?

[Edited on March 17, 2007 at 12:16 PM. Reason : Oops]

3/17/2007 12:15:20 PM

i would wager that daddy bought it

i have seen 19 and 20 year olds driving bentleys, cayennes, and other expensive cars.

makes me sick.

3/17/2007 12:17:30 PM

his parents bought it

he goes to community college

3/17/2007 12:30:45 PM

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"and i highly doubt the bmw would "blow the acura into the weeds handling wise" don't know if you botherd to read about the sh-awd.....but it varies the torque between all 4 wheels and accelerates the outside rear wheel in a turn and compensates for over and understeer "

You can always tell who in the thread knows nothing about cars.

I'd be careful modding these new Turbo Bimmers. I've heard of overheating issues stock just from driving very aggressively. The cars look nice, but the baseline BMW coupe has gotten way too heavy and bloated.

[Edited on March 19, 2007 at 12:49 PM. Reason : k]

3/19/2007 12:49:15 PM

To solve this problem how bout everyone who battles between BMW and Acura ...

GO TEST DRIVE

The BMW feels superior to the acura.. on the road and on track. I made much better lap times in the BMW than the Acura... BOTH STOCK. Granted both cars come with tons of technology and engineering but ...

In the end its the BMW that takes the cake.

3/19/2007 12:56:31 PM

new acuras look better

new all bmws drive better.

3/19/2007 1:34:13 PM

nice fucking job throwing the thread out of wack

3/19/2007 3:20:12 PM

^agreed.

^^How's that if C&D just picked the 328i (yeah, the slower one) superior in a comparison test?

3/19/2007 10:01:09 PM

^i think the 328 is still faster than 7 seconds

3/19/2007 10:15:07 PM

I'll take the bmw plz

3/19/2007 11:01:45 PM

can moderator delete this big piece of infiniti shit please?

3/19/2007 11:15:08 PM

^^^what?

3/20/2007 12:01:23 PM

^^

3/20/2007 4:14:45 PM

gay. my brother has the infiniti, a friend has the bmw. i like the infiniti more

3/20/2007 7:35:07 PM

partial, the BMW in the test I mentioned did 0-60 in 6.1 seconds. Where in the hell are you getting 7 seconds?

3/21/2007 12:14:50 PM