Official BMW E92 3-series thread (UPDATE - 335i Dyno pg.48)
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Originally Posted by picus
Every indication is that this car will be at or below the BMW numbers. I agree that standing 0-60 is a silly number to dwell on; for daily driving I am more interested in passing speeds (30-50, 50-70, 50-100 etc..); cars with a lot of torque down low can suffer in standing start times, but excel in rolling times (look at the recent Z06/997/430 comparo).
. It's normally lack of torque. I don't think the BMW will have much problems from a rolling start, I doubt it's torque falls off at high revs not to mention when overtaking the autobox will most likely perform a kickdown anyway.
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Originally Posted by spwolf
um, except that those cars have 200hp more, lol. torque is your king to get good time, any time...
Originally Posted by skeet94
I think you mean the otherway around - I don't see how torque can affect standing start times . It's normally lack of torque. I don't think the BMW will have much problems from a rolling start, I doubt it's torque falls off at high revs not to mention when overtaking the autobox will most likely perform a kickdown anyway.
. It's normally lack of torque. I don't think the BMW will have much problems from a rolling start, I doubt it's torque falls off at high revs not to mention when overtaking the autobox will most likely perform a kickdown anyway.
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Outstanding pics, video, and review at this link. 
Winding Road Magazine
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26131
Winding Road Magazine
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26131
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
Is this a joke or are you serious?
I'm not at all surprised though, as BMW has never really had much experience with turbos. It makes sense they would utilize the experience and turbo expertise of someone like Mitsubishi for their new engine.
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Originally Posted by TRDFantasy
Read the Winding Road review, it mentions it.
I'm not at all surprised though, as BMW has never really had much experience with turbos. It makes sense they would utilize the experience and turbo expertise of someone like Mitsubishi for their new engine.
I'm not at all surprised though, as BMW has never really had much experience with turbos. It makes sense they would utilize the experience and turbo expertise of someone like Mitsubishi for their new engine.
Originally Posted by TRDFantasy
Read the Winding Road review, it mentions it.
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The first real world test numbers are in - personally I think they seem very optimistic; I'm looking for a scan (it's from Autozeitung magazine):
E92 335i automatic:
0-100km/h 5,3 sec
0-160km/h 11,9 sec
0-200km/h 18,7 sec
Test consumption 12,3l/100km
The 0-160km (0-100mph) is the same speed as C&D's test of the Cayman S, and a full second faster than the Audi S4 and IS350, so it seems too good to be true.
E92 335i automatic:
0-100km/h 5,3 sec
0-160km/h 11,9 sec
0-200km/h 18,7 sec
Test consumption 12,3l/100km
The 0-160km (0-100mph) is the same speed as C&D's test of the Cayman S, and a full second faster than the Audi S4 and IS350, so it seems too good to be true.
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Originally Posted by picus
The first real world test numbers are in - personally I think they seem very optimistic; I'm looking for a scan (it's from Autozeitung magazine):
E92 335i automatic:
0-100km/h 5,3 sec
0-160km/h 11,9 sec
0-200km/h 18,7 sec
Test consumption 12,3l/100km
The 0-160km (0-100mph) is the same speed as C&D's test of the Cayman S, and a full second faster than the Audi S4 and IS350, so it seems too good to be true.
E92 335i automatic:
0-100km/h 5,3 sec
0-160km/h 11,9 sec
0-200km/h 18,7 sec
Test consumption 12,3l/100km
The 0-160km (0-100mph) is the same speed as C&D's test of the Cayman S, and a full second faster than the Audi S4 and IS350, so it seems too good to be true.
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Those are pretty crazy numbers, especially for an automatic. I'll wait for the C&D's results (where the IS350 did 0-60mph in 5.1 secs) before admitting the defeat of the IS350 though. 