The BMW 335i’s Power Is Underrated

By Daniel Miessler on November 5th, 2006: Tagged as BMW | Cars

It looks like the new BMW 335i that I’m getting has been seriously underrated — probably because they don’t want it to overshadow their current M3 offering. According to testing done by Automobile Magazine (not once but twice), the 335i is closer to 350 horsepower and 350lb/ft of torque than the 300 for each that’s being claimed by the official literature. It did 0-60 in 4.8 seconds, which is only a tenth of a second slower than the M3.

These dynamometer numbers are showing 384 for each at the wheels, and when you do the math (roughly 17% loss from the crankshaft) they’re looking at like 348 for both horsepower and torque. And that’s getting 28mpg on the highway. Methinks the performance debate concerning the 335i and the Infiniti G35 is officially over.

I cannot wait to drive this thing in a manual transmission. The automatic was insane enough when I drove it, and it reportedly has far more turbo lag than the manual. Coming back from New York is going to rock for so many reasons.

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Jeremy L. Gaddis 2 years ago 1 point
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I'm still pretty fond of this one, though I crashed it a few months ago (assuming I can embed an <img src...&rt; in the comment):

Gotta love the rush of 0-60 in three seconds, 60-120 in about five, and being able to go from 0-70 and back to 0 in a city block. =)

Anyways, hope you like the new ride. Not my kinda car, personally, but I've read your blog long enough to know that you're pretty passionate about BMW.

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Jeremy L. Gaddis 2 years ago 1 point
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Guess I can't embed an image... anyways, that was http://www.jeremygaddis.com/images/yamaha.jpg if you're interested (post-wreck pictures at http://www.jeremygaddis.com/gallery2/v/yzf600r/, as well).

By the way, Daniel, minor issue I just noticed... enter a comment, hit Submit, comment gets posted, but I couldn't post another comment without refreshing the page (textarea was "grayed out" as was the submit button). Not a big issue, but I think you like for things to work perfectly. Firefox 1.5.0.7 on FC6, BTW.

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Daniel Miessler 2 years ago 1 point
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Ah, thanks man. I'll check it out.

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Craig Smith 2 years ago 1 point
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Roll that bitch on 40-dubs and you will get all the phat ho's!

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Steven G. Harms 2 years ago 1 point
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I loved my BMW while I had it. You'll definitely appreciate going from to a 33x versus a 32x, the difference is sizable and your very handy dynometer graphic shows what the Bavarian experience is.

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Tom 5 months ago 1 point
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someone needs to LEARN how to read a dyno chart. First of all, you NEVER have more power at the wheels than you do at the crank. So I knew this guy was on crack when he said 384 at the wheels and 348 at the crank. But besides that, if you click on the chart, it shows 284 (NOT 384) at the wheels. NO ONE else caught this???

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