gmorris Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 http://autocar.co.uk/news_article.asp?na_id=214768 Looks interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aczwild Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Sweet JDM'd All to hell Thanks Jimmy @ Hkc-Speed.com! RIP Coxx & Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slickvic Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 With double vanos and twin turbos, I would have expected better performance numbers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Zero to 60 in 6.0 seconds. Be still my heart. What does it weigh 6,000 #'s. If you are making 330 hp in a 3 series and can only pull 6.0 0-60 thats sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beanboy Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 No worries, the regular new 330i (and old under best conditions) is sub six seconds, the new turbo will be closer to five... Regular 330i test: "All of this adds up to a car that runs smoothly, feels wonderfully safe and secure on the road, and drives with a rare precision. As our exclusive test numbers show, it is also very quick for a less-than-$40,000 compact sports sedan: 0 to 60 mph in 5.6 seconds and the standing quarter-mile in 14.3 seconds at 98 mph." -B -B http://www.standardshift.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver72 Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 And beanboy, in that C&D article, they mentioned track conditions when they tested the 2006 BMW 330i were bad. The car might run better than that stock too. Yeah, without a doubt a twin turboed 330+ hp 3 series would be in the low 5's high 4's range. It would without a doubt have more torque than the current M3 too. For some reason, I think the U.S. will never see this car. It would take sales away from the 2007 V8 powered M3. I'd personally take the twin turboed 6 before the v8 powered M3. It would probably be $8-10 grand less, (I'm betting on the V8 powered M3 costing $65K+) and with ECU tuning make nearly as much power, and probably more torque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTCanada Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 The turbo diesel 3 series sounds very interesting. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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