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      11-13-2009, 11:10 AM   #23
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Drives: 2009 Z4 sDrive35i
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Originally Posted by DrJason View Post
look on the BMW website and the specs....35i kills the 335i and the 30i will keep up with the 335i.........the 3 series weighs way more than the Z......weight power ratio dude!
Not that I wouldn't love to say my 35i can kill a 335i, I just don't trust the BMW specs.

Road & Track test drove both cars. I trust their data more:
335i 0-60 4.8 1/4 mi 13.4
35i 0-60 4.8 1/4 mi. 13.3

BMW says the 35i hits 0-60 in 5.0 seconds with DCT. So R&T ran a faster time.

The Z4 has a 121 lb weight advantage on the Coupe, so there may have been a slight variable between the 2 R&T tests that accounted for both cars hitting 60 in 4.8 seconds, instead of 35i having perhaps a .1 sec advantage.

The 35i did hit the 1/4 mi .1 sec quicker. So, we can at least say the 35i is a "hair" quicker, but not that it "kills" the coupe.
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