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Over at SFGate and CanadaFreePress,
The two publications have released their own BMW 335i Coupe reviews over the
weekend and here’s their take on the various aspects of the car, touching briefly
on the twin turbochargers which are a new addition to the BMW range, and the
ride dynamics.
From SFGate,
These compact turbos spool up with nary a breath of hesitation, giving the
car a throttle response indistinguishable from a bigger, naturally aspirated
motor. Put your foot down, and the car just pulls like a reindeer. Zero-to-60
mph acceleration hovers in the range of 5 seconds flat, but that hardly does
justice to the right-here, any-gear eagerness of the motor. In sixth gear
at highway speeds, the twin-turbo still has enough amperage to draw you back
into the deep-bolstered seat.In turbo cars, such festive displays of acceleration are typically accompanied
by contraltos of turbine whine and big sucking sounds. This twin-turbo puts
a very expensive sock in all that, and the most notable sound is a plush,
plummy bass vibrato coming from the exhaust pipes.
CanadaFreePress
When discussing turbocharging, the subject of turbo lag generally comes up.
And so it should; every turbocharged car I’ve driven to date exhibits it to
varying degrees, including ones that claim to have eliminated lag. But the
335 by is the closest in my experience to having no turbo lag at all. In fact,
I had to check the specifications to be sure that had a turbo at all — it’s
that good.This is a seriously fast car. When I took it on my favorite back road loop,
on a perfect day for driving, the BMW and I were cruising happily along a
long, straight stretch of highway where you can see for miles and there’s
rarely any traffic. We were cruising along at what I thought was a quick,
but hardly excessive, speed.
