2007 BMW 335i Coupe - Car and Driver
While its other markets got a turbocharged 2002 model back in the 1970s, a turbo 7-series in the 1980s, and a steady stream of turbo-diesel engines, Americans got the forgettable diesel-burning, 114-hp 524td. Twenty winters have passed since that... While Audi and Mercedes-Benz forced air into their engines to produce stupefying horsepower and torque figures, BMW kept increasing power by upping displacement and producing engines with extraordinary redlines. So what's this twin-turbo version of BMW's familiar 3. 0-liter inline-six doing under the hood of this 2007 3-series coupe. And perhaps there is a little "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" at play as BMW seems to have recognized that an engine with the midrange torque of a large-displacement engine can be done more efficiently with turbocharging. Consequently, the 330i sedan is gone for 2007, replaced by the 335i sedan with the same twin-turbocharged, 300-hp engine that powers the 335i coupe. The naturally aspirated 3. 0-liter engine will live on in the 230-hp 328i coupe and sedan, which replace the 325i models. The extra power propels the 335i into performance territory occupied by the soon-departing 333-hp M3. (A 400-plus-hp V-8-powered model should reestablish the M3's complete dominance sometime next year. Source: www.caranddriver.com
