2009 BMW 335d - Road Test - Car and Driver
Unlike other 3-series BMWs, the 335d's only gearbox is a six-speed automatic. the 335d generates enough to affect the rotation of the earth: 425 pound-feet at 1750 rpm. Thats 125 pound-feet more than the 335is gasoline turbo six. More perspective: The Dodge Ram s 5. 7-liter Hemi V-8 churns up just 407 pound-feet. Torque and trucks go together like pizza and beer. Heres a definition from Websters : a measure of the tendency of a force to cause rotation, equal to the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between the line of action of the force and the center of rotation. How about this: Torque is the low-end muscle that gets you out of the blocks when the light turns green. And torque is what gives the 335d its own unique place in the 3-series lineup. The 335ds torque generator is a turbocharged and intercooled, DOHC 24-valve 3. 0-liter all-aluminum inline-six. Weve seen this engine in the Euro-spec 330d [ September 2006 ]. That version of the engine, still in the BMW inventory, got its boost from a variable-geometry Garrett turbo, churning up 228 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque. Not bad, and thriftier, too: 44 mpg on the Euro combined cycle, 38 mpg in our test. Nevertheless, when youre dissecting traffic in a 3800-pound sedan (diesels are invariably heavier than their gasoline counterparts), you want as many pound-feet as you can muster. Source: www.caranddriver.com
