2014 BMW 435i Coupe Manual - Car and Driver
Six Therapy . A 435i with a six-speed manual was barely quicker than the 428i automatic. In testing, our six-speed manual 435i managed a 5. 2-second run to 60 with the quarter falling in 13. 7 seconds at 105 mph. Although we haven’t tested an automatic 435i, we fully expect it will match the 335i automatic’s time of 4. 6 seconds to 60. But life isn’t just about performance numbers, which is why we’d go for the slower 435i with the rewarding and involving... 0-liter turbo four is arguably the best four-cylinder engine available today. 0-liter turbo six is one of the best engines available in any sub-$100,000 car—period. We’d actually like to hear a little more noise from it, and there’s a brief whiff of lag that you’ll notice if you’ve just driven a naturally aspirated or supercharged car. Spending the extra dough for a 435i manual, when you could have an almost-as-quick 428i automatic, doesn’t make sense until you actually sit in a 435i and work the engine. We’ve written a lot about the light and relatively numb electric power steering in the 3-series, and the system in the 4-series is better but isn’t drastically different. Source: www.caranddriver.com
