2011 BMW 135i Road Test - Edmunds.com
The 2011 BMW 135i Coupe is none of those. Its superb 3. 0-liter inline-6 now has direct fuel injection and a new dual-stage turbocharger to take the place of the twin turbos that aspirated the previous iteration of the BMW six-cylinder, but that's only the beginning. The 2011 model year marks the first time the 135i Coupe gets BMW's mostly magnificent dual-clutch transmission (DCT), the automated manual that does the clutching for you and allows sequential up- and downshifting through the seven tensely packed... The 1 Series is BMW's smallest car (we don't count Mini), so the 300 horsepower from the redesigned engine makes it muscle-car mighty, while the availability of the slick, seven-speed DCT and its quick-as-a-blink gearshifts adds a new dimension... Performance The 2011 BMW 135i isn't as whippet-light as you might want from a car that's 8 inches shorter than a 3 Series, but the turbocharged inline-6 nonetheless generates the kind of slap-in-the-face acceleration and nonchalant velocity that... BMW's numbers say the 2011 135i Coupe with the DCT hammers to 60 mph in 5. 0 seconds, one-tenth quicker than if you were using the conventional six-speed manual. Source: www.edmunds.com
