E46M3 vs E92 335i - Tested and driven

[SMYUEN]

getting pretty exciting indeed....

[Mag]

Originally Posted by SMYUEN

getting pretty exciting indeed....

Exciting? What is?

[SMYUEN]

335 with twin turbo with mods - tuning, turbo.... whoa...........slap reiger kit, put 19 inch rims...

supercar slayer!

[Mag]

yes yes yes..thats exciting for sure..but depressing for the other non-owners..haha

[SMYUEN]

yeah..... me feeling depressed also cos I think is "can see but cannot touch"... cos if touch sure get hantam jia lat jia lat.... Wife will surely hantam...

but I love my maser too much to sell it... will have to sacrifice something else, that is if $$ available of course.. but judging from my crystal ball, seems unlikely...

thats why its exciting and depressing...

sigh.....

why oh why....

[MYSTIC]

Hi Jack

Having owned a M3 previously - agreed with you that the 335 do not give one the "feel good factor aka oneupmanship " vs the M3.

But - I am sure someone with come up with the bodykits and quad exhausts sooooonn.....

but boy - that car can really pull - was following my buddy's 335 when he pulled out of traffic and I was flooring it and it felt like I was standing still

time to put my 630 on the market !!!

[SMYUEN]

with 400Nm of torque from a lowly 1500rpm, the car, I can imagine, will be superb off the blocks.... it will definitely outpace many faster cars...

though I am not sure how it will perform at speeds of 220-250kmh on the N-S when compared with the bigger cc engines... but I cant imagine it being that much worse off..

the more I think, the more I concede it is a fantastic buy...

now just waiting for my test drive...

drool..

[TripleM]

Originally Posted by BlackStealth

jack, how does the gear ratio feels on low to mid? tall? short?

I can't remember the exact ratio. The brochure has it actually
But having said that, the low to mid feels reasonably short but not as short as the M3. Probably bout the same as the Z4 3L or if not slightly shorter.

This 335 can be a good cruiser too..It's got FD of 3.08 vs M3's 3.62
So in a way, E46M3 has advantage of quicker acceleration and shorter gear ratios but lose out on the torque....Damn, these two cars are so comparable.

If only the E46M3 has 400Nm of torque then it will be even better.

[TripleM]

Originally Posted by SMYUEN

though I am not sure how it will perform at speeds of 220-250kmh on the N-S when compared with the bigger cc engines... but I cant imagine it being that much worse off..
..

Doc,
3L is reasonably big cc for high speed cruising and the twin turbo really makes it even more exciting for overtaking...Dropping a gear from 6 to 5 is all you need...

[SMYUEN]

sounds great....

but I have a question....

in the real world, whats is the difference between say:

1. E46 M3 - 343 bhp, 365 Nm, 5.2 seconds
2. E92 335i - 306 bhp, 400Nm, 5.5 seconds
3. Maserati 4200GT - 390bhp, 452 Nm, 4.9 seconds

What do you think will be the difference? it sounds as if the 335 can shrink the 0.3 to 0.5 second on-paper century sprint inferiority to the other 2 cars?

in what situation will be the 335 be superior or inferior to the M3 or the maser ?(or to porsches etc...)