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Car and Driver Lightning Lap: 335i tops Z4 M coupe
Link to article July 16, 2007 A 335i coupe laps Virginia International Raceway faster than a Z4 M coupe? That’s what Car and Driver found in its second annual Lightning Lap competition (August) in which the best car is the one with the quickest time around VIR’s 4.2-mile Grand Course. Thirteen cars took part, with the fastest being the Corvette Z06 at 2:58.2, the slowest the Mini Cooper at 3:22.9. Car and Driver divided the cars into four classes based on price. LL1 was for cars under $30,000, with the Pontiac Solstice GXP running a 3:15.5, followed by a MazdaSpeed 3 at 3:16.0 and the Mini Cooper S. “With the least power and straight line speed among the entries this time,” CD wrote, “it’s not surprising that the Mini Cooper S turned the slowest lap time of 3:22.9. But that’s still faster [than last year’s VW GTI, Honda Civic Si, and Mazda MX-5]. Furthermore, the Cooper S turned its laps with style.” The BMWs were in LL2 for cars of $30,000 to $60,000, won handily by a Corvette with the Z51 package, at 3:03.6 (third fastest overall), followed by a Ford Shelby GT500 at 3:05.9, BMW 335i coupe at 3:10.5, and BMW Z4 M coupe at 3:11.7. “Between the two [BMWs], you’d expect the 335i to be more supple over bumps, have vastly more interior room, and be as refined as a Lexus,” CD said. “But what floored us was that the 335i’s best lap (3:10.5) was 1.2 seconds quicker than the M coupe’s. It’s a case of neutral handling over outright speed.” In LL3, for cars up to $120,000, the order was Corvette Z06, Porsche 911 GT3, Lotus Exige S, Audi R8, and Audi RS4. Compared to the RS4, the magazine noted, “the BMW [335i] was almost one second quicker around VIR … and if it weren’t for the four-wheel-drive system … the RS4 would have been farther behind the competition.” As for the other Audi, “The RS8 sounds stupendous, but the gated shifter becomes tiresome after a while … [and] being the second heaviest car in LL3 counted against the RS8 at VIR.” There was just one car in LL4, for cars up to $240,000, and there the Porsche 911 Turbo “was terrific on the street but disappointing on the track,” running a 3:05.8, sixth overall.
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wait til they try a 335i with a quaife LSD!! It will romp the Z4 M
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Corvette...still king.....
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I was reading this article on Sunday. Good post.
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Not surprising, that TT engine is the best BMW has ever made IMO.
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I'm curious what the 3 series body would do sporting the S54 motor. I wonder what role the torque difference would play.
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Post 121: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...t=57178&page=6 It's pretty obvious BMW is afraid the 335i is going to equal or outdo the M3. Last edited by vinuneuro; 07-17-2007 at 05:25 PM. |
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