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Originally Posted by Eichler1
Oh dear, turbos. I hope BMW has made some progress in banishing turbo lag from the ill fated N54 engine. Yes, I once drove a 335i and yes, it could go really fast, but typical of turbos from as far back as the '80s, there was lag followed by zing. The zing gave the car enough pickup so that the manufacturer could boast impressive 0-60 times, but the lag rendered the car utterly useless in the point-and-squirt city driving that I do.
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Go drive an Evo and STI and try to tell me the 335i has bad turbo lag, you can tell it isn't N/A, sure, but the massive midrange torque (compared to an N/A 3 liter) more than makes up for that.