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Battle of the Bimmers: BMW M3 v BMW 135i v BMW 335i
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Description: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId=125265
Before you start sending us flaming e-mails complaining that a comparison between the 2008 Audi S5 and the 2008 BMW M3 Coupe is an obvious mismatch from the get-go, you should know a few things.
Our first full test of the $53,000, all-wheel-drive 2008 Audi S5 was a bit of a revelation. With a 354-horsepower version of Audi's direct-injection 4.2-liter V8 under its hood, the voluptuous Audi S5 ran a 13.3-second quarter-mile at 104 mph, just 0.1 second and 2 mph shy of the 420-hp 2007 Audi RS4 sedan. What's more, the S5's slalom speed is within a couple mph of the harsh-riding RS-spec sedan. "It ran a 13.3? With that kind of speed, who needs a $67,000 RS4?" we asked ourselves.
We believe so strongly in the 2008 Audi S5 that it earned our Inside Line's inaugural Editors' Choice Award.
So we acquired (hastily perhaps) another 2008 Audi S5 and set it against the new 2008 BMW M3 Coupe, a car now fortified with V8 power for the first time. Speed-reading the specifications sheets of these two cars, they seem like natural rivals: the 354-hp, all-wheel-drive 2008 Audi S5 measured against the 414-hp, rear-wheel-drive 2008 BMW M3.
But as it turns out, we gave the 2008 Audi S5 a bigger challenge than we had initially intended.
Before you start sending us flaming e-mails complaining that a comparison between the 2008 Audi S5 and the 2008 BMW M3 Coupe is an obvious mismatch from the get-go, you should know a few things.
Our first full test of the $53,000, all-wheel-drive 2008 Audi S5 was a bit of a revelation. With a 354-horsepower version of Audi's direct-injection 4.2-liter V8 under its hood, the voluptuous Audi S5 ran a 13.3-second quarter-mile at 104 mph, just 0.1 second and 2 mph shy of the 420-hp 2007 Audi RS4 sedan. What's more, the S5's slalom speed is within a couple mph of the harsh-riding RS-spec sedan. "It ran a 13.3? With that kind of speed, who needs a $67,000 RS4?" we asked ourselves.
We believe so strongly in the 2008 Audi S5 that it earned our Inside Line's inaugural Editors' Choice Award.
So we acquired (hastily perhaps) another 2008 Audi S5 and set it against the new 2008 BMW M3 Coupe, a car now fortified with V8 power for the first time. Speed-reading the specifications sheets of these two cars, they seem like natural rivals: the 354-hp, all-wheel-drive 2008 Audi S5 measured against the 414-hp, rear-wheel-drive 2008 BMW M3.
But as it turns out, we gave the 2008 Audi S5 a bigger challenge than we had initially intended.
Author: InsideLineVideo
Source: YouTube
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let me tell u somethin ApsoluteBITCH, or wut ever ur retarded ass name is, a cst-v will beat the shit out of a m3 and a m5 so dont be a ApsolutePussy about it
• BIGCHRIS7600 on 07-Jan-09
fuck this TV show-they compare any thing
• uveforever on 06-Jan-09
what a dumb comparison. what do u expect from edmunds!
• dukviper90 on 05-Jan-09
no question 335 or M3! 135 is ugly
• allin310kat on 05-Jan-09
and fat!
• dukviper90 on 05-Jan-09
I believe the reason they put the previous generation M3 in this lineup is because the power and straight line performance is relatively close. If it were the new M3, it would be pointless given the cost of the car and the hike in performance.
• vondielstrum on 04-Jan-09
What a stupid American TV show!!! They compare two newer models to an older M3!!! What do you know about German automobiles at all!??!!! THIS IS THE MOST STUPID CAR LINE-UP I'VE EVER SEEN!!!! Delete this as soon as possible!!!!
• ApsolutePunk on 03-Jan-09
ApsolutePUNK is absolute Dumb. What could anyone with the name punk know about CARS PERIOD. Americans might not make cars like europeans, but they get the job done. Besides why you watching car videos, youll never own one.
• therealdeal989 on 04-Jan-09
I'm watching car videos, because I do what I want!!! :PPPPPPPP "Besides", are you an ORACLE, .. so you know what a PUNK like me know about cars, or will I ever own one!? :))) :PPPPPPPPPPP M3 rules!! And you can't compare the feeling driving an M3, to an any other non "M" BMW!!! Sorry, .. my mistake!! THERE IS ONE!!! THE ONE!! AND THAT'S -850CSi- ...goooodbyeeeeeeee......... oh, one more thing!!! : ..."ApsolutePunk" :PPPPPPPP
• ApsolutePunk on 05-Jan-09
nice save... they were about to piss me off acting like the M3 is not the best bmw out there
• D4017 on 02-Jan-09
let me tell u somethin ApsoluteBITCH, or wut ever ur retarded ass name is, a cst-v will beat the shit out of a m3 and a m5 so dont be a ApsolutePussy about it
• BIGCHRIS7600 on 07-Jan-09
fuck this TV show-they compare any thing
• uveforever on 06-Jan-09
what a dumb comparison. what do u expect from edmunds!
• dukviper90 on 05-Jan-09
no question 335 or M3! 135 is ugly
• allin310kat on 05-Jan-09
and fat!
• dukviper90 on 05-Jan-09
I believe the reason they put the previous generation M3 in this lineup is because the power and straight line performance is relatively close. If it were the new M3, it would be pointless given the cost of the car and the hike in performance.
• vondielstrum on 04-Jan-09
What a stupid American TV show!!! They compare two newer models to an older M3!!! What do you know about German automobiles at all!??!!! THIS IS THE MOST STUPID CAR LINE-UP I'VE EVER SEEN!!!! Delete this as soon as possible!!!!
• ApsolutePunk on 03-Jan-09
ApsolutePUNK is absolute Dumb. What could anyone with the name punk know about CARS PERIOD. Americans might not make cars like europeans, but they get the job done. Besides why you watching car videos, youll never own one.
• therealdeal989 on 04-Jan-09
I'm watching car videos, because I do what I want!!! :PPPPPPPP "Besides", are you an ORACLE, .. so you know what a PUNK like me know about cars, or will I ever own one!? :))) :PPPPPPPPPPP M3 rules!! And you can't compare the feeling driving an M3, to an any other non "M" BMW!!! Sorry, .. my mistake!! THERE IS ONE!!! THE ONE!! AND THAT'S -850CSi- ...goooodbyeeeeeeee......... oh, one more thing!!! : ..."ApsolutePunk" :PPPPPPPP
• ApsolutePunk on 05-Jan-09
nice save... they were about to piss me off acting like the M3 is not the best bmw out there
• D4017 on 02-Jan-09