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S4 or 335XI? Both cars are AWD although the BMW is still more biased toward RWD

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Old 09-15-2006, 09:45 PM
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Default S4 or 335XI? Both cars are AWD although the BMW is still more biased toward RWD

Both cars will be the same price
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Default What are the specs on the 335xi? I havent seen them yet. Only the 335i....

Do you have specs on the weight and bias?
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Default not yet, going by the bias on the ougtoing e46, however the e90 335XI has been confirmed

Should be shipping March of '07....
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Default Even if it's 360/400 crank with Dinan it makes it hard to ignore. Especially with a...

factory and Dinan backed warranty. It doesnt **** me off though. It's a new car. It should be better. Audi needs to revamp the S4 in a major way. The B7 refresh should have been a very quick fix. 340hp will likely be the next Accord.
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if there is a touring its going to be a big hit for me
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it will eventually trickle down into the touring version
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Default unfortunately bmw has about a 2 year jump on the next S4, which is why the B8 should come out

in the fall of '07
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Default Doesnt it seem like BMW is now competing with the S4 with their regular series...

cars like the 335i that replaces the 330i instead of the M3 that used to compete? It seems like we on the forum have just kind of swapped in that the 335i is now a S4 competitor when it is 12 grand less and really a B8 A4 3.2 FSI competitor when it comes out(or whatever replaces the 3.2FSI). In reality the 42grand 335i will likely out perform the old S4 we have and with a chip will easily outperform the new RS4 we have (heck the apr stage 3 B6 A4 would beat the new RS4). I dont want to know what the new M3 will do. I would like to see a bit more out of Audi. It would be one thing if they were like BMW or Porsche and did a lighter 50/50 weight car to make up for their lack of power but they dont even do that. They give us a 60/40 distribution RS4 with 4000lbs of weight. Doesnt make sense to me as an enthusiast of theirs for years. cheers! Mike
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Default The Audi torsen AWD is superior.

But I think a 335xi 4 door w/ 6 speed manual would be an excellent car!
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Default i disagree the BMW is still more biased toward RWD....x-drive sucks

although the BMW does have MUCH better (50-50) weight distribution. the x-drive cars I have driven understeer horribly. much more so than my S4.


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