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Originally Posted by Bimmer Loyalist
So how come they could only get the 335i to 60 in 5.5 seconds? That's abysmal.
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With the exception of US runs the majority of European mags usually find the 335i to be between 5.2~5.6s, so those the figure is on the higher end of the scale it's not out of the question or excessively slow. Plus look at the 100mph mark it's 12.7s which is again not too far off the mark, so if you reduced the 60mph by 0.4s and the same to the 100mph mark that would left both at 5.2s and 12.3 respectively which is spot on.
But even when you take the standing start out of the mix and look at the acceleration of both cars after 60mph you see that the S4 is comfortably quicker.
Break it down from 60mph onwards .
S4 vs 335i
120km/h (1.0s quicker)
130km/h (1.0s quicker)
140km/h (1.1s quicker)
160km/h (1.2s quicker)
180km/h (2.3s quicker)
200km/h (2.6s quicker)
Where is the evidence that Quattro is stealing power from the engine and Audi Quattro cars get slower as the speed increases, here the evidence is in fact the opposite.
I don't love it's looks but there is no doubting it's ability, it's quicker in every way which is similar to how the RS6 is to the M5.