Vs Motor Trend: BMW 330 vs Lexus IS350 vs Mercedes C350

[Yperion]

IS250 was supposed to have 50/50 weight distribution according to Lexus specs. Well guess what.A Greek car magazine actually measured the distribution and found it 53/47 front/rear. Those Japanese liars.

 

[Matt]

A lot can affect weight distribution including whether the car is filled with gas or not.

 

[warot]

IS250 was supposed to have 50/50 weight distribution according to Lexus specs. Well guess what.A Greek car magazine actually measured the distribution and found it 53/47 front/rear. Those Japanese liars.

No not necessarily. If you measure a 3er you'll find that it's not quite exactly 50/50 either... maybe 52/48. It all depends on the options you get a what not... what kind of tires you have on... and engine size.

 

[Imhotep Evil]

Whats funny is that the cars destroy the BMW in strait line performance but put the cars around a track and BMW takes the cake. IE look at the MT figure 8 times and slalom times. A car with way less power won.

No suprise here. The 3er has better stering, handling, lateral acceleration and brake and so on.
And Yannis I wasn't just talking about sales (were globaly the 3er no. 1 and is also quintesentialy THE GOLBAL CAR), but also about the driving dynamics of the car. Since the the 60s BMW was braging about having an advantage over MBs heavy enginering and poor balancing.
Man, MB, Jaguar, Caddy, Lincoln and others probably all wished they would have been the one(s) making the New Class-2002. Cause that's when it all started. The 3er was/is its succesor, based on its underpinnings, and the continuation of the succes story both on the sales level and the excelence level .

 

[bmer]

Even the worse German car is still 1000 times better than an upscale Toyota.

Seriously Yannis, what an immature comment from you.

 

[Yperion]

Seriously Yannis, what an immature comment from you.

You are right. I should had said one million times better. I 'm sorry.

 

[Matt]

No suprise here. The 3er has better stering, handling, lateral acceleration and brake and so on.
And Yannis I wasn't just talking about sales (were globaly the 3er no. 1 and is also quintesentialy THE GOLBAL CAR), but also about the driving dynamics of the car. Since the the 60s BMW was braging about having an advantage over MBs heavy enginering and poor balancing.
Man, MB, Jaguar, Caddy, Lincoln and others probably all wished they would have been the one(s) making the New Class-2002. Cause that's when it all started. The 3er was/is its succesor, based on its underpinnings, and the continuation of the succes story both on the sales level and the excelence level .

Very interesting.

 

[Deutsch]

This comparo proves, that horsepower, indeed, is not everything.

 

[Imhotep Evil]

This comparo proves, that horsepower, indeed, is not everything.

True. But it's Porsche's 997 911 (CS) that is the greatest testimony to that.