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      08-27-2012, 08:40 AM   #17
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Drives: BMW 116i
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Originally Posted by MartinHattingh View Post
You have a manual, right? I notice that BMW quotes the 116i manual's 0-100 as 8.5 as you've said, but the auto as 8.7. Funny enough, with the 118i, the manual is 7.4 and auto 7.2, and for the M135i 5.1 vs 4.9.

I wonder why the 116i is the only one where the auto box is slower??
The 116i manual has taller gearing than the 118i and can reach 62mph with only one gear change.

If you do a comparison on this site http://www.automobile-catalog.com/ it shows the auto as being quicker to 65mph as by that speed the manual has made another gear change.
The 118i and all the diesels need two gear changes to 62mph so are slower than the auto.

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