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Originally Posted by spoonflames
My reservations are around the torque...
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The engine torque is at the engine flywheel. What you feel as being pushed forward, is the torque at the wheels. the M135i has more of this, since it has more power, which is lower torque at a much higher engine speed (RPM).
If you like the car pushing you hard forwards, you want to look at the power peak, not the torque peak. What the torque does, is to be able to be pushed forward at a fairly low RPM. So basically if you are a low RPM enthusiast, stay with diesel.
Personally I prefer the sound and feel of high RPM. It may hurt the economy, but in reality it doesn't, since you don't need that high RPM acceleration all that often. Most of the time you just cruise along in traffic (or at the speed limit) at low RPM anyway.