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Originally Posted by ovekvam
What is more interesting to me, is how quick the engine can deliver maximum torque for the RPM you are at when you go from coasting to full throttle. That is what turbo lag is about, not RPM. Even the 116i with its tiny turbo has very noticeable turbo lag, even though the journalists claims it hasn't.
They should have had an E46 M3 CSL as a reference car.
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The M135i is not too bad comparitively here although if you are short-shifting up at under 3000rpm there is certainly a moment's hesitation before the full force of torque appears. I haven't really noticed this driving really hard up tight mountain roads and shifting briskly with the engine in the 4000-7000 range however, again, if you back off in neutral at, say, 4500rpm then floor it there isn't that absolutely immediate hair-trigger response you get from something like an E46 M3, or 911C2S - or RS Clio for that matter.