Assessment: BMW 2012 328i and 335i
The 328i’s turbo-four feels incrementally much less gutsy, with a diesel-like drone at idle (due to the high-pressure direct-injection system), and a barely thinner powerband. Whereas the 335i tugs forward with extra authority, the 328i calls for a tad extra endurance, particularly popping out of flip 5, a left-hander that results in a 63-foot climb in elevation earlier than the tarmac dips and kinks to the left. And although the six-cylinder’s weight distribution is a near-ideal 50.9/49.1 % with a handbook, or a slightly-less-advantageous 51.5/48.5 % with an automated, that up-front heft turns into perceptible throughout the monitor’s extra technical
