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Re: E230 E-xceeding Expectations - 04-04-2007, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Chigga_Chan View Post
Ah, icic. Thanx. I noticed in my travels to urban asia that the smaller displacement sedans like the E230 for example are much more prevalent, as the constant traffic congestion limits the practicality of massive hp. In contrast to the US, where we are like hp junkies...our Toyota Camrys need atleast 260hp to be acceptable lol.
Yup, bulk of our sales are E200s, S300s, 730Lis, 323is and the like... The high costs of ownership also prevents us from ever buying any bigger in displacement. You guys in the US are very lucky.

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Originally Posted by TycoonGTR View Post
My old E39 523i, 1998, manual, with 170hp had the same 0-100 acceleration...

1996 BMW 523i specifications - Carfolio.com specifications

And that was almost 10 years ago. This is a brand new car and engine, 7spd gearbox, etc...

OK, granted you're correct, I still feel the acceleration isn't very important. Heck our Phaeton does 0-100 in 9.7 LOL.
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