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Originally Posted by SO8
IIRC when Autocar tested the 272bhp 330i it was 0.1 to 60 quicker (at 6 secs dead) than a 330d LCI 241bhp (at 6.1)... but nearly a second slower to 100mph at nearer 16 than the 15 secs dead of the LCI 330d.
I saw these figures when I was looking at both before I bought a 330d LCI
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Some reliable 0-100 times (the performance metric I always look at the most when comparing performance) ought to be the answer to this question. I am not sure about those ones though - I have seen early E90 330's around the 16seconds dead mark, in fact ISTR slightly below. A full second difference to 100 either way seems unlikely, I would suspect the 330i should be a few tenths quicker. Torque is pretty meaningless in this sort of thing - power, weight, gear ratios and drag will make it or break it. Revs and the wider meaningful power band of the NA car ought to win it - race engine manufacturers try hard to simply add revs to an engine as the effect of more revs is similar to that of more power. The Honda F1 guys talked about this back in the V10 days.
My 156GTA SW was 250bhp / 1490kg and they regularly posted low to mid 15's to 100. A 272bhp N53 330 ought to be much the same - with a RWD advantage, more power, but slightly more weight and I suspect wider spaced ratios.