First Drive: 2007 BMW 335i Coupe

3 Series excellence, continued

By Jason Kavanagh Email | Blog

Date posted: 07-16-2006

Normally, coupes are exercises in vanity: all fluff and no substance. Ego-trumping sensibility. Liberace bitch-slapping Alan Greenspan. No one knows this better than BMW, which has been in the 3 Series game since Gerald Ford was cracking his knuckles in the Oval Office. It's getting pretty good at the game, as evidenced by the outstanding latest version of the 3 Series, which debuted as a 2006 model in "E90" sedan form only. As in previous generations, the coupe version is released just when the panting over the sedan has subsided.

With the 2007 BMW 335i Coupe, the second-stage booster of the 3 Series family is alight, hurtling the 3 Series along its intended path with renewed thrust. Really, though — does anyone need a coupe version of the newest 3 Series? The coupe would only be gilding the lily if it didn't offer up anything other than sheet-metal revisions.

It does, and you do.

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great car otherwise

my guess is BMW laid off overtuning the turbo motor, so those want to can chip it and easily pull 400+ hp.

Edited July 21, 200619 yr by regfootball

I'm kind of excited about this car...I'm starting to like it a bit more...Especially the engine. I can't wait to see what some boltons and a tune will do to it. The aftermarket for that car should be insane (price wise as well I;]m sure)...

I also like the idea of a 2+2. I really had no idea it was going to be configured that way. Though, I'd like to get a better shot of the rear seats.

Wow... this is the first 3 series I'm not that impressed by (look-wise). I think I liked the sedan better, but off the top of my head, I'm having trouble recalling what it looked like.

I thought the 2-dr sedans were going to be even-numbered; has that plan been abandoned mid-stride?

And why aren't the 2-drs available at launch with the 4-drs???

I thought the 2-dr sedans were going to be even-numbered; has that plan been abandoned mid-stride?

And why aren't the 2-drs available at launch with the 4-drs???

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BMW decided there was too much brand-equity in "3"-series and moved away from renaming the coupe and convertible a "4"-series.

The 2-doors and convertibles have historically followed the introduction of the sedans by about a year or so.

Interesting: that's the very criticism leveled at GM on numerous occasions: 'release everything at launch and hope consumer interest is held the 5 years until the NG'.