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To you 335i bashers, allow me to clarify a few things:

BMW 335i Sedan MSRP: $40,800 (starting) - with PROcede $42,100.
Audi RS4 MSRP: $66,000
Difference: $25,200; with PROcede $23,900

Winner: BMW

Performance
BMW 335i
Our 335i similarly scalded the quarter-mile in 13.3 seconds at 105.9 mph. For comparison, our 2005 M3 Competition Package used up 5.5 seconds getting to 60 and finished the quarter-mile in 13.7 seconds at 105.4 mph — close, but still a rearview-mirror performance. We almost beat the all-powerful 2007 Audi RS4, too. Despite a 120-horsepower advantage and all-wheel-drive launch superiority, it just nicked our 335i's 0-60 and quarter-mile times by a paltry 0.1 second each.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FullTests/articleId=117669

2007 Audi RS4
A 4.2-liter V8 engine powers the Audi RS 4. Equipped with direct fuel injection and sporting a 12.5:1 compression ratio, this powerhouse makes 420 horsepower and 317 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed manual gearbox (the only transmission offered) sends the power to all four wheels through Audi's quattro all-wheel-drive system, which has a 40/60 front-to-rear power split in this application. During instrumented testing conducted by Inside Line, an RS 4 shot to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds and ran the quarter-mile in 13.2 seconds at nearly 107 mph.
http://www.edmunds.com/audi/rs4/2007/review.html

Winner: RS4 (by .01 seconds on 0-60 and 1/4 mile - does this deserve paying $25,000 more for a .01 second improvement...wait there's more)

BMW Awards
http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-straight-six-v10-sweep-engine-awards.html
http://www.ukintpress.com/engineoftheyear/categories04.html
Hmm...didn't see any Audi awards
Winner: self explanatory

What happens when you add a $1300 upgrade to the 335i????
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Followup/articleId=119485

This incendiary performance puts the cooking 335i in the same league as dedicated performance pieces like the Audi RS 4 and the Mitsubishi Evo IX — cars that don't come close to offering the Bimmer's stealth factor.

Sixty mph arrives in 4.6 seconds and the quarter-mile flashes by in 13.0 seconds at 109 mph, 0.3 second quicker than the last stock 335i with an automatic transmission that we tested. And that's quicker than any stock Evo or Audi RS 4 we've ever tested.

Lastly, what happens when you have PROcede (only $1300) and use 93 octane gas
http://dragtimes.com/BMW-335i-Timeslip-11958.html
http://dragtimes.com/2007-BMW-335i-Specs-11958.html

Now which car is better????

< Message edited by bmw_335i -- 5/9/2007 3:34:27 PM >

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ORIGINAL: timmons11

i raced a stock 335 2 door from a role twice and lost by half a car