6mtg37s

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here is an article with actual owners talking about the lack of a lsd
Lack of limited slip differential (LSD) in the 335i - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum - E90Post.com

00Max00

Your opinion obviously has nothing to back it up. G25 competes with 328? It depends on which generation of 328 you are talking about. G25 is the competitor of E90 328 when it was out not F30 328. Even the differences are not that clear anymore on F30 335 vs F30 328. F30 335 does have more power, but not much, 5.3s vs 5.8s, but handles worst. If you are on the market for a new 3, you might as well go with the 328 for a good reason. Now the G37 is against both, the only reason why G25 exists IMO is to lower the bar for those who want to buy into entry luxury.

Why in the world people would buy a bare bone luxury car? "Badge chaser", anyone? It ONLY make sense when comparing cars with similar equipped-level.

You do have that mindset in you, and it is apparent along the lines. Not everyone would lock on badges over everything else, considering cost of ownership, practicality, personal taste, etc. Yes, I would take a FULLY loaded 335 over a FULLY loaded G37 as the 335 is more expensive, so I could sell it to badge chasers for more money.

g37guy01

The reason a BMW badge chaser buys a bare-bones 335, is the same reason an Infiniti badge chaser buys a bare bones G25 instead of a loaded Altima 3.5.

I know a few people who want the performance of the 335 without the upscale items. BMW lets you equip a car that way, Infiniti doesn't.

Besides, when you are seeing tail lights of the 335 does it really matter if the BMW has leather? In addition, BMW is happy to sell it's cars to all badge chasers, you can be sure they don't care.

kanariya

So how does the G compares to the IS250 or 350?

Last I heard the IS350 is a little bit faster on the straight, with the best record for reliability. Arguably better styling.

tejasg37x

When I was comparing the two before buying the G, I found the IS to be kind of boring.

I then moved on to comparing the G and BMW 3 series before buying the G.

g37guy01

I thing the g has better styling.

kanariya

The G coupe yea, sedan I don't know.
The G coupe has better styling than the sedan.

the IS is ruined by forcing in the LEDs in the headlights.

00Max00

Don't kid yourself. G37 vs 335 is comparable but not G25 vs Altima. You are comparing a RWD/AWD vs FWD, seriously?

I will take a RWD over FWD any day. Let alone the G looks 10 times better than an Altima.

6mtg37s

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Oh guys we forgot to mention the S4 in this argument, it costs the same as the 335i but it looks better (in my opinion) and performs a lot better.

kanariya

Since this is the Infiniti forum, we are comparing the G vs S4?

00Max00

Yup, the S4 is a nice car, but too bad it is a front biased AWD which kills it for me. Just had my hands on the CD's Apr issue which includes a road test on the F30 335. Looks like BMW is killing 335 for the sales of 328. On 4 major categories, the 335 lags behind G37 on 3 of 4, and just claimed a small win to G37 on 1/4-mile.

g37guy01

It should be more than a small win. One of the reviews clocked the 2012 335 to 60 in 4.7 and 13.3 on the quarter mile.

Lets make sure we cherry pick the tests to support our unbiased conclusions.

MACS

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This horse still taking a beating, I see...

00Max00

All figures were from CD's test. If I took 335i's from CD, and G37's from MT, the result would be reversed, G37 would beat 335i by 0.3s to 60. Cherry pick results to make BMW looks better, huh? Enough said.

g37guy01

Yeah, that's the point isn't it? Let's pick a scenaroi that supports our conclusion. CDs test seems slow, although we don't know what the raw data is, as they normalize the results. But they did acknowledge something was off.

The numbers quoted in my post are from another website, you can find it I'm sure. But it doesn't really matter.