Well a car that cost around 40,000 new I would consider high end and it is an Infiniti that is a luxury car manufacture, and the G line is their sport car line

As compared to economy brands that where most cars cost around 27,000 and may have one or two more expensive cars like Nissan, Honda, Chevy, Ford...

 

Don't get me wrong. I really like the G35. It's a great car. But you do realize that Nissan and Infiniti are...pretty much the same company right? In fact your G35 is a run of the mill Nissan in Japan (they keep the best for their home market).

The G35 is more like an entry level luxo sports coupe (or sedan) alot like the 3 series is to BMW and the 4 series to Audi. Not really luxury, not really sport, just trying to do well at both at a good price for someone getting into their first nice car. A true blooded luxury car or diehard sportscar has different genes than a G35.

 

how dare you say true things on this forum!

 

Agreed. People will call just about anything a sports car these days... A guy that I work with referred to a Chrysler Crossfire and Mitsu Eclipse as sports cars haha. 40k is not high end money by any means, more like mid range. I would say the G coupe is sporty, but sports car? Hell no.

Like mentioned above, the G's competition is the lower end Audis (A4, A5), BMW's (3 series), and Mercedes (C class).

 

335d? is that new? and 335i tuned will have the same hp/tq right? and a 135i is the same platform just less $ and smaller/lighter right?

 

the 335d is the diesel version has been around for about a year I think, its not quite as fast as the 335i but it gets 23/36/27mpg vs 17/26/20 for the 335i. 135 is a bit lighter and cheaper yes.

 

A tuned 335i will have much more power and about the same if not more torque. Power is very cheap with those cars, but they don't seem to be the most reliable.

 

Yes I know. Infiniti is the upscale division of Nissan in the U.S.
Like what it is like Acura is to Honda and Lexus is to Toyota

I know its sold as a Nissan in Japan every one knows that well no most people don't, they may now that’s its based off the 350Z platform. Everyone I tell about what it is in the JDM are seriously surprised.

Everyone has their own opinions about the car but where I live it is not a common car (the coupe that is) and turns a lot of heads.

 

A 335i vs a 335d would feel like a completely different beast, so I wouldn't really compare them. 400ft lbs of torque, but probably barely breaching 200hp at around 4000rpm. Dead in the top end.

I like the car. I just don't label it something it's not. They were everywhere back in TN, but very few down here on the border (offbase). I see the same ones day in day out on base though.

 

wow you live in 2003? pics of flux capacitor?

as for the 335d

265hp 425lb ft of torque

runs low 14s bone stock which is not a ton slower then the 335i

 

only problems with the 335i i know of is the fuel pump. Are there any other ones? But that was an issue with the 3 series i know the M3's had the same issue. But I thought they had a 10 year warranty on the fuel pump. and do the 135i's have the same fuel pump issue?

 

probably

 

The fuel pump is the most notorious, but there is other stuff. I was dead set on getting one when they first came out, but knew I'd have to wait a couple years until they fell into my price range. After spending a couple years on E90 post I decided that I wouldn't risk it. If I bought one it would be close to the end of it's warranty. Not to mention it would be impossible to keep stock so you then have to worry about the dealer voiding your warranty.

With just a few hundred dollar tune those things are deep into the 12's. A ton of potential in those cars. Stock they are low 13's which is quite a bit faster than the 335d. The 335d is pretty sweet too though, but like mentioned above, a completely different animal.

 

If you compare magazine times 335i is mid 13@103-104, 335d is low 14s@99-100(comparable to a stock V35)

people have done better in real life in 335i's but I can't find any real world 1/4s for the d so its not a fair comparison, they can probably get into the high 13s stock. Also the 13.5 was with a 6 speed manual, the D only comes auto. Either way I'm sure you can get a ton of power out of the D if the aftermarket support is there which I'm not sure if it is or not.

 

Steptronic 335i's are faster in the 1/4 than the 6 speed.

3 years worth of drag times for the 335i:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93664

Obviously they've gotten better and better.