Video: Soundcheck - New or Old? BMW E85 Z4 M versus BMW E89 Z4 sDrive35i

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Everyone complains about the new turbo engines in terms of the sound, but what's really there? Were the old ones really soooooo much better? Ok, the comparison here in the video "M" vs. "Not M" lags a bit, but if no Z4 is currently being built as an "M", the most powerful production version, the sDrive35i, has to serve. In my opinion, however, the cliché is true that the new “sound” just doesn't! Below are some more dates from both.

BMW E85 Z4 M:

• 3,2 liter naturally aspirated in-line six-cylinder (S54)
• 343 PS and 365 Nm (269 lb-ft) torque
• 0 - 100 km / h (62 mph) in 5 seconds

BMW E89 Z4 sDrive35i

• N55 engine 306 hp / 400 Nm (295 lb-ft) torque
• 8-speed transmission
• 0 - 100 km / h (62 mph) in 5,1 seconds