Having pioneered street-car turbocharging with the 1974 2002 turbo sedan the BMW's 3 Series coupe gets turbocharged

Pioneered Street Turbocharging? I thought GM was the real pioneer with the Olds Jetfire in 1962 and the Chevy corvair turbo 1962 as well? The 2002 was a VERY late comer to the turbo scene.

I think the 2002 was probably the first 'desirable' turbo road car.. followed closely by larger production volumes of road going SAAB's.

BMW's greatest turbo... the 1982 Brabham BMW BT-52 F1 Car.

BTW, they are using technology that Audi/VW has had for two years already.

chewy...

BMW turbo technology is nothing like Audi/VW. Their system has elimated all turbo lag. Something Audi/VW could never figure out how to do.

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Buddy, BMW is using direct injection (Audi has used in turbos to eliminate turbo lag for two years , Audi calls it FSI) If the BMW engine has any less lag, it is because it is 50% bigger. That is it.

Title could be "BMW owners will continue to blow hot air!"

Audi dealt with Turbo Lag over 3 years ago with its Twin Turbo engines. One Turbo operates at low Rpms and the Other comes online at higher Rpms so Lag is virtually eliminated. BMW copied this in the 3.0L diesel that is available in the 535 diesel.
Now the new Turbo engines from BMW has the variable turbo geometry which constantly varies the blade angle on the turbo fans thus ( Apparently ) eliminating LAG. this system was announced by porsche last year and is going to be used in the 997 Turbo so i guess it works.
So while BMW is correctly using almost lag free turbos. it is by far not the first maker to utilise it in their vehicles.

all bmw does is use 2 turbos it's not exactly rocket science. and what about the vw golf i.4 tsi? supercharged and turbo charged? that has no turbolag at all. but lancia used that system in their rally cars about 20 years ago.

Get a upcoming Nissan Skyline GTR! I love any car with twin turbo engines with all wheel drive!

does it have to be new? you could save money and get a used 760 or similar. how about a used merc cl?

That limited edition 3 series 2.something si had supercar handling, to be officially a supercar, it has to be capable of 1g or more for handling, s the 335i as good as this?

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You are incorrect about Audis Use of twin Turbos. Audi has never used a “sequential” setup (small turbo inline with a larger turbo). Audi uses the “parallel” setup (two turbos,same size, one turbo per 3-cylinders) look it up. I’m not sure where you got your information from but it is wrong.

The last cars in the US that used the sequential setup were the Toyota Supra Turbo and the Mazda RX7. I hate it when people spread misinformation