BMW M4 if you find it too expensive, demanding and radical, the BMW 435i can be a good alternative, especially with M Performance options.

In the range of the BMW 4 Series, the BMW M4 is a very fast sport and super effective. However, it is expensive, demanding and radical; obviously not a car for everyone.

435i BMW It can be an excellent alternative to M4, especially If the hand is cast options offering accessories M Performance, since you can set up a car with an extremely sporty image that has little to envy the M4 and also offer a number of enhancements that improve both their performance, capacity and tourer driving pleasure.

At BMW 435i the possibilities of Customization M Performance They are many and can be chosen separately in order to set the car to consumer taste and budget; the full pack that costs 13,500 €.

BMW 435i Performance, your options

Some of the options BMW Performance They do not cost too much, such as the front grille in black 166 €, side stripes 111 € or bottom bracket aluminum 130 €, but it is not exactly cheap kit carbon for body 2,442 €, equipment tires M Performance 2,602 €, the front brakes 2320, Silent rear exhaust € 1,015 or management engine performance increases six-cylinder and 5.1 mkg 30 hp per 1,654 €.

BMW 435i M Performance The It has an engine more powerful and more powerful brakes, while wheels 18 “ including M Performance options are lighter the standard, but keep tires 225/45 R18 and can be somewhat fair. In this sense, the M Performance started at a disadvantage, since the standard version mounted option tires 19 “ shod with 225/40 R19 front and 255/35 R19 rear. As if this were not enough and incomprehensibly, the BMW 435i M Performance came equipped with a green tire Goodyear EfficientGrip low grip, much less performance than the Bridgestone Potenza S001 riding his twin brother almost.

In the BMW 435i they advertised 306 hp, but in the dynamometer is achieved 334.8 CV, Meanwhile he M Performance rub against the 350 hp. In both cases, therefore, far exceed the values ​​declared by the manufacturer and especially in the production model. Soon we could see, that the most powerful version had serious problems to transmit so abundant cavalry ground torn off, very penalized by the mounted tire chosen for the occasion and it is not surprising that set the model got better records 0 a100 km / h (5.14 seconds and 5.34 seconds 435i 435i Performance) and acceleration 400m (13.37 seconds the 435i and 435i plus a tenth Performance). It is true that already measuring 1,000 meters and 2,000 meters especially coming from a standstill, the M perforance despite losing tenths at the start, managed to distance himself slightly.

He BMW 435i surprised by the extraordinary performance 3 liter six cylinder. It is truly a wonder; very powerful, with a very consistent response capability at all times and an impressive ability to lap up when you squeeze the throttle slightly higher for the more powerful version, which also sounds more sporting way. He change was chosen for the occasion is the eight-speed automatic; extremely comfortable in automatic mode, surprised by his good qualities in sporty driving, very fast and highly compliant inserts in manual mode.

He 435i is a comfortable sports car on the day, very fast road, wonderful when traveling and offering high doses of pleasure at the wheel in sporty driving. In the slalom test confirming that the 435i M Performance it looks very penalized for about tires that have a lot of leeway and condition their behavior to the limit. The rear suspension is shown so restless in this exercise, much more than in his brother also shows quite playful.

BMW 435i and 435i M Performance as well go circuit

With the BMW 435i the driving in our circuit INTA It offers a lot of emotion, not in vain is a rear-drive sports high potential. Needless to say that, when shooting without the aid of electronics, a must for the best records, accurate strive to master the controls and good technique counter-wheel. The front axle is shown fast and accurate, while the rear is fortunately a prodigy of good manners, but the lack of autoblocante penalizes considerably its effectiveness on track, as much time is wasted on the exit of corners, although records have been within expectations; very similar to those obtained by BMW M135i and the 335i while back, stopping the clock at 1’14”02.

With BMW 435i M Performance the the differences are noticeable when shooting on track. The first part of the circuit has an area of ​​fast corners, zigzags which is practically depth and a long curve with a lot of support in which we must tread carefully, as also is the fastest and demanding the path. Tires make the difference again this case. Again the most powerful version is at a disadvantage; ecological tires have a smaller section erratic behavior, have more leeway and less grip than mounted on 19 “employing his brother. This forced to be more cautious in fast curve, where the car is more “Baylon” and inspires less confidence, as shown by the data obtained with telemetry. It’s time to stop and although the pedal Brake has a more consistent touch, the lower tire grip makes few meters lost. Although the car is faster and saves time in areas of acceleration, tires will penalize considerably and the proof is that time is almost four tenths of a second slower BMW 435i that of the option tires 19 “.

BMW 435i M in Performance 30 additional CV theoretical noticeable, not dramatically, but noticeable. Although the series are very effective, M Performance brakes also prove more powerful. It is clear that with M Performance options can dramatically improve the sporty 435i both from the aesthetic point of view, as a dynamic level, but you have to complete the job with a good tires to ensure that it can become a the almighty perfect substitute M4.

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