So I'm hearing through the grapevine the new BMW 335 will do 0-60 in 5.3sec.
04-27-2006, 05:42 AM
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Lately, BMW's and especially Mercedes' reliability....
is worse or much worse than Audi's reliability according to online reports and reviews from numerous owners of all three brands on forums like these and websites such as msnautos.com, edmunds.com and others (too many to mention here). For BMW, that will most likely be even more true with them bolting twin turbos to their all new magnesium 3L I6. Mercedes used to be the most reliable beunch of vehicles on earth. But yes, BMW and Mercedes still have loads of prestige worldwide despite their horrific quality and reliability and diminishing dealer network and, to a lesser degree, diminishing customer service as of late. Audi, OTOH, only has those same levels of prestige overseas (or, at least in Africa, Europe and now Asia) where their customer service, dealer network, quality and reliability are all first rate according to the surveys they have there (for the most part, anyway, although Audi has slipped a bit on all counts over the past few years in the overseas markets according to their surveys) and is sorely lacking in prestige in North America, where their dealer network, customer service, quality and reliability is spotty as best according to the surveys we have here. But if Audi continues to improve their quality, reliability, customer service and dealer network worldwide (which they are working massively hard to do; it will take quite a while, however, especially in North America), I am very confident that this will all change dramaticlally (for the better, of course).
