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The BMW 135i Overview

The Infiniti G37 Overview

What BMW offers…

• BMW places few restrictions on optional features, so even the base 135i can be equipped exactly the way a customer prefers.
• BMW’s Adaptive bi-Xenon headlamps include both active feature and Cornering lights for improved night-time vision, particularly on winding roads.
• BMW’s navigation includes a brilliant 8.8-inch display, 80 GB hard drive and 12 GB music collection. The console-mounted iDrive controller allows instant access to all features through the controller, Direct Access buttons, or Programmable Memory Keys.
• BMW ConnectedDrive provides such features as BMW Apps, Enhanced Bluetooth, Search, MyInfo, and Text-to-Speech plus downloadable email, calendar and recent-call phone lists directly to the iDrive display.
• The base 135i offers a choice of either a standard 6-speed manual or low-cost 7-speed Double Clutch Transmission.
• With its standard 6-manual the 135i manages 5.1 seconds 0-60 mph; the 7-speed DCT cuts that to 5.0.
• BMW’s long wheelbase, short overhangs and overall design detail yields a weight distribution near 50/50 with either manual or automatic transmission.
• Moreover, with either transmission, the 135i is lighter by 194-260 lbs.
• The 135i boasts a much broader powerband, with maximum torque available from 1300–5000 rpm. It also provides more torque overall: 300 lb-ft.
• BMW’s 3.0-liter TwinPower inline-6 is inherently smoother than Infiniti’s 3.7-liter V-6, and has been praised for its smoothness and sophistication.
• The 135i includes more rear head and shoulder room, and at 32.1 inches, over 3 inches more rear legroom.
• The 135i Coupe also provides a significantly larger trunk – at 13.1 cu-ft, it’s nearly twice as large.
• BMW includes a 4-year/50,000-mile Full Maintenance Warranty, which covers wear items as well as scheduled maintenance. That means no service cost for the entire warranty period.

What Infiniti doesn’t…

• Though reasonably equipped, the base G37 offers no options; any optional equipment requires a move up to the pricier Journey, Sport or awd G37x models.
• Infiniti includes standard Xenon headlamps, but they lack an active feature and don’t include cornering lights.
• Infiniti’s navigation system combines a 7-inch touch-screen monitor and an awkwardly placed dash-mounted controller with direct access keys. The system includes a 9.3 GB music collection, but no internet connectivity nor programmable memory keys.
• Like the 135i, the G37 includes Real Time Traffic Info and weather information, but ConnectedDrive features such as BMW Apps, Enhanced Bluetooth, recent-call lists, BMW Search, MyInfo, Text-to-Speech or other internet-based services are not available.
• The G37 includes a conventional 7-speed automatic standard; a 6-speed manual is available only in the $44,225 G37 Sport.
• Though Infiniti doesn’t publish 0-60 mph times, Car and Driver (December 2007) posted a best of 5.3 seconds.
• Despite its “front-midship” design, the G37 is significantly more nose-heavy, with a weight distribution that varies from 54/46 to 56/44.
• At 3633 lbs, the rear-drive G37 weighs significantly more than the 135i.
• Though the G37 boasts a 30 hp advantage, its maximum torque (270 lb-ft. @ 5200 rpm) lags BMW’s by an almost identical amount, and its powerband is far narrower.
• The G37’s V-6 design has never been able to match BMW’s overall sophistication, and its lack of smoothness consistently garners complaints in road tests.
• The Infiniti’s interior space is much more limited at the rear, and includes only 29.8 inches of legroom.
• Likewise, the Infiniti has a tiny trunk, with only 7.4 cu-ft of storage.
• Infiniti offers the same warranty period, but does not include maintenance. Edmunds.com estimates maintenance cost for the G37 as $1,062 for the first three years; that’s an additional $30 per month.

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