Article Comments - 2007 BMW 335i vs. 2008 Infiniti G37

87 messages, Last post on Jul 03, 2009 at 6:14 PM

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Article comments for Comparison Test: 2007 BMW 335i vs. 2008 Infiniti G37 - After driving the 2007 BMW 335i and 2008 Infiniti G37 Sport, we wonder if the people who built them thought about anything besides going fast. (more)

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#86 of 87 Mind the gap! by rodsterinfl Jul 03, 2009 (4:33 pm)
Although this article is considering cars that are now nearly 2 year old models, the price structure has not changed that much in 2009. I shopped for 6 months to purchase one of the two cars listed in this article. I must point out that something is definitely wrong with the price "gap" info. Why? Because if you are going to compare two cars, you need to configure them as close to the same as possilbe. I did. The 2009 Infiniti G37S Coupe is $43 with prem and nav pkgs. Those two really deck out a G and, in most cases, the lots will have cars with the premium at least ($41K). The BMW 335 coupe configured with almost exact same equipment metallic paint, prem, sport, comfort, etc rings in at $54,570, an $11,000 gap. On top of that, the local dealer would sell the BMW at your TMV price as the absolute lowest. Infinitis are selling nearly at invoice or about $3500 off sticker. I bought the Infiniti as you might guess and I KNOW that I really came away with the best car of choice. I preferred the BMW leather, the cupholders on both cars are a joke. The controls on the infiniti are very intuitive. The BMW has gobs of black buttons that all look alike. The idrive nav can be summed up as a mirage of embedded menus - turn-n-push, turn-n-push. The Nav in the G is voice activated and fantastic. The dash knob is easy to use and there are at most 3 levels in any menu. All I can say is that I like both cars but the Bimmers slight edge in certain areas is nowhere near the difference in cash nor is the reliability for people who choose to buy and keep their car. Replies to this message: nkeen (Jul 03, 2009 6:14 pm)
#87 of 87 Re: Mind the gap! [rodsterinfl] by nkeen Jul 03, 2009 (6:14 pm)
Replying to: rodsterinfl (Jul 03, 2009 4:33 pm) I think the decision to buy either has to be based on something more than a small difference in price: it has to be about which car you prefer. After owning one Japanese car (well, an American designed and built Japanese car -- an Acura TL manual trans) and having driven several others, I have decided that they and I have no affinity. I sold the TL after 24 months -- although it behaved impeccably we just didn't get along. Put it down to video game aesthetics, out-of-sorts handling feel, and the general sense that the thing was designed by committee to meet a certain set of parameters. More emphasis on electronic wizardry than the car as an end in itself. I wasn't sorry to see the back of it. The BMW 325i I own now may not be the fastest or the most comfortable, but every time I get into it, every time I throw it into a corner, I am aware that the people who created it understand cars and care about what they are doing. Sitting behind the wheel has the feel of being in an office dedicated to the task of driving. A little formal, but right. As for the cupholders, they don't belong in a car anyway, and BMWs effort to provide them demonstrates an appropriate level of contempt for the market's forcing them to make such a gesture