2008 BMW 335 i 2dr Rear-wheel Drive Coupe Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the BMW 335:

The car will move exactly where you want it, exactly how you think it will. There's never any odd feedback or off-target steering, and there's rarely a slip of the rear wheels.

-- Cars.com

Handling is sharp, responsive, precise, yet the ride isn't harsh, in spite of the fact that a sport suspension comes as standard equipment.

-- New Car Test Drive

Like sweet cream, energy pours out of the 335i's engine throughout the rev range.

-- Automobile

There's a precise feel to the steering and the well-sorted suspension provides exceptional confidence through even the most challenging corners.

-- Kelley Blue Book

What reviewers liked least about the BMW 335:

The rear seat is pretty much unusable except by small children and the most petite of adults. Just imagine they're designer, leather briefcase pedestals and they'll seem much more logical.

-- Cars.com

Gauges are plain, the speedometer cluttered with its dual mile/kilometer scales crowding each other.

-- Road & Track

BMW 335 Comparisons:

One race the Infiniti [G37S] loses decisively is fuel economy, which, at 18.4 mpg on our 400-mile jaunt, trails the lighter, smaller-displacement [BMW 335i] by a whopping 3.3 mpg.

-- Motor Trend

Best one-liner about the BMW 335:

...the powertrain has a rheostatic, dial-a-speeding-ticket quality, summoning a progressively urgent rush of power from a dead standstill until your necktie is flapping in the wind like a hurricane pennant.

-- Los Angeles Times

BMW still makes the best entry-level sports sedan.

-- Automobile