In a single generation, the old BMW buyer’s mantra of ‘petrol and manual, petrol and manual, petrol and manual’ has been turned on its head. This is the best new-generation 3-Series Coupe so far – and it’s a diesel with an auto box. The petrols are very good, better in many ways than any earlier ones. But the diesels have leapfrogged them and the 335d has leapfrogged all the other diesels. And although there’s nothing at all wrong with BMW’s current six-speed manual gearbox, this auto is excellent. It’s unbelievably smooth and quick – to the extent that you sometimes don’t believe it can possibly have made that change already. – 4Car
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