2012 BMW 328i Sedan Automatic Instrumented Test: Twice as Many Gears as Cylinders

There’s absolutely no reason why a car’s cylinder and gear counts should match, but the world seems more at balance when they do. The latest entry-level automatic 3-series, however, has shifted from six cylinders and six ratios to four and eight. This is fuel-economy progress, they tell us, but it just feels wrong. READ MORE [...]

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