{"id":35143,"date":"2022-11-02T15:10:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T19:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35143"},"modified":"2022-11-02T15:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T19:10:21","slug":"bmw-m340i-acura-tlx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35143","title":{"rendered":"Acura Lists BMW M340i With a V6 Engine In TLX Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Car brands measuring their, erm, engines isn\u2019t anything new. Automakers have been calling out other automakers in ads since cars became a thing. So it\u2019s no surprise that Acura decided to use compare the specs of its new TLX Type S<\/a> with the BMW M340i<\/a>, as the Acura does seem to be an interesting value proposition. However, Acura got one small but crucial detail wrong\u2014the BMW M340i doesn\u2019t have a V6.<\/p>\n

In the comparison, Acura lists the engines for both cars, in an attempt to show that it makes similar power but for less money. But it lists the BMW M340i as having a 3.0-liter turbocharged V6. While its engine does indeed displace three liters and it is indeed turbocharged, it\u2019s an inline-six, or a straight-six, not a V6. Does that really matter? No, not really, as it doesn\u2019t change anything, for comparison\u2019s sake. However, it does show a potential unwillingness to do the research to properly compare both cars.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s interesting, though, is the comparison itself. The BMW M340i is clearly the more potent car on paper. Its 3.0-liter engine makes 382 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque, while the Acura\u2019s 3.0-liter engine makes 355 horsepower and 354 lb-ft. The Acura\u2019s power comes in a bit lower than the BMW\u2019s, at 5,500 rpm, versus 5,800 rpm, and its peak torque hits a few hundred rpm sooner, too. Despite having more power, the BMW is curiously quite a bit better on fuel, with a 25 mpg average, versus 21 mpg. Acura lists its ten-speed auto as better than the 3er\u2019s ZF eight-speed, presumably because it has more gears, but having used Honda\u2019s ten-speed, I wouldn\u2019t exactly call it better. It\u2019s not bad but BMW\u2019s ZF eight-speed calibration is pretty much perfect.<\/p>\n

The rest of the comparison is really just there to show you that the Acura TLX Type S gives you more for your money and that\u2019s true. I haven\u2019t driven one so I can\u2019t say that it will provide a better overall experience for the money or maybe it\u2019s just better outright. However, there is an interesting value comparison there, so it\u2019s be interesting to test the two cars out on the road. The M340i certainly isn\u2019t the infallible sports sedan that its 3 Series predecessors were, so it\u2019s possible the TLX could be a bit better for the money. Although, the BMW\u2019s engine\u2014which is not a V6 but an I6\u2014is an absolute gem.<\/p>\n

[Source: Acura<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Car brands measuring their, erm, engines isn\u2019t anything new. Automakers have been calling out other automakers in ads since cars became a thing. So it\u2019s no surprise that Acura decided to use compare the specs of its new TLX Type S with the BMW M340i, as the Acura does seem to be an interesting value […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":35144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}