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FEBRUARY 29, 2012 AUTOMOBILEMAG.COM <br />
Four Seasons<br />
2012 BMW 328i – A Legend Returns<br />
By Jason Cammisa / Photos by Eric McCandless<br />
It sounds like a cliche, but the BMW 3-series really is<br />
the standard by which all other sport sedans are<br />
measured. Its influence has permeated the engineering<br />
halls of automakers on every continent: Cadillac used to<br />
manufacture rolling living rooms, Mercedes-Benzes<br />
were once Teutonic isolation chambers, and Infinitis<br />
were...well, nobody quite knew what they were. But<br />
today, all three -- and their collective competitors -- make<br />
cars directly aimed at the BMW 3-series.<br />
The sound and smoothness of BMW’s straight-six<br />
engine have long been a hallmark of the 3-series. For<br />
2012, there’s a new 3-series, and it’s a clear and careful<br />
evolution of its predecessors -- but there’s been a<br />
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