The mill tends to get noisy
at high RPMs though.
The mill also sounds pretty sweet
at high RPMs though you miss out on the exciting blip sounds that come packaged with bigger engines.
Not exact matches
And
though, in many cases, the
RPM dial on the dashboard did spin
higher, the car didn't move much
at all.
That's less power but more torque than Ferrari coaxes out of its 4.5 - liter V - 8 (562 hp
at 9,000
rpm and 398 lb - ft
at 6,000
rpm,
though that includes ram - air effects
at high speed).
What's less appealing about the four - cylinder is that even
though it revs smoothly,
at higher rpm you can feel some vibration through the pedals, which is something I haven't experienced in all of the cars I've tested.
Electric motors are most potent from zero
rpm, so most of the acceleration, delivered via a single - speed auto transmission, is in the first 30mph,
though BMW does claim that the engine changes enhance acceleration
at higher road speeds, too.
Peak torque arrives
at 4,700
rpm,
though it's
higher than 200 lb - ft across essentially the entire engine speed range.
Though the engine can get raspy
at high rpm, it is a strong powerplant that readily pushes the two - ton pickup down the road.
Peak torque remained
at 355 lb - ft,
though it came in
higher at 3,200
rpm.
At times,
though, the Altima's CVT is almost too responsive to acceleration demands, resulting in
higher engine
rpm and a bit more noise than we'd like.
The engine tends to get a bit noisy
at the
higher band of the
RPMs though.
Eco shifts gears early for better fuel efficiency, Sport shifts gears
at high RPMs to extract optimum power while Manual lets you choose the gears
though it shifts automatically after redline.
Step on the gas pedal and the RDX scoots ahead quickly and quietly,
though there's also a nice V6 snarl
at high rpm that sounds better than a lot of those four - cylinder engines.