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You have to remember that the weights on the BMW UK website are to EU1 (European Union) standards...which often makes BMW's appear to be heavier than they are ! (especially compared to some other manufacturers)
The EU1 weight includes an allowance for 68kg driver, 7kg luggage and 90% full tank.
So you can take 109kg (68+7+34) from 1450kg = 1341kg unladen weight...which improves the power to weight nicely ;-) (I make that 2956pounds)
I believe the N52 3.0i (alloy magnesium block) is 161kg, and the N54 (based on previous M54 3.0i) twin turbo is 195kg...so add 34kg or 75pounds onto the above for the 135ti. (but guess other bits might be beefed up as well)
As a comparison the E46 M3 is 1570kg so take off (68+7+41) = 1454kg unladen. (3206pounds)
Another comparison, the Z4 3.0i is 1385kg so take off (68+7+36) = 1274kg unladen. (2809pounds)...a fair bit lighter than the 1.
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