BMW 320: classic and reliable

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

This car will captivate with its Bavarian quality, even though the traditional engine is made in the "petrol" interpretation. But the new BMW 320 diesel is by no means satisfactory. Well, maybe just a little bit.

Pros of BMW 320 diesel

It's always better to start with positive moments, and the car is famous for them. The engine capacity of the diesel BMW of the third series is two liters (2.0 liters), while the power reaches 163 horsepower. This is quite a decent figure for a non-sports class sedan. Although it is unlikely that the snag lies in the number of horses - here, rather, the quality of the assembly and the metal from which the motor is made is important. Quiet operation, as the mechanics would say, "clean" - the engine responds with a subtle press on the pedal. Already at the bottom there is a good response, and at three to four thousand revolutions the diesel engine is completely smooth, but explodes.

But no hint of noise: in addition to good sound insulation in the cabin of the BMW 320, the diesel engine impresses with its silence. This whole complex is equipped with excellent body controllability and very impressive fuel consumption. In a good way: 10L per 100km/h - in fact, when driving fast.

In the cabin, the driver's seat hasto comfortable driving, the shape of the steering wheel is more than ergonomic. As for the suspension, it is easy to obey at any speed and with any turning radius. Connoisseurs say that the BMW 320 model is almost the leader in handling in its vast class family - however, everything is known in comparison. Then go to the cons.

Disadvantages of the BMW 320

Let's start with the most essential, although it should have been put at the end. But the BMW 320 forms reviews based on its cost: a rather simple sedan with a diesel engine costs about 34 thousand euros for a basic package. Accordingly, more than 40 thousand will have to be paid for the best version.

In appearance, the car does not cause warm emotions at all, at best, indifference. The clumsy rear part differs sharply from the smooth front, the interior is made in gloomy gray tones (the backs of the front seats are completely sheathed with plastic), the dashboard does not differ in anything attractive. For example, the radio tape recorder generally smells of the nineties, there are no backlights for the driver and passenger mirrors, and some other little things that the concern's developers, it would seem, have always paid attention to. Although the dashboard is pretty easy to design.

Let someone undertake to claim that the BMW 320 is a car for serious people, conservatives who value, above all, German quality. Like, "bells and whistles" are unnecessary here. Unless the automatic transmission is considered as a decrease in the hierarchy of the status of the model. But it works in harmony with the engine andsaves fuel consumption. And in today's market, this requirement comes to the fore.

Summing up briefly, I would like to put the third BMW a solid 4 plus, especially pleased with the ratio of driving performance and economical engine. This car is suitable for confident businessmen - driving on city roads and going on a business trip on it is one sheer pleasure and raising the image.