I bought a 320d a month ago, and I enjoy the car. Of course I was afraid for it to be slow, and I assume that some of you are thinking the same. But, you get okay 0-100 and very good luxury. I enjoy driving now, rather than driving like an idiot(like I used to). You drive slower, you put some music and you just cruise. It's sucha pleasure, I would recommend it to anybody. Of course my heart still wants sometimes a 500 hp under the hood, but I think I need to get some road discipline with this car and then move to a faster one
Slow 0-60??? It has a 6.7 second 0-60mph time, faster than a comparable C-class or A4. It has amazing pickup. If you think it's slow, you obviously drive with the handbrake on.
@@aidan1585 Re-read the whole comment again before you comment 🙂 I said “I was afraid for it to be slow” not that it is slow. And it’s not 6,7 but 7,4+ seconds
I have manual it dous 7.3 , it really dous give a lot of hatches a run for their money , specially when already rolling 420 nm is no joke and you be surprised what you keep up with , porsche panamera 3.0d (old model) tesla model 3 for example , all on highway offcourse
did anyone noticed at 0:16 when car hit the third gear, the rpm meter looks like to take a gasp. and same can be heard in the engine note. Why do all 320d have that ?
My brother has same car and engine, with this one you should not put the gearbox to sport, just set the setting to sport+ but dont put the gearbox in s-mode. The acceleration is much better.
Is the car limiting power under 2000rpm during the first gear when launching from a stop in your first attempt? It feels like rpm rises slowly till 2000rpm then shoots up rapidly after that
It's just turbo and torque converter lag. To eliminate this, the revs need to be built up with the left foot on the brake before releasing or launch control to be used.
Had an E90 which I swapped for an F30 320d,miles engine sounded like a tractor, and the cabin noise was bad, my old E90 sounded quieter and more refined, plus the standard steering whee was massive and hard to the touch and the seats were flat with no bolsters at the bottom, and not comfortable at all, I also had to put it in sport mode every time I started the car, at 25k miles, wheel bearing noise begin and also started feeling that dreadful slight judder in the clutch pedal I regretted that purchase so bad sold the car and bought a new Mazda sport 3 automatic, huge difference
You obviously are talking about the pre-facelift F30, the engine used in the 20d F30 LCI is the BMW B47 engine, best diesel engine ever fitted to a 3 series, they still use it on the new G20 3 series. Sounds great and revs up to 5400-5600, depends on car.
@@aidan1585 Sorry dude, N47/B47 both sounds like tractors especially with auto boxes and longitudinal applications there are too many vibrations. That's one thing I hate about my F30, so noisy. My old mk4 Mondeo with PSA DW10 engine was a lot smoother, and so is the Skyactiv D in the Mazda 3/6
@@energymc22 the 2.2 sktactiv d is a shity engine that has constant emissions problems.. from the egr valve blocking the intake with soot to the dpfs failing after 50k etc. The n47 does sound loud, but in my case, with the B47TÜ1 which is the november 2017-present version which added a twin-turbo system and adblue injection (SCR), it is immensely smooth and refined, effortless acceleration. Cruising at 90km/h (55mph) at 1300rpm is pure joy, averaging 2.7l/100km (104mpg). Next to no NOx coming out of the tailpipe and a wonderful auto-start/stop system. I couldn't have chose a better car. Also in my experience, the Steptronic version (especially the Sport Steptronic as seen on my 320d) are far smoother than the 6-speed manual 320d. What is the mileage on your vehicle?
@@energymc22 How do you guys compare a bmw to a mazda, BMW handles better, drives better but also gets better fuel economy, has the greatest gearbox available the ZF 8 which is also super cheap, cheap tax what else do you want. So what the diesel is noisy go buy a 6 cylinder then and it will still be better then a 2.2 mazda on fuel but with over 250bhp.
@@aidan1585 Yeah N47/B47 are superior engines so what they have problems, all cars have problems especially with the amount of engines BMW sold. Its probably 20x the amount any Mazda engine has ever sold. Cheap tax, cheap insurance, pretty fast, best auto box in the industry what else could you want.
@@Ibrahim24be im driving it mostly in comfort mode since it s town driving but this car should never go under sport mode...it s just enjoyable plus better/faster shifting
I have one since March 2015. The non efficient dynamics version with 184PS. Pretty reliable after 7+ years. No major problem whatsoever. There is one thing common to those cars where the co passenger door actuator some times failing and you can only unlock the door by the keyfob(!). This happens to me especially with cold weather. Apart from that I'm very happy both from the consumption (averaging 7.8l/100 mixed circle), and the maintenance is unexpectedly cheap.
@@Floopozord Hi! I found a BMW 320d, with 36k km, which in 5 years has had only 1 oil change. I wonder if it's a problem that it didn't had at least 2 oil changes. What do you think? Thanks
8hp more is not enough to offset weight difference, power/weight is better in Civic, bmw just launches better bc of launch control and RWD, at very high speeds weight is not that important it's mostly power/aerodynmics which is better in BMW ergo ithas higher top speed.
Those ratios are short! I could never put my finger on what I really disliked in the new BMW's (besides the electric steering) until now. It's those damn short ratios! It's terribly unexciting.
@@arlind530d 0-100 in 7 seconds DOWNHILL. I'm looking at the Speedo climb rate. It's as slow as my other Jaguar X Type 2.2D SE. The car I only use for work long runs and decent fuel economy.
@@arlind530d I think you mean sit next to my Jag and never shift past it. What you BMW 2.0d fanboys don't realise is by the time the 190bhp engine (187ps in reality) blasts it's way through a CAT, DPF, EGR, and all the other restrictions it's already lost 50bhp. My 2.2D is 152ps on Euro 3 and doesn't have a DPF and all the other crap to restrict it. It's also got a high overboost feature. So it runs more true to its claims and just as fast as any 180bhp diesel. I had a 175bhp Toyota T180 engined Lexus Is220d (2.2 FTV-2AD) which had the same performance as the 152bhp 2.2D engine from Ford. My Lexus lost 25bhp through its suffocating exhaust restrictions. But Manufacturers deliberately do that. They add 20bhp to compensate for restricting 20bhp. Which ends up no faster and consumes more fuel. I learned this after I had the FTV 2AD Toyota engine. To me, BMW engines are only worth it if you plan to get 6 cylinders. In other words a proper BMW. All these 318d and 320d are just tractors like every other 4 pot diesel. Built to be cheap on insurance, fuel, and servicing cost. Nothing nore
Renting a 320D M Sport. Bloody horrible engine. Horrible noise. Horrid lag. Narrow power band - nothing before 3000 and nothing after 4500 rpm. Ruins the excellent chassis.
OK. You got me. Not nothing. Just nothing worth mentioning. Put the car at 2,000 and floor it. Pretty boring. Put the car at 3,000 and floor it, clearly a world of difference. As for low range torque, there is literally nothing below 1,500. There I am trying to pull into a roundabout. Foot going further and further down, then the revs oh so slowly get to 1,500 and it lurches horribly. Not the kind of car I would want with a manual, but the more I drive this, the more problems I find with the auto box. As you can tell, I really do not like the 320d engine/ZF gearbox combo.
Kefuddle, that's really an interesting observation. I'm not a fan of the new generation BMWs (F30 etc.). It's interesting to hear this. I mean, you're not expecting a fast car out of a 2.0 D are you? That said, my E90 320d is awesome. I just wish it was a manual (I traded for an auto for various life reasons).
