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BMW-320D-X-Drive
It attracts lots of attention.
IT’S funny the effect some cars have on other road users. Drive something small and low powered, and you can be bullied by big SUVs and executive cars, but this week’s test car, the new BMW 320d, seemed to have an invisible protective bubble around it.
Resembling a menacing stealth car from a psychological thriller, our all-black test car, with its black wheels and very darkly tinted windows certainly caught people’s attention. Drive it at 70mph on the motorway and nobody dared to overtake in case it was a police car. They would catch up slowly and sit in the outside lane and edge past, until they saw it was me at the wheel, and not a traffic cop. Similarly, catch other vehicles up, and they almost jumped out of the way.
The new BMW 3 Series range is the seventh generation which debuted at the Paris Motor Show. Prices start from £33,610 on the road, but our test car, with its substantial list of extras totted up to a hefty £48,000, all but a few quid!
So what do you get for your money? Well quite a lot actually, and overall it’s a very accomplished piece of kit, especially with the X-Drive system which provides excellent levels of grip in all conditions.
The interior, for a 3 Series, is surprisingly spacious and feels roomier than previous generations, let’s face it, everything’s getting larger these days, including my waistline, but that’s another story! It was finished in an attractive brown leather, which you could be forgiven for thinking was a throwback to the 70s, but it actually looked good and attracted compliments from my passengers.
Externally it’s classic BMW 3 Series, with instantly recognizable styling. The new look lighting fore and aft looks great, and the rear lenses were dark smoked, following the general theme. However the grille at the front was a bit rattily when prodded with a finger, and some of the interior plastics don’t have the quality feel that they once did.
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The new 320d M Sport is only a couple of exhaust pipes away from full M car drag. Brits love M Sports. So much, in fact, cars like the X6 and Z4 are only sold here in M Sport get-up.
The 3 Series saloon can be specced in cheaper, dowdier, less schporty-looking clothes. Let us know if you ever actually spot one in real life.
- Additional Driver
- Additional Tyre
- Car Toolbox
- Extra Baby Seat
- Safety Safegaurd
- Tyre Mudgaurd
Car Features
The inside is well equipped and topped off in this case with an excellent Harman Kardon sound system. The car also featured BMW’s gesture control, so if you like waving your digits or fists at things, then this is the car for you. To be honest, it seemed to work when it felt like it, and I found it much quicker to press the buttons on the steering wheel to adjust the volume or change radio station.
- Automatic
- Heated Mirrors
- Launch Control
- Power Modes
- Push Start
- Reverse Camera
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