He might be the saddest guy ever to drive around in a BMW.

Excellent & enthusiastic review! Great job!

Glad to hear its good and loving the fact you in Bushy Park as its a lovely place to drive around

Indeed the editor in chief. He knows what hes talking about. Great review!

50 mpg = 4.7 L/100 km

very honest and genuine review. Thanks.

great review

Had mine for 6 years - cant argue with this review

Good real world review. But I'm still going for the 330d m sport! Thanks

I really love my 2008 A4 1.9 TDI, but it's getting old and I think about this BMW for my future car in a few years. I like the red and the blue metalic colours. I test drove this car and it was so similar to mine that i felt in love. It was the 318d, so the hp and weight were similar to mine. The extra power is always welcome.

What a lovely review. Well done Chas. You are a nice man and did a Stella job. Thanks for keeping motoring real for the battlers. From NZ.

A great review of a very nice car. 👍

Fuel economy , thanks for the Info : ) , Thumbs up added.

Nice test Dude ;D

I think your a bit picky about rear space. I have that same car and my in-laws have had no problem in the back what so ever. I also find the boot more than adequate.

it's all about that sharpness bmw offers with the handling tho !

This a class leading car with performance and economy. Mercedes and Audi cannot compete with it at all. Chas Hasllett gets the pleasure of testing them all and the facts and figures speak for themselves. All this technology will be expensive to own second hand after 3-5 years though.

Love that watch that he’s wearing in the review, anybody know which one it is?

My 320d stage 1 remap, k&n air filter and a diesel service. Usually returns 58-60mpg if mostly long distance motorway. If I'm constantly thrashing it around town it never drops below 43mpg at best.

I own one of these and I love it

I have never drive or travel in A4, however I can talk about 3 series and C class. I am not sure which one is more refined from poor road conditions and wind noise, however I am pretty sure that the engine noise in 3series is much better to hear all the way, C class has very annoying engine sound ( I have compared the 4 cylinder petrol engines) and C class is a bit tighter at the back, too. Plus, most of the car magazines find 3 series more efficient as well as the official figures.

I agree you'd be pretty mad to buy this outright. Get a good leasing deal though and you're onto a winner. That also gets the cars onto the used market... Just ordered a 320d touring myself for the extra space

get rid of the stupid stiff bumpy run flats and get a diesel tune done increasing power and reducing lag, then the low speed refinement will be fixed

it's certainly not small there is alot more space in the back then what you get in other comparative cars of its league

320d - I get 71mpg if am careful - you can get 60 around town again being careful. If youre not careful you get 48/50 easy If you hammer it in Sport - its still not all that bad 38/40 Its only if you put your foot down cold then it drops momentarily to 12/18 mpg but then picks up again to 28+ like, it also comes back to highest MPG as if the computer is reading it for you. Might be obvious but to get max chuff, like when overtaking just make sure that you've got 2,000+ RPM because the twin turbos alone won't get you there - also if in a low gear looking for acceleration, don't forget to change up in time or the revs stop increasing and so does your acceleration - not nice if it dies suddenly and maintains speed with some fast mother coming at you on his side of the road and you're trying to complete a quick overtake as safely as possible. The welly is there but you have to find it Sport mode helps. From Comfort mode to Sport mode it really is a different car! Don't forget to adjust your eco-pro settings because in the winter it will take a long time to heat the cabin and in the summer a long time for the aircon to get cold if you don't. You can fine tune it easy on the computer to get fast heat or cold

My wife has the 2012 luxury model and has now completed 30,000 miles no problems and very cheap to run, she is currently trying to find a replacement but nothing comes close to this model !

my car this sunday chuck

So basically everything is an option jezzz

nice to drive... but gearbox is a nightmare, to get into reverse. clutch judder common on these, n47 engine timming chain snaps, so after your 3 years get your chequebook ready.. i think as i have had both Audi a4 is better

If this car had a remap. It would be the perfect hot diesel saloon with the economy to match.

@zuti071 It is 5.65 EU Liters. There are a lot of internet calculators. Because as an European car guy (from the continent :) ) I watch both UK and US shows and it can be frustrating with UK and US mpg (which is different!!!) and the torque figures of pound/feet.

I would never buy a car which charge you to include sun glass holder and paint. Seriously BMW gets away with murder when all the accessories they charged are standard equipment on other cars.

is this m sport, se or efficient version?

I counted at least three contradictions in the first 5mins then moved on!

316i should also be a good choice to those that don't do a lot of mileage per year. And will also be smother.

Had my M Power 320D for six weeks now and yes, it is better than the Audi A3 I had before. Ditto the Saab and the VW. So quiet which counts for a lot for me. Audi better on juice but BMW has more poke. Lovely car. So far.

50mpg? I can get 80mpg in mine if careful, 70mpg driving normally and 60mpg around town / driving faster. Could be the manual gearbox?

53mpg? Do you have a lead foot? I have the 320d with the 6 speed manual which is much better in my opinion, also at 70mph on a UK motorway I get over 68mpg on a long run. BMW said that the auto would give you more mpg not less, they also siad it would be more fun to drive...again I personaly disagreed with that also on test drives.

I agree with this review. It is a very good car with an excellent 8 speed gearbox. The biggest let down for me is the electric power steering. It has zero feedback. Hardly the ultimate driving machine anymore 😢

Hey can someone give this guy an adrenaline shot

This will be my first car

30k for base car and you think paying extra for red paint is acceptable. What planet are you living on.....??

Does this suffer the same sad fate as the older ones with the timing chain? What engine does this 2013 3 series have?

i am only getting 47.7MPG that's the best I can achieve. mine is 2012 320D luxury, maybe it's because i am town-driving most of the time?

what do u mean its not refined

Hi, i am thinking to get 320 D...should i get? or 320i? i am looking for a GREAT gas mileage:( thank u so much:)

He’s in bushey Park

I am now driving a BMW 320i, it claims 6.X L/100km.Well, I am doing 9,8L/100km... Clearly BMW uses Cruise Control all the time during the fuel test.

I want to marry that car

I love the fact you have to pay more for the optional extras to get car the car to drive nice. Cheaply made for the price.

I don't understand how a 320d "Sport" can cost £40k... A fully kitted out 335i M Sport is £41k

No way that car was 40k. My M sport 320d xdrive wasn’t even that much new and it’s got loads of spec. This is just a sport.

No, if you listen its almost 21k to buy with almost 1k in extras ... maybe this is why got a pushbike?

Why the hell would the red paint be an optional extra, I'd love to see a car review just once, where there were no optional extras on the car, I feel it would be a car education, anyhoo, nice car but a silly price and even more so for paying extra to look red

I will never get that time back

What we’re the little niggles you had? My was 3 months old and the passenger window was slow going up… that’s all I had in 3 years ownership

Look it’s a Mondaine watch! 😁

If nobody bought a new car then they'd have to make them better or more attractive to purchase. If you look at Cuba for example, even when no new cars are sold people will simply take more care of the existing ones. It doesn't make them moronic, quite the opposite.

The car is nice, but his watch is better

When the base car with zero options is 28k, and the one in the video is over 40, you know something's seriously wrong with BMW.

I am going to buy one now....

The rear seats and boot is BIG in real life. Don't believe what he is saying in the review. Nice review, but who is he driving around in the back seats to complain it's too small? 2 Sumo wrestlers???

The dude got a "bahnhof" watch.

I was kind of being ironic towards KOK4NE I agree that second hand buyers are rather smart, and that second hand cars should be taken care of as if they were new, but I also understand the attraction to buying a new car, even though they are actually to expensive :)

I get 42mpg average from my old 318i so 50 for a new diesel isn't that impressive sounding. I would have one in a heartbeat though

Or has enough money that it makes no difference to him. Also if there were no idiots there would be no 4yo cars for us to buy second hand.

£10,000 worth of options! ha ha. So it's 'only' just over 40 grand.... think about it.... for a 3-series diesel... and he's talking about 'spending a bit more for the touring'....! How about you employ 2 people for 20 grand each instead? Or 1 person and spend 20 grand on a car... this is silly, 320d doesn't mean what it used to.

£31000 for a 320dsport. U could buy a supercharged vxr8 for that. I know what I would buy. The Vauxhall. Or if I wanted a bmw an e92 m3.

it does not handle like the e46 unfortunately :(

Why is this guy pissed off?

I dont expect good taste from someone dressed like that. But I like the car, I also have a 318d. Perfect car for me!

Sir is it a rear wheel drive car

I'm planning to get used car for this particular model? Anyone here could share thoughts?

I really liked the 3 series. Until I drove the Mazda 6 2.2 auto...

My 330d laughs at your fore winds

Sound system is good on a Bmw? I must be dreaming then.

have you changed timing chain? if not, be ready!! Piece of crap! I can understand breaking of turbo, of gearbox, of injectors but breakin the chain is unacceptable!!!

Well ive purchased my very own bmw 335d msport twin turbo and it dont have that steering wheel so tell the truth ur car is a SE "Standard Edition" Mines is Fully Loaded with Umbrellas cigarette holder and lighter and ashtray in each door, back and front Heated Seat With Massage Control, Red Leather With My Name Printed In the Head rest, parking sensors front and back with fitted cameras back and front, multi coloured lights fitted in the door handles, and plenty more , oh and I changed my Head Lights they change colour to, I have the kick system for the boot and automatic bonit, tvs, Ps4 also Fitted With 2 top games Gta 5, Fifa 14.

didn't talk about how powerful it is ffs

40k£ for stander bmw 3 series u mad why would anyone spend that much money on it 40 k you can get much nicer car

40000 for a 320d !!?????

50 UK MPG is .....??? in EU Liters ?

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50mpg lucky lad your not driving it hard enough. Get your foot down or get out the car, it's fantastic in sport ad very fast.

It's not the sharpest and most comfortable...Giulia is much better...I drove this 320d...the only thing that is remarkable is the price you pay for the new or used one.

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these cars are prone-to engine failure. happened to me.

Exactly,very frustrting.thank you very much for the effort and reply! AND FOR: Editor-in-chief CHAS HALLETT and WHATCAR just small suggestion that for EUROPEAN SUBSCRIBERS at lest write somewhere fuel&torque in metric.

So sad sad sad ☹️ 😔 😞

50 mpg hahaha don't make me laugh. This engine will average mid to late 30s

what happens when it snows? bmw and merc 30k car useless with audi no matter what weather.

40 grand for a car? are you serious???

I kinda think petrol engines are better for BMW.Diesel engines are more for Mercedes cars.

Audi a4 better

Overpaid on everything

I wouldn't buy this car with automatic at any cost! It sould be manual and instead stupid electronic and eco-mode I would like to control the car character by my right foot!

NO memory seats, not even electric seats, No reversing camera, No self park, No blind spot monitoring system, No auto dimming lights, No road sign recognition, No panoramic roof, No automatic boot as standard! Lmfao even a dacia is probably better equipped than that heap of junk

Completely crap review. All he does like all other badge snobs is praise a basic rip off car.

drive this than drive the kia optima and you`ll see how poor this car really is ;-(

is this m sport, se or efficient version?