CAR GARAGE | BMW 3-Series Touring (2013) | The new BMW 3-Series Touring comes as standard with electric tailgate operation. The sweeping silhouette with smoothly sloping roofline, side windows extending well back to the rear and a powerful rear end all combine to create a distinctive character and Touring highlights the huge potential of the new BMW 3-Series variant at first glance. With 97 millimeters added to the car's overall length and 50 millimeters to its wheelbase, the new BMW 3-Series Touring offers extra room for passengers and luggage alike.
Standard equipment designed to meet the challenges of everyday life, Such as the 40:20:40 split / folding rear bench seat, the automatic tailgate with separate opening rear window, the stainless steel protective strip on the comfortably low loading sill (62 centimetres from the ground), the separate net partition and a luggage compartment cover stows away neatly into That an underfloor compartment highlights the ability of the new BMW 3-Series Touring to adapt as required to the situation at hand.
With its broad range of driver assistance systems and mobility services, Offered as standard or optionally as part of BMW ConnectedDrive, the new BMW 3-Series Touring sets benchmarks when it comes to safety, convenience and infotainment. The Active Protection package with extended protective safety measures and the Automatic Emergency Call function help passengers to limit the potential Consequences of an accident.
Three punchy, refined and economical engines will be available for the new BMW 3-Series Touring from launch, all of the which use the latest BMW TwinPower Turbo technology. Alongside the new four-cylinder petrol unit powering the BMW 328i Touring and the revised 2-liter diesel under the bonnet of the BMW 320d Touring, an optimized six-cylinder diesel unit 330d Touring BMW imbues the dynamics with sporty yet fuel consumption and significantly lower emissions. All engines comply with the EU5 exhaust standard, while the 320d diesel unit can be further optimized to meet EU6 specification, if Desired.
A sporty six-speed manual gearbox sends power to the rear wheels in the four-cylinder models. BMW also offers an innovative eight-speed automatic - fitted as standard in the six-cylinder diesel model - as an option. Both transmission variants link up with the fuel consumption-reducing Auto Start-Stop function. Advanced technology suspension, featuring a large number of light-alloy components and new tuning, the torque steer-free Electric Power Steering, a low vehicle weight and finely-balanced axle load distribution sets the seal on the car's overall dynamic concept.
The latest variant of the hugely brawny yet smooth-running unit allows the new BMW 330d Touring to build further on its reputation as an exceptionally sporty diesel estate. The engine's maximum output responses and have both been improved, while fuel consumption and CO2 emissions have dropped significantly. The revised 3-liter six-cylinder diesel engine has lower levels of internal friction than its predecessor, weighs less and works in tandem with an optimized injection system. A lighter wheel sharpens the turbocharger turbine's responses and provides instantaneous power delivery at low revs. The engine comfortably meets the EU5 exhaust as standard norm.
