Lengthy-Term Road Test Intro
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Extended name, longer test.
Months in Fleet: 5 months
Present Mileage: 6938 miles
Typical Fuel Economy: 33 mpg
Average Variety: 495 miles
Service: $
Standard Put on: $
Repair: $
Unscheduled Urea-Remedy Additions: $
Yes, a diesel station wagon—could we be far more predictable? One particular of our more fervently held automotive proclivities notwithstanding, we added BMW’s long-haul hauler to our fleet to evaluate the first efficiency-minded 3-series diesel in America in a generation. (The burly 335d from the turn of the decade doesn’t count—it shunned economy in favor of making All The Torque.)
We could have requested the 328d sedan, but having already completed a 40,000-mile evaluation of the gas-fired 328i 4-door, we thought we would switch up the body designs. Plus, the diesel-wagon fetish.
It helped our choice, too, that the sedan’s spicy M Sport package—necessary to score our wagon’s beautiful Estoril Blue paint—is also on the 5-door’s choices sheet. Prior to we get there, even though, here’s what came with our vehicle for its $ 44K base cost: a 181-hp 2.-liter turbo-diesel making 280 lb-ft of torque, an 8-speed automatic with Sport programming, xDrive all-wheel drive, iDrive infotainment, Bluetooth connectivity, power front seats, and an adjustable chassis with Eco Pro, Comfort, and Sport settings. It also packed automatic climate control, auto-dimming mirrors, a power panoramic sunroof, and ambient lighting.
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To that we added the aforementioned $ 3850 M Sport kit, which consists of 18-inch wheels with efficiency tires (enabling a tenacious .92-g quantity on our skidpad), sport seats, an M steering wheel, blacked-out exterior trim, aluminum interior bits, a black headliner, and sweet-searching physique add-ons. The paint price $ 550, and we also got the $ 650 M Sport brakes, the $ 250 rear-window sunshades, the $ 875 Harman/Kardon surround sound, and the $ 750 360-degree camera display. We also produced the no-cost selection to swap out the garish Estoril Blue plastic dash trim that comes with the M Sport pack for much more subtle gloss-black pieces.
Lastly, we spec’d a sextet (!) of packages. The rundown: Cold Weather (heated steering wheel, front and outboard-rear heated seats, headlamp washers $ 950), Driver Help (backup camera and parking sensors $ 950), Dynamic Handling (adaptive M suspension with Sport+ mode, variable steering $ 1000), Lighting (adaptive xenon headlamps $ 900), Premium (leather upholstery, proximity entry and start, adjustable lumbar assistance, satellite radio $ 2200), and Technology (navigation with touchpad, head-up show, BMW Apps, enhanced Bluetooth and phone integration, genuine-time site visitors information $ 3150).
So, yeah, we generally loaded up this mother, thereby creating a unicorn version of a model that is itself a unicorn. Get in touch with it a sub-unicorn, then. The only alternatives we skipped were auto higher beams and a bunch of ninny assistance things such as automatic parking, active cruise handle, active blind-spot detection, lane-departure warning, and collision warning. Our as-tested price of $ 59,950 falls just a few grand shy of maxed out.
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As for the driving knowledge, reactions have largely been optimistic, with the ride, the superb 10Best-winning chassis, and the diesel’s tractable torque all coming in for praise. Staffers have so far bagged on the engine’s gruffness, fairly languid accelerator response, and, predictably, the lofty price tag. We also hate the automatic engine quit-begin, but we really feel that way about fairly significantly all of these systems, and at least there’s a button to turn it off. You have to do so right after each startup, though, which is another annoyance.
Difficulties? We’ve had 1: At 2500 miles, the headlights appeared to go into “truffle-hunting mode,” as one particular commenter put it, the beams becoming aimed far too low. A broken bolt for a proper-front leveling sensor was repaired beneath warranty.
The run to 60 mph was achieved in 7.1 seconds—0.6 slower than the basic gas-powered 320i, but the automobile is sprightly adequate in site visitors. Like most any diesel, our 328d runs out of steam north of freeway speeds witness the additional 14.2 seconds it takes to attain 25 mph from 60. Fuel efficiency so far stands at 33 mpg, just 2 above the city rating, but many tanks have topped 36 mpg. Once we get the vehicle out on some extended road trips—we haven’t ventured farther from our Ann Arbor base than Chicago—we expect general economy to go up. Even as it sits, we can count on practically 500 miles between fill-ups. Watch this space for a lot more updates as we roll deeper into our 40,000-mile test.
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