BMW 330i Coupe

Got to drive one of my bosses cars at work for two weeks while he was on holiday. I had driven the BMW 330 i Coupe a few times before that when he first got the company car in 2002. It handles great reaaly comfortable to sit in and enjoyable to drive. I love the looks and design of the car, especially for a coupe. The engine spec is as follows:-

Cylinders/valves 6/4

Capacity cml 2,979

Stroke/Bore (mm) 89.6/84.0

Max output (kW/bhp/rpm) 170/231/5,900

Max torque (Nm/rpm) 300/3,500

The coupe i drove was an automatic and to be honest i wasnt impressed to much. It seemed ok if you were in traffic but as soon as you hit a straight the response was poor. I did use the tiptronic system and that was ok and responded reasonable. But I think improvements are needed and maybe a little bit improvement to the design.

The fuel consumption i didnt really car because it was all paid for on the company Shell card, but i went on BMW website and the spec for this is as Follows:-

Imperial

Urban (mpg) 22.1 (20.2)

Extra-urban (mpg) 40.9 (40.4)

Combined (mpg) 31.0 (29.4)

This car definatly pulls the ladies and is great to drive. The car i had came with CD player, Electric heated seats, Leather light orange cream seats and the colour of the bodywork was black. You can find out more on www.BMW.com.

The model I had was the 330Ci Sport Coupé and the price was £30,475.

There are many accessories ranging from mobile communication to exterior styling. the safety of the car is one of the best around with an airbag everywhere you look and safety bars crafted in the panels of every door and the structure of the car.

An overall view of the car would say from my opinion is that BMW need to improve the overall image of this range to contrinue staying a rival of Mercs.

Thanks for reading.

Karl