Test drive BMW 3 Episode E46 1998 - 2002 Sedan

I believe!

In the epochal for the domestic pirate video, the bird on the wire has a indicative moment. Remember, the girlfriend of the hero Mel Gibson, who, during the separation of a successful manager of a large company, was going to Detroit by car. With this act, she shocks first colleagues, then Gibson himself. The fact is that she goes to the BMW of the 3rd series.
What are the cars in Hollywood
There are many factors by which one can judge the prestige of a particular brand. The Americans have the approach - what they go to Beverly Hills, then cool. And on what? Who is older - on Bentley and Rolls -Royce. On Mercedes, of course. Or on the BMW seventh series. Who is younger - on the corvet and Porsche. Or again on BMW, only the third series. In America, the BMW brand has long become one of the components of success, and for a reason the heroine of the bird on the wire flatly refused to arrive in the center of the American automotive industry in the domestic machine. Patriotism is good, but prestige is better.
From the moment when this film was shot, a lot of time has passed. The once -famous automobile companies fell apart, others were bought for fabulous money by competitors. Little -known manufacturers entered the hot ten most prestigious brands, and some luxury cars lost their face and became available to housewives.
After the magnificent presentations of the new BMW model of the third series died out, the autopilot wondered: if it occurred to someone to make a bird of birds on the wire, will the heroine sit in a new three-ladder?
Five stars
Down with the wordoblity of historical prestige, traditional quality and logical continuity! Let's look at the world differently. The hotel can be written at least a metropolis, but if there is no hot water, then this is a collective farmer’s house. So any five -star machine should first of all guarantee a maximum of comfort to the driver and passengers. In this sense, the BMW 328i is quite worthy of traveling to Detroit and not to be disguised even against the background of Cadillac. Naturally, there are leather salon and steering wheel, electrical control of mirrors, glass, hatch. Naturally, there is a cruise control, a powerful radio with a RDS system, an adjustable steering column and an on-board computer that can do everything without playing Tetris. There is no, however, an electrical adjustment of the seats, but the experience suggests that the driver uses it about six months. Most often, the pilot is distracted by the radio and control of the climate installation.
The radio control is carried out in the BMW 328i to the left half of the steering wheel and allows not only to adjust the sound, but also to control the configuration, as well as turn off the sound, if a radiotelephone is installed in the cabin. On the opposite side of the steering wheel is control of a cruise control with the possibility of automatically increasing or decreasing speed by simple pressing + or, respectively.
The climatic installation also requires a minimum of attention, despite the fact that the management is located on the central console. In the best BMW traditions, it is deployed to the driver, and it is enough to set the computer the desired temperature and direction of the air flow. Everything else happens automatically.
In short, everything is provided in the car, up to a special ski cover, which is removed from a special niche between the rear seats. In the proposed bird of the bird, this cover is quite suitable for storing bazouka or stinger-firstly, it is not so noticeable for the police, and secondly, weapons oil will not stain the upholstery of the cabin.
The rich have their own quirks
Successful people very much value freedom of choice, which they provide for a social position and appropriate income. Take the principle that they give is not suitable. Based on this, the engineers from the BMW installed on the 328th model the Automatic box Steptronic, which practically erases the line between the automatic and mechanical gearbox and guarantees the possibility of driving a car depending on the mood and, importantly, on road conditions.
The mode is the first and the main - the machine. It is used in a relaxed afternoon state, as well as for a steppe driving around the city. PPP handle in Drive mode, and just lazily press when you need to go on the gas pedal, and when necessary - on the brake pedal. Everything else makes smart electronics itself. The second mode - Sport - is used when playing catch -up with bad guys. To switch with a fairly light movement of the brush, transfer the handle a little onto yourself from the Drive mode - the letter S appears on the information board, and the machine has a character. She more adequately responds to the position of the gas pedal, called on the floor.
To play police officers and thieves, we recommend using manual mode. With a light movement of the brush, the gearbox handle from the Sport position pushes back and the inscription M 1 appears on the display. Another light movement forward - the indicator M 2 is lit, even a push forward - M 3 and so on to m 5. You got the opportunity to choose the program yourself without relying on the whims of automation. This mode allows you to accelerate quite sharply and, importantly, slow down with the engine, as on a full -fledged manual box. If you won and the pursuers are hopelessly behind - a light movement with a brush - and from any position the box returns to a normal automatic regime. We will not retell the content of the film, but its heroes have visited all the above situations. And who knows, if such a box was installed on their BMW, then the car could have reached the end of the film, and not die somewhere in the twentieth minute.
Don't be afraid - I'm with you
A person who is afraid will never say: I feel comfortable. A man at the wheel is afraid, first of all, not by the accident itself, but its consequences for his body. We will not consider cases with a wallet - this is another opera. So, in the BMW 328i the body is very carefully monitored.
First of all, electronics are constantly watching security, ready at any time to fix the driver’s mistakes. In addition to the traditional ABS, the car has a whole set. In order not to list everything in a row, we denote only the essence. The braking control system at the turns corrects the mistakes of panties, which not only came up with the brakes, but also press on them during a sharp turn. The system of dynamic stability control is when the brakes are not compensated for not too skillful entry into a turn at high speed and with the left turn the left brakes are turned on, and with the right - the right ones. But the system of automatic control of stability, which prevents wheel slipping at a sharp start, would be turned off in Hollywood, since there is a special button for this. How else to remove smoking rubber?
If, through inhuman efforts, it was still possible to deceive the cunning electronics and twist the car like in the film Blues brothers, and then ram the pursuer with the body, then pillows of safety, which are 328i eight in the BMW. Firing from the steering wheel, front panel, doors and seats, they will not allow the deadly to be not only sitting in front, but also the rear passengers.
And when the heroes of the film, a bird on the wire would crawl out whole of their car after the most breathtaking chubites, which the Hollywood is famous for, even the great Stanislavsky would say: I believe! .
 
Autopilot thanks the company Axel Motors,
(812) 351-1928, for the car provided for the test.

Who else
What image of the owner of the BMW has developed in the national mind? Well, so specific. Here are a few random excerpts from newspapers where this brand appears:
- In the pockets of the murdered, police found $ 70 thousand, a cell phone, as well as the BMW car key.
- Near the BMW, in which the body of a lawyer was discovered, the police found 8 shooting sleeves from PM
- detained a thief in law on Mosfilmovskaya Street when he is on his BMW
- At about 12 a.m., two dark BMWs blocked his Volga, from which five militants jumped out
- From the scene of the crime, the criminals disappeared on the BMW car, going towards Moscow
And so on in the same spirit. The fact that BMW is very respected by Anatoly Chubais and BMW was bought by Boris Nikolaevich, not so much corrects the image of the brand as the reputation of both politicians. Nevertheless, the time of stable gangster associations passes. And now it is quite possible to recall that all over the world, and now, it seems, even in Russia, the presence of a person BMW indicates not a dubious kind of activity, but simply to a character warehouse. That the treshka is generally a machine of the female and that in America, for example, only a third of the owners of the 3rd series are men. That the 328th color of Madeira-Violet had Lady Diana (now this is the most photographed car of Great Britain).
And in conclusion, a small story, very indicative for the image of BMW. One Englishman recently won a striking case in court. A truck drove into his 328th side. The transport company, which belonged to the path, paid for all repair costs and was even ready to compensate for traditional moral damage. But the owner wanted another: it was not just a car it was a BMW - a car of my dreams. I went to this all my life, ”he said in court. - And now, after the accident, I can no longer experience in my car the feeling of happiness that I felt earlier. In short, the owner demanded that the unprecedented compensation is $ 24 thousand. And what would you think - won the case and even get into the Guinness Book of Records!

Model/Modification BMW 328i
Manufacturer Bayerishe Motoren-Werke AG
The country-producing Germany
BODY
Type sedan
Number of doors/places 4/5
ENGINE
Basin type with multi -point injection
The location in front is longitudinally
Working volume (cubic cub) 2793
Number/location of cylinders 6/row
Cylinder x Piston stroke (mm) 84.0x84.0
Compression degree 10.2: 1
Power, kW (L.S.) at about./Min. 142 (193) at 5500
Moment (nm at about./Min.) 280 at 3500
The number of valves per cylinder 4
TRANSMISSION
Rear -wheel drive
Automatic five -speed gearbox type Steptronic with sports and manual modes
SUSPENSION
Front Independent spring type MacPherson
The rear independent spring with a reptile stabilizer
STEERING
Type gear rack with a hydraulic booster
Min. Diameter of turn (m) 10.5
Brakes
Front disk ventilated
The rear disc
ABS three -channel electronic
Wheels
Tire size 205/55 r 16 90W
Alloy wheels, 7j x 16
Dimensions/Opam/Weight
Length/width/height (mm) 4471/1739/1415
Wheel base (mm) 2725
The track front/track of the back (mm) 1471/1478
Min. clearance (mm)
The volume of the fuel tank (L) 63
Mass, dry/maximum (kg) 1395/1895
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed (km/h) 240
Acceleration to 100 km/h (sec.) 7.0
Economy
Fuel consumption (l/100km):
City cycle 12.5
Highway 7.0
Average of three thirds 9.1
The price of the dummy in St. Petersburg $ 60 449
Nikolay Kachurin, Vitaly Teplov (photo)
 

Source: "Autopilot"