Test Drive BMW 3 F30 Series since 2012 Sedan
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There is no better stimulator than an extract about the status of a bank account. It is worth the amount of accumulations to grow from five to six, as azart wakes up in a motorist: Oh! Now I can buy a cool SUV. And also - a decent sedan to go to work as a white man. Or something raging - turbo, full-wheel drive ... But the first calculation of spending, credit rates and insurance rigidly landing towards reality and makes it takes to start not the most pleasant procedure - the optimization of desires. 
There is no such motorist who would not have dreamed of becoming the owner of several cars of various purposes. But even quite secured people are in no hurry to implement this desire to. And that is, there are several considerations, including unexpected. The electoral approach implies the choice, so to speak, the right cars. Do they surprise yourself or others? It's better then one. But such that pleased every day to combine the best qualities as possible. Take the basis of a popular Audi A4 sedan among the citizens. Choosing a car with a 2.0 TFSI engine, you will not become a sports projectile owner, but the portion of the daily turbotone is guaranteed. Row for the Fortress of Feelings Full-wheeling Quattro. And so that the cocktail accepted the seductive view, stop the choice of DTM Edition. Total - $ 60,300 ($ 12,000 more expensive than basic A4 2.0 TFSI Quattro).
Now let's try to make a second recipe. The main ingredient is the BMW Sedan Third Series. With a turbo income, but it is not necessary to peel, the Bavarian, hopeless motors, is generally something. Version 2.5 - adequate response Ingolstadt 2.0 TFSI. And four-wheel drive is possible - it is offered under the spicy name X-Drive. Exclusivity Cocktail can be given by using the BMW Individual program. You can order a non-standard body color and interior decoration. Something you can even take a look from BMW Motorsport bout. Then, your Three will finally fall out of a number of themselves, and for the price it will be only not much more expensive than basic 325xia.
The uncommon quality of the BMW engine is a consequence of the use of a unique dual system of Vanos gas distribution and a smooth change mechanism for Valvetronic valve lifting height. These developments of BMW engineers taught the motor correctly breathe under any loads. The TFSI Audi motors also have a lot of innovation - in particular, the so-called layered fuel injection is implemented.
By the way, the increase in power in 20 horses for modifying the DTM Edition was achieved without cardinal alterations: slightly modified pistons, reprogrammed the engine control unit, the turbocharger is modified. Both motor concepts are good. What is interesting: the choice between them is often determined by psychology, and not technique. Someone loves turbo, and someone is Naurbo. And why, and can not explain. And try to convince. Explicit and fictional. A4 DTM, released in honor of the Audi victories in the Deutschen Touurnwagen Masters Body Championship, cannot be unable to learn among the other LLC. The differences are striking immediately: the air intakes have become larger and accepted an aggressive view, a spectacular element resembling a racing car diffuser appeared in the rear skirt, resembling a racing car diffuser, and laconic carbonate anti-grooves are adopted to the trunk, as well as to the lower edge of the front spoiler.
The image turned out to be solid, in the spirit of DTM and, perhaps, even more dynamic than S4 with the 4.2-liter eight under the hood. It should be added that the light tuning has undergone engine and chassis. Power raised from 200 to 220 hp In the suspension, lightweight levers and shortened sports springs were applied, pressing the car to the road by 20 mm. 18-inch alloy wheels, 6-speed mechanics, sports salon from carbon fiber and Alcantara - standard for DTM Edition.
Opponent Audi will not be described in the paint - unfortunately, according to the BMW Individual program, the car makes the car from one month to six, so to take a test drive tomorrow, the day after tomorrow it is simply unreal. You will have to strain fantasy. Imagine that it is not black with color, but completely indescribable - Moonstone Metallic (on the first turn, this kel is nicely imitate glare on the hood). And the salon is decorated not beige coarse skin Dakota, but a chocolate Merino (it is useless to mimic it in the pictures). Plus the pivy-black inserts in the dashboard and console, steel overlays on the thresholds, even more spectacular than that of DTM, 18-inch 15-spoke alloy wheels instead of regular 16-inch ...
Such metamorphoses will immediately make an individual BMW alien in a pack of ordinary three in the parking lot in front of the business center. Before use to shake. Do you know how to get the maximum pleasure from a powerful all-wheel drive sedan? In winter, it is elementary: you just go to yourself when the rest is dropped, slide and worry. It is quite another thing - in the summer. In the evening it is enough to promise to be at six in the morning at the Kursk station, and then just sleep. When you will be rushed across the half-Moscow in the deserted highway and streets, dodging from the brazen watering machines and scaring sleeping Street Reisers, you will rate the car in full.
BMW Similar trip withstood with honor. The machine works immaculately. In the DS mode, it allows the motor to get off to the cut-off, and this is still 7000 along the tachometer. The engine makes high and musically clean, full of optimism sound. High-profile tires keep the car on the bumpy intersections much better than it could be expected - thanks to the smart X-Drive in the devias we will wind and give gas to gas. Disabling the electronic collar is equivalent to inclusion in itself adrenaline turbocharger. The car throws into the UZ, but not deep - it remains controlled. Suspension Short-speed: Small pits at speeds do not notice, but on a slightly larger potholes and fights are pumped up on the seat as if you are not a pinchy Moscow asphalt under you, but a trail for cross. 
On A4 DTM, it was not possible to rent in the same extreme conditions, but this car is also able to give a lot of driving sensations. According to the dynamics, it is equivalent to the Bavans, although on paper the characteristics look better. According to manageability - cleaner, more precisely, that, in general, it is both merit of excellent sports tires Dunlop 235/45 R18 and the Quattro drive. The need to intensively operate the handle of the PPC and correctly select the switching moments (to use the maximum turbophush) will require concentration driver, but will bring this excitement to driving process. The motor, by the way, does not like the twist - above the 5500 it starts to skit. Roars more aggressive, richer, with bell notes. The suspension is perceived as tougher and energy-intensive. A4 DTM road profile transfers more, but on large irregularities, she still tries to take a blow to herself, and not on the driver and passengers. Conclusions? Do not try to compare these cars in the case and choose for yourself one-sole. Write both. So, again you will have to optimize painfully ...
Audi and BMW have a fundamentally different approach to the individualization of the car (we do not talk about the choice of option - it's by itself). If there was no suitable for the finishing options for the finishing options, the client can order a car with some sauce - for example, a s-line scenery package (for DTM Edition, they are not needed - their own), and the markup will be insignificant. BMW offers its customers a different service - alternative coloring options, other varieties of leather, materials inserts and so on, that is, actually exclusive. True, the price of the car performed by the BMW Individual can grow by 10, and 100%. Note that the package individualization of the machine is fraught with similarity. You know, when two women shakes one tailor, they have a great chance to meet the ball in the same dresses. And this is a shame. Fizkult comfort. The list of standard equipment A4 DTM includes front airbags, side pillows in front of the cabin, a side protection system for the head and active head restraints. The dynamic stabilization of the machine is replied by the ESP of the last generation. The completeness is also presented, which provides comfort. There is a 150-watt audio system with ten Bose speakers, a separate climate control system, heated seats, electrical adjustments of mirrors, acoustic parking sensors. Headlights, of course, xenov - it would be strange to see the car at the car cost for fifty.
However, the highlight of the A4 DTM salon we will call an exquisite finish (mostly dark materials, silver lines) and excellent Recaro seats. Chairs resembling profile racing buckets allow you to comfortably feel behind the wheel both in statics and in dynamics. Their coating is made from the microfiber Nardia - the material is non-slip and pleasant to the touch. Convex and moderately soft sidewalls seats are decorated with skin. Thanks to this combination of form and texture, the driver's body is not clamped, but it is well held. It is impossible not to note the clear moves of the gearbox lever, an advanced effort on pedals.
Comfort Hi. The equipment and level of comfort BMW 325xia does not lose the competitor from Ingolstadt. Safety in case of emergency provides six pillows, electronic collars are represented by the dynamic control system of DSC III and braking control system on CRS turns. Bixenon lighting, with automatic inclusion. There are rain sensor, parking sensors, advanced dynamic cruise control and non-sound audio system, to which, however, we still have a complaint. She looks like it is still made by Thomas Edison himself. What, however, it would be possible to say about the dashboard, but here it is still a style element. Machine from Munich could well become, in our opinion, a sample of ergonomics in its class, if not two annoying things. Well, what kind of prick from the steering wheel switches without fixing? Only pathos. And the rim of the steering wheel I would like to see smaller in diameter, but more in the cross section. You do not have to do the rest of the details. The pedal node is set perfectly and works as a high-precision tool. And all the buttons later two minutes drive seem to you relative and familiar.
Text Ruslan Tarasov Photo Andrei Danilov
Thank you for your help in organizing the shooting of the company Audi Russia, (495) 234-0233, and BMW Rusland Trading, (495) 781-3400.
Audi A4 2.0 TFSI Quattro DTM Engine gasoline, with turbocharging, 4 in a row
Working volume (cubic. Cm) 1984
Power (hp at rpm) 220 at 5900
Moment (nm at rpm) 300 at 2200
The drive is complete
6-speed gearbox, mechanical
Length / Width / Height (mm) 4601/1772/1397
Curb weight (kg) 1520
Maximum speed (km / h) 247
Acceleration to 100 km / h (c) 7.1
Fuel consumption (city / highway, l / 100 km) 12.7 / 6.9
Price of the Tested Car $ 60 350
BMW 325xia Gasoline engine, 6 in a row
Working volume (cube. Cm) 2497
Power (hp at rpm) 218 \u200b\u200bat 6500
Moment (nm at rpm) 250 at 2750-4250
The drive is complete
6-speed gearbox, automatic
Length / Width / Height (mm) 4527/1817/1421
Mass Curb (kg) 1615
Maximum speed (km / h) 236
Acceleration up to 100 km / h (c) 8.1
Fuel consumption (city / highway, l / 100 km) 13.0 / 7.0
Price of the tested car 45 100
A source: "Autopilot"
