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Presentation BMW 3-Series: O’zapft is!
The test drive of the BMW of the third series Where else is it not in the estate of the company? Mikhail Gzovsky traveled along the roads of Bavaria on a three -lash. Photo by the author and BMW. In the fall, it is customary to be sad in Russia. The summer season is closed, the cold rolls, quickly loses the daylight hours. Germany is different! At the end of September, Munich has been foaming in the world for the world of the Oktoberfest Pivnie Festival for 198 years. Six million visitors drink six million liters of beer, biting with her inconspicuous number of luggage, sausages and pork ham.
Alas (and perhaps, fortunately!), A trip on a new threek went a week before the walks. The city was only preparing for the holiday, and BMW experts were purely in a businesslike way. No high -profile epithets and excellent degrees in the description of the novelty, only facts. The most popular car in the BMW lineup became actually and visually a little wider, mirrors have grown, lanterns, headlights and front bumper look more expressive. These, albeit small ones, cheered the car and without a doubt keep the purchasing interest until the appearance of a completely new third series, which is scheduled for 2011. In the meantime, welcome to the salon of the 2009 model year!
The first thing I drew attention to is Idrive. Now it is surrounded by the family buttons and is better worked out ergonomically, so the speed of moving the menu has grown markedly. I was pleased with a large monitor with higher resolution and excellent graphics. The car has a hard drive for 80 GB. Write your favorite music on it or play from an external drive through a USB input.
BMW became a pioneer in the introduction of navigation systems in Europe, an epoch -making event took place in 1994. Feel progress! Modern ConnectedDrive offers the driver an order of magnitude more opportunities. For example, pressing an emergency button dangling the car and transfers its coordinates, a telephone number and even information from several sensors to the operator at the BMW Call Center. The same principle will monitor the oppressed copy. The navigator is aware of traffic jams and calculates the optimal route with their account, leads you in a voice and shows you on the display of the most interesting and useful places along the way. Electronics will provide contact with a mobile phone and will send the coordinates of the car and the card, so you can continue the search for the desired house on foot.
Treshka is the world's first car with the possibility of unlimited Internet access. The access to parallel worlds is possible only on a fixed car using Idrive. The BMW Online function will connect with a special portal that will inform the latest news, weather and even the condition of snow in ski resorts, the presence of free places in parking lots and recommend a restaurant. Lepota! It's a pity that all this luxury works only in several European countries Having molested the broken hour and without knowing all the possibilities of ConnectedDrive, I finally understand that it would be nice to travel on this computer! Somewhere ahead, the in-line 3-liter six modification of 335i is the most powerful of the ten offered gasoline and diesel engines. I already had to ride with this biturbo on the Capriole of the Third series, but I feel like the first time for the first time. Great elasticity, excellent sound! It is a pity that only sedans are available on the test drive. Indeed, on now, a 7-speed assault rifle is installed on the compartment, which provides even more speed switching without interruption of torque.
But the 335i sedan is damn good: filigree steering, the optimal force on the brake pedals and the elastic suspension allow you to easily tie the car into insidious turns of narrow Bavarian paths. The car copes with small irregularities perfectly, and large ones are not found in Germany. But even in ideal conditions, the suspension is tough, as, however, is supposed to be a real BMW.
It was possible to test in the case the only new motor 3-liter 6-cylinder 330D diesel in combination with a mechanical transmission. Once again I catch myself thinking: modern diesel in modern Europe is almost non -alternative! Judge for yourself: in sprint 330d loses 335i less than a second, while the maximum craving of the motor in the interval from
1750 to 3000 rpm, which makes it possible to even recall switching with mechanics infrequently. This, by the way, is pleasant, since the vitality of the lever is far from ideal. But, having rushed a hundred kilometers, he was surprised at the unshakability of the fuel indicator arrow. The device is serviceable, just consumption on the track only 5.3 liters. BMW economy was seriously worried. The Efficientdynamics Complex includes a standard for all machines for all machines, which reduces the load on the generator during acceleration and thereby increase its effectiveness. Four -cylinder engines with mechanical transmission automatically stall at traffic lights and come to life when squeezing clutch. The electromechanical steering wheel amplifier is turned on only if necessary and consumes only 200 watts ten times less than most competitors. Air access to the radiator regulates the shutters on the grill; They can be closed as unnecessary, improving aerodynamics. Finally, all three -tires come to customers on Runflat tires with reduced rolling resistance.
But to know about all this is not necessary. It is enough just rolling by car, enjoying controllability, comfortable seats and an excellent audio sound, which I was doing the rest of the time. It flew quietly, the main station of Munich and the huge clearing of the meadow of Teresa flickered outside the window. A week later, as always, a dozen shots in the sky and under the polygonized Ozapft is stuck! Formed! They will open the first beer barrel. From year to year, a special beer is boiled on Oktoberfest; True, it is not
experiment, but only withstand longer. The updated BMW treshka is also a corporate time, time -tested and brought to the ideal of the Munich delicacy. Help yourself OZAPFT IS! _X0008_ BMW 3-Series: The younger model did not lose driving qualities and became one of the most modern in terms of electronics.
Under the body
The new diesel 3-liter unit is equipped with a soot filter and several catalytic neutralizers, including specifically for nitrogen oxides, which made it possible to report on readiness for euro VI toxicity, which will be introduced only in 2014. The power compared to the predecessor increased by 10 kW, fuel consumption is reduced by 7%. In the design, the third -generation Common Rail injection system and a turbocharger with variable geometry.
A seven -speed transmission with two clutches manages to switch the transmission during the time, which with a conventional mechanical box is enough only to open the disks. For example, a 335i compartment with a new automaton will ahead of the analogue with a 0.1 s mechanics, and a version with a 6-speed automatic of 0.3 s. The mode of the most effective start of Launch Control is also provided for this, you need to activate the DTC traction control device. The transmission made it possible to reduce fuel consumption by 5%. In urban modes, a 7-speed box is distinguished by extreme softness of work.
Source: The magazine "Driving"
