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Log in | New account Home Ask Honest John Reviews Best Deals Advice Good Garages News Back Room Insurance Shop Car by Car Reviews The HJ Road Test Videos Top 10 Cars Prices and Specs The Honest John Road Test Home » Road Tests » BMW » BMW 320td Compact BMW 320td Compact Thu, 21 Feb 2002 Main Report Prices/Specifications Engine/Transmission Dimensions Performance Sometimes you just fall in love with a car. You didn't expect to. You thought you'd judge it dispassionately, like everything else. And, from what you'd already seen of it, you weren't even particularly keen on its looks. But there was something about RO51 OGH. Could it have been the Ambra Ochre pearlescent paint that seemed to change colour in the light? Could have been the way the chunky 16in alloys filled the wheel arches so perfectly? Could it have been the quality of the fit and finish? And when you looked at it again, could it have been the shape of its face? What is it with the Germans these days that makes them so keen to give a car eyes that seem to implore you to fall for it? Get in, turn the key and, oops, shouldn’t have done that because this is a diesel. Should have waited. No sweat, though. I'm off and discovering that, though light, the clutch doesn’t take prisoners, so starting in second needs getting used to. This is a diesel that pulls nearly 50 in second. Third is good for around 20 to 85. Fourth is the most you ever need in town. And fifth gives you 32mph per 1,000rpm on the motorway. But it's the way the thing responds in every way that gets to you. The rear-drive handling and roadholding are sensational. Whatever traction control it's supposed to have to spoil your fun, it doesn't spoil your fun. The front grips like mad, and eventually you can push the back to oversteer, but the limit is so high you hardly ever will. And you feel totally, joyously in control all the time. Couple this to a diesel engine with more punch than Mike Tyson and you're having a ball. Not to mention worrying the owner of an Escort Cosworth that can't seem to shake you off on the straights or through the corners. Yet this is a 'sensible' diesel. Simplex chain cam, so no timing belt to worry about; 150bhp; 330Nm (243 lb ft) torque; 0–60 in 8.6 seconds; 133mph. Yet 51.4 mpg on the combined cycle. And just 148g/km CO2 chugging out of the exhaust pipe. It's even in the £110-a-year VED bracket, which is the lowest you can go with a diesel. I didn't get 51.4mpg. Pressure of work meant I only managed to drive the thing about 100 miles and couldn't do an accurate brim-to-brim. But 45 to 50 has to be a distinct possibility for most drivers, and some will see closer to 60mpg. Not much else to report, really. Despite its truncation there's more room in the back than in a Volvo S60. The trunk itself is plenty big enough, and truly massive compared to the hole in the back of an Alfa GTV. The only big disadvantage is the price, because £20,865 plus £495 for metallic paint is a lot of womba for an economy car. Even if it's an economy sports car. Honest John's Car Buying Advice Get the low-down on how to buy and sell cars the hassle-free way Related News & Road Tests Review: BMW 3 Series Compact E36 1994 Screwed together well. Good balance of pace and economy. Did very well in 2007 Warranty Direct Reliability Survey. Review: BMW 3 Series E36 1991 Excellent build quality. Good balance of performance and economy. Plenty around to choose from. Review: BMW 3 Series Compact E46 2001 150PS 320d version offers lively performance, good fuel economy and rewarding handling. Review: BMW 3 Series Convertible E36 1994 Decent to quick 4-seater convertibles of highly regarded E36 3-Series. • Terms and Conditions • Advertise on this site • Contact Honest John || ", 'plr_ContentType': 'PAGESKIN', 'plr_ContentID': 'myContent', 'plr_ContentW': 994, 'plr_FrameTop': 90, 'plr_FrameSide': 130, 'plr_FrameBottom': 90, 'plr_HideElementsByID': '', 'plr_HideElementsByClass': '', 'plr_NoSkinInSkinResize': true }; var objPageSkin = new InSkin.Base('myPageSkin'); EVO NEWS CAR REVIEWS DATA VIDEOS FEATURES USED CARS BUYING GUIDES TRACKDAYS COMMUNITY WIN 3 ISSUES FOR £1 SHOP Search evo REGISTER LOGIN Free Newsletter Car Reviews: evo Car Reviews BMW 320td SE Compact Rating: BMW hit the target with the fast but frugal 33d; now it tries hard to repeat the trick with the 320td Text: Peter Tomalin / Photos: Andy Morgan April 2002 You don't have to be Professor Stephen Hawking, the cleverest man in the universe, to work out why so many petrolheads don't like diesels. It doesn't even take one of our earth minutes. Just climb in, turn the key and listen. If only car makers could crack the knotty problem of the diesel rattle, resistance would surely evaporate. This one's reckoned to be state of the art, yet when you start up it's not just obviously diesel, it's noisily obvious. And it's not just the sound, it's the association. The thrummy rumble when you floor it is pure black cab. Actually the loudest thing about this BMW isn't the engine. It's the 'Velvet Blue' (aka purple) paintwork. There's more than enough of it on the outside, and then you slam the door shut behind you and aaaargh! More 'Velvet Blue' on the dash and centre console. Fortunately it's an option - the quite heroically naff sounding 'Youngline Interior' in case you're wondering which box not to tick. Otherwise it's the usual Munich fare of sombre furnishings and peerless ergonomics. In some cars you can spend twenty minutes fiddling with various seat and wheel adjustments and not get comfortable. Jump into a Bee-Em, pull a couple of levers and it feels like it was designed around you, as though the designers crept into your bedchamber while you were sleeping and took a tape measure to your every dimension. So what sort of animal is this particular Beemer? Badged 320td, it features a new 2-litre four-cylinder 'common rail' turbo-diesel also available in 3-series saloon and Touring, and it replaces the 318tds. Not a car that's troubled us previously, the 318tds, so why are we devoting a page to its replacement? Well, peak power's up from 90 to 150bhp, and torque (the stuff that makes diesels worth a second look) swells from a fairly flaccid 140lb ft to a quite magnificently engorged 243lb ft. Which, as BMW points out with relish, is more than a Boxster S. The 0-62 time drops from 13.0 to 8.9sec. And the figures really don't do it justice. Kick open the throttle in the intermediate gears at 2000rpm and it responds with such vigour that the average BMW driver might even feel compelled to put down his phone and concentrate on the road instead. Yes, it really is that fast. Minuses? It doesn't spin as freely as a petrol engine, and the real action's restricted to a fairly narrow rev range (it's all over by 4000rpm). But keep it 'in the zone' and serious oomph is never more than a squeeze of the right foot away. The five-speed manual gearbox has a light, easy action; in fact this one felt almost loose - you could wiggle the lever from side to side when it was in gear. But the major controls have that wonderful consistency of feel and weighting that's almost a BMW signature. The brake and throttle pedals are perfectly matched, both in position and weight, to make heel-and-toeing a cinch, while the steering has just enough meat and texture to keep a keen driver interested. The chassis has no great sporting pretensions, with fairly modest looking 205/55s on 16in alloys and a supple ride that's just the right side of spongy. In fact it's extremely effective. That suppleness means you can keep up a rapid cross-country gait on less than smooth tarmac when drivers of more stiffly suspended cars would be forced to back off. It's nice to lean on the suspension and know there's more compliance, more travel to come if a mid-corner bump requires it. There's plenty of grip to lean on too - you have to be almost medievally brutal to get a flicker from traction control in the dry. And that doesn't mean it feels inert; in fact it really flows from turn to turn. The 320td's closest rival is the snappily titled Golf GT TDi PD 150. Similar concept, torque and performance, and more than two grand cheaper. But good though the VW is, I'd say the BMW is the more satisfying. And that's very good indeed. 'Performance diesel' might sound like an oxymoron, but they're here and you're going to see a lot more of them. Resistance is futile. And until they find a way of making it sound like a performance car, you can always console yourself with a combined fuel figure of 51.4mpg. Kind of sugars the pill. 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