Test Drive of the BMW320d
Posted on March 15, 2009, under Car Reviews.
Times have changed since diesel was something you wanted to avoid like the plague because no matter how hard it tried diesel and performance would not figure in the same sentence, let alone the story. Diesel was what you would when you wanted to save cash and were willing to withstand the infernal racket made by the engine. Right? Not anymore.
Diesel has gone for a facelift and it’s evident in the way that many car finance companies are opening their doors wider to customers who want car loans and adjusted bad car credit loans for the purchase of diesel-engine powered cars. This trend is not just limited to car loan takers. I have a friend who works for the chattel mortgage department of a motor vehicle finance company and she said that people are beginning to actively pursue chattel mortgage rules for diesel cars.
Because diesel is what works today, and if you’re sensible about the amount of cash and credit you pour into your car, diesel is what you’re going to be looking at as well. As of now, not only are diesel cars phenomenally and magnificently quiet and speedy, they are also environment-friendly and a lot easier on the pocket. And for those of you who are shaking their heads and smirking as you read this, I suggest you check out the sporty appeal of the diesel BMW 320d.
I had the chance to test drive the range toppers 3 series, the 325i a couple of months back when a friend was checking out cars since his old one had almost copped out and he had saved up enough to make a sizeable down payment and make the rest of the payment through chattel mortgage. The experience blew me away with the car’s incredible petrol engine and we thought that things couldn’t possibly get any better than this, and imagine our surprise when we found ourselves blowing that theory to smithereens when we got introduced to the diesel 320d.
BMW has always prided itself on its sporty diesels and the 320d does not disappoint in this regard. The car gets a whopping 154PS of power from its 2.0 litre turbo-charged intercooled common rail engine. The 330Nm torque peaks at 2750 rpm and that my friend puts the 320d very comfortably in the 325i’s class with a diesel engine. All the folks who were smirking a paragraph up may now proceed and eat their hat. I’m not joking, but the 320d’s 0-100 kmph time is just shy of the straight six petrol’s time – and that is seriously rapid. The 1995cc four cylinder engine uses second-gen common rail tech where the rails carry pressures up to 1600 bar, multiple injectors and an exhaust gas turbocharger with variable geometry.
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