Industrial espionage must occur. This being so, other car makers should send henchmen to BMW 's headquarters and kidnap the brains behind this 3-Series , then extract his wisdom. The man is a wizard. This is the Efficient Dynamics version of the , and while that sounds tediously Germanic, it's also deeply impressive. In fact, this is the most efficient BMW ever. So you might reasonably expect it to be dawdly and dull. Thankfully, you'd be wrong because the most excellent thing about the ED is that it drives like a regular 3.
Essentially this is a lightly de-tuned d with bhp - 20 less than the standard engine - though torque remains the same at a pleasingly twisty lb ft. How has BMW done it? It's complicated, but basically through many and varied subtle bits of engineering. The most fantastic of which is a Centrifugal Pendulum Vibration Absorber that allows you to pootle around in a high gear at, say, rpm, without the engine juddering like a tumble-dryer on full chat.
So you can use fewer revs and therefore consume less fuel. This pendulous magic helps the ED feel more refined than the engine on which it's based, and most other 2. Other tech includes regenerative brakes, stop-start, lowered suspension and aerodynamic alloys to reduce air resistance, while the electric power steering, oil pump and aircon compressor are switched off when not needed.
Which saves fuel. And along with the rest of the 3 range, the ED has also been facelifted, but only anoraks would spot the new bumpers and headlights, bigger kidney-shaped grille and more shapely sills. Transmission Relations 1st Gear Ratio: 9. Adult: Pedestrian: Child: Safety Assist:.
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