BMW will add the favored Sport Assortment therapy to its 3 Sequence vary from subsequent month.
Primarily based on the 330i sedan, the Sport Assortment variant brings an “optimised” specification to the line-up, the particular version mannequin priced from $89,900 drive-away or $4800 lower than the usual car.
Balancing the extent of apparatus supplied for the value, the BMW 330i Sport Assortment omits options together with blind spot monitoring, crossroad warning, evasion assist, entrance cross-traffic alert, lane management help, lane maintain help, powered boot lid, and encompass view digicam.
BMW says the mannequin presents a “distinctive specification with a complete array of styling and comfort components” with normal options together with metallic paint, a glass sunroof, entrance seat heating and M high-gloss Shadowline prolonged content material to “present commanding street presence”.
Paint choices embody Black Sapphire, Melbourne Crimson, Mineral White, M Portimao Blue, M Brooklyn Gray or Skyscraper Gray (Dravit Gray and Tanzanite Blue are usually not out there), whereas Sensatec upholstery choices embody Black or Cognac.
Different normal tools highlights embody 19-inch M mild alloy wheels (with two design selections out there), lively cruise management with Cease & Go performance, adaptive M suspension, ambient cabin lighting, BMW Driving Assistant, Consolation Entry (keyless entry and ignition), Related Package deal Skilled, DAB+ digital radio reception, electrical entrance seat adjustment, head-up show, LED headlights with excessive beam help, Stay Cockpit Skilled, M Sport brakes with blue-painted callipers, M Sport package deal, Parking Assistant Plus, and wi-fi smartphone charging.
Energy continues to reach courtesy of BMW’s 2.0-litre turbocharged inline four-cylinder petrol engine growing 190kW of energy and 400Nm of torque. It’s paired completely to an eight-speed ZF-sourced computerized transmission driving the rear wheels.
The Sport Assortment characteristic bundle was supplied within the X3 vary earlier this yr, and within the X1, X2, 1 Sequence 2 Sequence and three Sequence by way of 2022.
BMW’s 3 Sequence continues to carry out nicely in opposition to conventional section rivals together with the Audi A4 (from $66,300 +ORC) and Mercedes-Benz C-Class (from $79,200 +ORC) with year-to-date gross sales of 2342 models.
Nevertheless, the Medium over $60K section is now dominated by the all-electric Tesla Mannequin 3 which to the top of September 2023 has bought a staggering 14,540 models – greater than six instances that of BMW’s stalwart sedan.
The BMW 3 Sequence now locations second within the Medium over $60K section forward of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class (2277 unit gross sales to the top of September), Polestar 2 (1789), Lexus ES (1343), Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class (920), BMW 4 Sequence Gran Coupe (711), Audi A4 (674), Volkswagen Arteon (548), and Hyundai Ioniq 6 (417).
2023 BMW 3 Sequence pricing:
320i (a) | $80,200* |
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330i Sport Assortment (a) | $89,900^ | New variant |
330i (a) | $94,700* |
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330e (a) | $98,700* |
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330i Touring (a) | $98,900* |
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M340i xDrive (a) | $106,200* |
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M3 | $161,300* |
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M3 Competitors (a) | $171,600* |
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M3 Competitors xDrive (a) | $177,800* |
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M3 Competitors Touring M xDrive (a) | $180,100* |
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M3 CS (a) | $249,900* |
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*Pricing excludes on-road prices.
^Nationwide drive-away worth.
