This vehicle has a 5 door estate/station wagon type body with a front located engine powering all four wheels.
It forms part of BMW's E91 series of cars.
Powering the BMW 328xi Sports Wagon is a double overhead camshaft, 3 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder motor, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 230 bhp (233 PS/172 kW) at 6500 rpm and 271 N·m (200 lb·ft/27.6 kgm) at 2750 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels by means of a 6 speed manual gearbox.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 1710 kg.
Top claimed speed is 209 km/h, or 130 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2760 mm | 108.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1501 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1514 mm | 59.6 inches | |
| Length | 4526 mm | 178.2 inches | |
| Width | 1816 mm | 71.5 inches | |
| Height | 1417 mm | 55.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.64 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1710 kg | 3770 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 50.9% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 61 litres | 13.4 [16.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.3 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2996 cc (182.827 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 85 × 88 mm
3.35 × 3.46 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.97 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 233 PS (230 bhp) (172 kW) at 6500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 271 Nm (200 ft·lb) (27.6 kgm) at 2750 rpm |
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| Specific output | 57.2 kW/litre 77.8 ps/litre 76.8 bhp/litre 1.26 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
90.45 Nm/litre
1.09 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1136.7 kPa (164.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.33 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 7.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 209 km/h (130 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 136.37 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 100.3 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 134.5 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.97 kg/kW 16.65 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 7.0 x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7.0 x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 205/55 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 205/55 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 300 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 300 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.85 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.38 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 183711 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | E91 | ||
| RAC rating | 26.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2007 BMW 328xi Sports Wagon added 2008-07-26. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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