The BMW 330xi Touring is an all wheel drive car, with its motor located in the front, and a 5 door estate/station wagon bodyshell.
It is part of BMW's E46 family of cars.
Its 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 228 bhp (231 PS/170 kW) at 5900 rpm and 300 Nm (221 lbft/30.6 kgm) at 3500 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels through a 5 speed manual 'box.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1670 kg.
Maximum stated speed is 243 km/h, or 151 mph, official fuel consumption figures are 13.5/7.6/9.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 234.0 g/km.
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 | 2725 mm | 107.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1471 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1481 mm | 58.3 inches | |
| Length | 4478 mm | 176.3 inches | |
| Width | 1739 mm | 68.5 inches | |
| Height | 1429 mm | 56.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 141 mm | 5.6 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.64 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1670 kg | 3682 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 63 litres | 13.9 [16.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.32 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.06 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.66 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2979 cc (181.79 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 89.6 mm
3.31 × 3.53 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.94 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 231 PS (228 bhp) (170 kW) at 5900 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 300 Nm (221 ft·lb) (30.6 kgm) at 3500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 57.1 kW/litre 77.6 ps/litre 76.5 bhp/litre 1.25 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
100.7 Nm/litre
1.22 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1265.5 kPa (183.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 496.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 6.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 27.2 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 243 km/h (151 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 138.42 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 101.81 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 136.53 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.82 kg/kW 16.41 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 13.5/7.6/9.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 13.5/7.6/9.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 7.4/13.2/10.2 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 20.9/37.2/28.8 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 17.4/30.9/24.0 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 234.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | 38:62 | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 7J x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7J x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 205/50 R 17 93W | ||
| Tyres rear | 205/50 R 17 93W | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 325 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 320 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.07 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 280830 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | E46 | ||
| RAC rating | 26.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2000 BMW 330xi Touring added 2012-07-15. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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