2016 BMW 340i xDrive Review - Is It A Budget M3?

My thoughts on the 2016 BMW 340i xDrive with the 3.0L turbocharged inline 6 and 8 speed automatic transmission!
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The thoughts, feelings, and opinions expressed in this video are the sole thoughts of Zack and no one else. The purpose of this video is to provide entertainment with the hope that you will take what you see and formulate your own opinions. I highly recommend consuming other reviews of this vehicle before making any form of financial decision.
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Engine / Transmission
2:45 - Interior
4:37 - BFB Test
4:56 - Interior
6:41 - Back Seats
7:43 - Trunk / Cargo Space
7:55 - Exterior
8:30 - Final Thoughts
10:23 - Outro

[@wardyy8304]

Absolutely killer man! It was a pleasure to have you get behind the wheel!!!

[@KrishnaChrist11]

what exhaust is in this?

[@R3AL-AIM]

Considering you can get a 16-18 for $30k - $35k with less than 50,000 miles, not a bad deal at all.

[@B58-Premo]

Yup got mine for 35K with 20k miles.

[@milidagoat1630]

@@B58-Premo is it reliable?

[@B58-Premo]

@@milidagoat1630 Yea bro, there’s a reason why Toyota put the same engine in the Supra lol

[@LowBoostFilms]

They also sell a trans tune called X delete that allows you to change it from all-wheel-drive to rear wheel drive with the push of a button

[@ganuv]

The trans tune is XHP not X delete , X delete just converts the car from AWD to RWD. XHP is the tune from stage 1-3

[@marvinzhang3734]

it's going to over heat the transfer case and might blow it if you keep xdelete on all the time

[@brianlee9233]

Back when BMW knew how to design their cars. I'm still not going to forgive them for screwing up the look of the M3 and M4.

[@bassbusterx]

they have always had a couple odd looking cars since the bangle era, but the newer cars are just progressively looking worse. From the gigantic kidney grills on the sedans to the pignose on the series 3 and 4, to the generic looking tail lights (when the newest 5 series came out I thought it was a lexus, the taillights look so similar).

[@damilolaakanni]

True, but I'd also include the X7 and 7 series, as well as their EVs...all of them. Worst of them all is the XM concept, that has a face even a mother will hate.

[@bwofficial1776]

The new grille looks worse in pictures. In person, it's still not great but you can see how it fits. The grille has a bar across the middle of it and is designed for Euro plates so it's not like it needs the giant openings. BMW could have kept their small grilles and had the same cooling. The 4-Series does look like a Mustang from the side.

[@anaccount7923]

Honestly? The g80 has grown on me .

[@ikeschrager9903]

@@anaccount7923Fr bro in Isle of Man green it looks 🤌🤌

[@SplosionMovies]

Know a kid who picked one of these up for his first car for around 20-25k before the pandemic raised the prices like crazy. Thing rips, gotta say I’m kinda jealous. My first car cost a tenth of that.

[@702s.studios]

Picking one up next year currently saving up subscribe if you would like to see some vids ima be posting vids of me buying it and etc,,,

[@defyyourlogic487]

Got a b58 car myself. Great engine.

[@kareemashraf-]

n55 buddy

[@IKhanNot]

@@kareemashraf- Don't turn it into a pissing contest. All turbocharged I6 BMW motors are brilliant in their own way. FWIW the N55 is the least tunable of the motors. The N54 would be the king here.

[@BillyBets]

@@kareemashraf- are you trolling?

[@marvinzhang3734]

The transfer case is the issue😅 gatta take very good care of that part. I almost regretted buying the xdrive version

[@jacobyo99]

I prefer the 440i Gran Coupe but this is very nice too

[@Dragon228833]

My friend had one that was tuned to be faster than an m3/4 by a long shot . Unfortunately he had a drink girl in his car yank the steering wheel while he was turning and it was totaled

[@seancarney265]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, you have spreadsheets you haven’t been sharing with us?? You think you know someone…

[@ShootingCars]

The BFB Spreadsheet is in the description!

[@seancarney265]

@@ShootingCars ohhhh there’s a lot of useful information in there. Color me embarrassed…

[@Anour-rf3yf]

Bone votier model bwm D.😉

[@dave11686]

Very nice

[@joespittle1]

Having owned an F30 for a number of years I can say the quality just isn't there. It's not going to sound half as good but I'd either get a G20 330i or save some more and snag a G30 540i. Mechanicaly these F chassis cars are pretty darn good, it's all the cosmetic crap that falls to pieces. If you're looking at buying one be sure to check all of the rubber seals and look for signs of wear on steering wheels with the napa leather

[@AerohTV]

Rubber seals as in the door rubber seals?

[@joespittle1]

@@AerohTV Anything that's rubber and seals another item tends to go. My windshield seal went, some of the door seals dried out a bit but I brought them back with some plastic dressing to moisturize them

[@bribanzzz9857]

@@joespittle1 should i not get into the b58 platform? looking to spend 20-25k for a used 340 but not sure if i should just save until i can buy a g80 m3

[@joespittle1]

The F30 340i does have the B58, only on LCI models though. It's quite the step up to the G series models, as an F30 owner, I don't think I would buy another F30, I'd probably wait for a nice CPO LCI G20. @@bribanzzz9857

[@bwofficial1776]

Car engineering trickles down. BMWs used to be kind of slow unless you had an M, now even the 340 is quick and sharp. I was behind a BMW sedan with some mods (loud exhaust, carbon fiber bits). I knew it wasn't an M3. How did I know? The owner took the numbers off so no one would know it was actually a 325 or 340 or whatever and would think it was an M3 because of the look and sound. If it was an M3, he'd be displaying that badge proudly. He didn't stick one on because he didn't want real M3 owners to call him out.

[@BillyBets]

I promise you there's not a lot of de-badged 340's.. Many people like myself chose it over an M3 for the AWD

[@ganuv]

The steering is not thin but thick

[@nittinpatil]

First view

[@TheGeorgiaMediaGroup]

They have 4 fuel pumps. And if they go out u screwed Can’t find them.

[@bwofficial1776]

Because 1 wasn't complicated enough for ze Germans, or 2, or 3...

[@TheGeorgiaMediaGroup]

@@bwofficial1776 yep. Terribly flawed engine designs.

[@didafm]

Wow. How much to replace them??

[@TheGeorgiaMediaGroup]

@@didafm $$$$$$$$$$$$

[@Areku06]

No, b58 has two fuel pumps, lpfp and hpfp, most DI engines have 2, the f80 m3 has 3 pumps, 2 hpfp and 1 lpfp. They are fairly easy to replace on b58 takes like 15min. But one would not need to replace it unless your upgrading it, they don’t go bad like old n54 engines.

[@bucksnoboost507]

Can’t wait to pick up mine Monday 🫡

[@mk3mo578]

How is it holding up ?

[@dylanwoodrum5872]

^ also very curious. looking at one right now

[@ganuv]

It’s better then the m3 2016 and the b58 is a more tuneable and reliable engine then the m3 s55.

[@Areku06]

That is half true. Tune only m3 and tune only b58 will lose big time, because s55 has dual hpfp and can handle full e85, while b58 cannot without spending $1.5-2k on hpfp upgrade. S55 stock turbos can handle way more power than b58 stock turbo, about 150hp more. Both engines can handle a lot of power on stock block, s55 record was 1100whp on stock block, b58 around 800-900whp for 2nd gen b58, haven’t see any more than 1000whp on stock block. S55 definitely has more potential, only s58 will surpass it.

[@TheDailyDriver]

@@Areku06correct. S55 was no slouch and this version of b58 was the most unreliable version. Not all b58s are the same.