(ENG) 2014 BMW 3 Series Touring (F31 estate) - Test Drive and Review

BMW 3 Series, an estate, and a diesel. Does it get any better?
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[@Gunzberg]

Your reviews are excellent critiques. Always a pleasure to watch. Do keep it up and ignore the whiners/haters/trolls that plague the comments.

[@artokiiskinen1058]

just bought a used 2014 model 320dA Touring with adaptive cruise, modern theme, intelligent lights, etc... excellent car. Thanks for great reviews and videos.

[@jensmuller5450]

Great Work, Marek. Always a pleasure to see your excellent reviews. I bought exactly this car also because of your review. Best wishes from Germany.

[@mizenkah]

Excellent as always! Keep up the good work

[@hairesonyourchest]

Cool review, really enjoyed your humour.

[@XStoneXat]

I own exactly this car (BMW F31 330d xDrive Touring with M-Package) and ist really great. I love everyday when I drive this car. With the optional M-PPK (Performance Power Kit) it has enough power for every situation, Its economic, I drive it really fast and I need 7.8 litres of diesel on 100km. Every owner of an xDrive F30/F31 I recommend to change the original springs to lowering springs. I prefer the AC-Schnitzer springs, the are really great to drive. After changing the runflat tires to non-RFT I am really tremendous happy with this car.

[@guestandsons]

XStoneX 36mpg. That's ok for sports wagon. Do you wish it had a 6 speed manual gearbox instead? That's only thing for me that's missing.

[@fmastif6016]

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[@chopin4321]

just love it... effortless power delivery from low revs... musical... very secure car...light sensation... flies... very musical,,,, had 320d for years... and will never change model...lots of fun... just has perfect equilibrium... i find it somehow safer than the rest...more fun to drive

[@warriorcharge3969]

Great review mate, i want one 👍🏾

[@YOCOSMINMAX16]

I like your humour and the why you do the test-drives. I respect you! Na zdrowie! from an Romanian fan.

[@MarekDrives]

Thanks. It means a lot to me.

[@HesteBremse]

Yes good humor, fine review ;)

[@dardobartoli]

Great fun review.

[@Red_Snappa]

Old review, I know, but a great review ...plus your English is awesome...you speak it better than me....and I'm from the UK :D Thx

[@domada00]

rzadzisz Marek! super recenzja, well done.

[@melliflousbufo]

Brilliant - I was dragged here because I was desperately looking for reviews of the 330 (petrol, rather than diesel, but hey-ho). Anyways - I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel - love the laconic dry wit!

[@theredgiraffe]

Good review, thank you. I test drove an X5 30d with the same engine the acceleration must be intoxicating in a 500kg lighter form.

[@MarekDrives]

+theredgiraffe It's pretty fast ;)

[@BillyfromConsett]

I've just ordered a 330d touring rear wheel drive car and found the above presentation excellent and funny. Thank you sir.

[@caspervaneersel8531]

Do you still have it? any review?

[@african1141]

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[@Bogdo1987]

my dream car!! thnx Marek Drives

[@davidjfeeley]

first time seeing you in a video, great job, going to see more

[@AngloSaxonVanguard]

I would definitely get the twin turbo beast 335d.

[@HesteBremse]

A BWM 330i XD Touring is the car that nearly does it all - Just sad that the options list is so immensely expensive.

[@fakeforever6577]

I used to drive for a long time the 320d (e46). I need to say that this car was perfect in relation of power and weight. After that i owned a 530d (F11), which was way more powerful and luxury but also heavy. Due to that the fuel consumption was in average 10 L/100 km i(n comparison to the 320d: 5.8 L/100 km). Currently i owne an Audi S3, which is great but lacks the torque in the lower revs, which i loved with Diesel. I am thinking to change in couple years back to a diesel but wouldnt be sure if to take a 320d or 335xd. Maybe for some ppl it might be disturbing to be unsure about these models because the 335xd should be clearly the better car, but i heared from owners that it is pretty heavy and not so agile as the 20d. I mean the sound of an 6 Cylinder Diesel is just way better i need to admit. Did you have the comparions to the 320d?

[@MarekDrives]

+fakeforever I drove the face-lifted new 320d (it awaits editing), and it was definitely not as good to drive, as this 330xd here.

[@thereallotharmatthae]

I switched from a 320d to a 335xd - I loved the 320d, but had to sell it due to emissions rules here in London (was Euro 5). The 335xd definitely feels heavier. It can go fast in a straight line. The 320d is more agile, for sure.

[@Armada8589]

Great review. How would you compare the f30 to e90 Lci (245bhp) as a everyday car. I heard some mixed opinions about f30s electric power steering beeing a big down side compering to full hydraulic on e90. Im hastening witch to buy apprishiate any help ;)

[@MarekDrives]

+Andrzej Radochonski the 330 pre-facelift here was great. Later on I drove a 320 LCI and the steering was very unBMWlike. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYjXqpuIateBkLM Could be reprogrammed Servotronic.

[@AndrejGobec]

I once drove a fully laden E39 530d and when the boost kicked in that thing flew! This is truly all the car you need ... But 70k€ for a 3-series?!? That's insane ... I would be perfectly happy with a 320 ED model, but even that is way over 40k€ with a few options ... There is something wrong here ... these cars are made for very particular economies where such pricing is acceptable. Unfortunately I don't live in one of them ...

[@PROMANGABAJA]

Hello Marek, very nice review over there!! Could you tell me the overall fuel consumption of the car?

[@MarekDrives]

+Josip Jakovic Realistically speaking 7-8 L/100 km combined, closer to 10 in the city.

[@TheAgonyuncle]

You should try out for Top Gear in the UK - very engaging.

[@damienoleary7723]

You must be joking he's ok for you tube and that's pushing it at that ... He's as engaging as paint drying

[@yakazum1]

great review , would you say the M package is unnecessary ? you got Xdrive and you got a huge engine, what would be the reagan to add M package? suspension? but then you have Xdrive which will control everything ! thanks for a hint

[@MarekDrives]

+yakazum1 M package lowers the suspension by 1 cm. It looks cool, but if you want to take advantage of xDrive also on rougher terrain, I'd advise to stay away from M pack.

[@yakazum1]

Thanks Marek for a quick reply, appreciate , maybe one more question as I actually considering to buy 3series , do I really need Xdrive if I am driving only once a year in a winter road like zakopane road.. :) ? unless it really make a big difference even in normal twisty road !

[@MarekDrives]

yakazum1 Chances are you're getting a 320d or something of that sort. You don't really need xDrive for that. Unless you plan doing rally stages in it ;)

[@mattesrocket]

I just drove for 1 week a 330d M Sport saloon (M Sport is here just a Feature) and I made different experiences: The automatic transmission shifts very smoothly like always but the shifting decisions were often unsuitable! I was very disappointed because I had driven already better BMWs years before. I was very often annoyed for example after passing a junction wanting to give a quick kick to be back at 70km/h it had just shifted higher and the car wasn’t ready for the kick, then when I was already near the 60km/h it shifted back but then I didn’t needed it anymore etc., etc. In sportsmode it was the other way around, I could drive one whole minute(!) without stepping on the gas at all but it stayed without sense on a low gear with high-revving engine. In short: many automatic gear shifts didn’t fit to the situations in normal traffic. One month before I had driven a Golf GTD DSG for one week and this automatic seems to understand all traffic situations very precise and shifted always perfect (and also very soft), that was really much better (and I was NO Golf Fan before!!!). Also a taboo at BMW cars: criticizing the steering: the directional stability was just bad, especially on small country roads where you don’t want to end at the ditch, I needed to adjust constantly my direction. The same streets some weeks before I went with the Golf totally relaxed, it just went straight without permanent adjusting. And in the BMW in sportsmode the steering was only insensible tight and in low speed (20 km/h) unnormal tight. So I had to switch often the mode from sport to comfort, sport, comfort… And also nobody will believe me: also the brakes weren't good when full braking was necessary (also after the car was driven already about 500 km and the brakes should have worked then perfectly)… I guess nobody will believe me all that, so I leave it now. Info: I am a quite or normal experienced driver & the car was brand new, had gone not more than 100 km before. Maybe something was wrong with it, but then it must have been a production or electronic problem. But I can also imagine that not every model of a BMW necessarily is perfect balanced concerning the gear selection or adjustment of the steering and so on. Before the experiences I had picked always a BMW before a Golf, now I would pick definitely the Golf… (and I am not payed for this statement!!!!!!!)

[@MarekDrives]

+Mattes Rocket You're right about the steering. This here is a pre-facelift version, and the steering was fine. I have a face lifted 320d waiting to be edited, and it had a strange dead zone in the centre. As for the gearbox, it is normal for most cars to stay in higher gear in sport mode.

[@sniady11]

+Marek Drives When can we expect this test 320d?

[@MarekDrives]

sniady11 In a couple of weeks.

[@m.g.i2480]

Biggest boot in the segment? I consider a Passat and Superb also competition as the prices are very similar here in Germany and 495L vs 650L is quite a difference. Still Space isnt everything and im always gonna be a BMW fan.

[@3TimesFaster]

The Passat and especially the Superb are 15-20cm longer than the 3 series Touring and are lengthwise more comparable to a 5 series. So of course they should have a bigger boot, especially since their engines are mounted transversely which offers more space in general but makes them FWD-based cars.

[@donnyrover1]

Got one, chipped to 300 bhp ish, ......brilliant

[@4tom2u]

Touring 318 d ?

[@andersstergaard6581]

Have you reviewed the Mazda CX-5?

[@MarekDrives]

A while back. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6aokmh5mbiAeLs

[@waza8861]

Is it possible to get 3 child car seats across the back seats ?

[@MarekDrives]

Nope. Maybe a booster seat.

[@Goldsnip]

When do you test a Serie 1 ;)?

[@MarekDrives]

I have 2 Series waiting to be edited. Coming soon.

[@Goldsnip]

Cool Thx ! I will test it myself this weekend ;)

[@burn7256]

Przetestuje pan bmw x6m mój tato właśnie pojechał po ten samochód do Niemiec.

[@sippe3985]

test it at 120Km/h without cc

[@nsoper19]

This guy talks like the presenters on Eurovision

[@davidwpatterson]

What is PL on the plate?

[@MarekDrives]

bfy.tw/AFMm

[@GuidoThomsen]

could someone tell me please -whats the name of that colour??

[@MarekDrives]

Did bmw.de configurator stop working?

[@GuidoThomsen]

oh, thank you so much! ... i was just not 100% sure about the colours in the configurator!

[@buzztightear1090]

blue : )

[@sippe3985]

options are very expensive and nothing comes standard :(

[@serenaharman3511]

'who uses Google plus'

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Clearly it was a prophecy :)

[@yamahaevo]

7 liters on 140kmh fucking hell im buying a volvo d4 or d5