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BMW 3 Series Specs

BMW 3 Series Specs & Dimensions

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Technical data

External dimensions

BMW 3 Series dimensions diagram 4,714 mm 1,827 mm 1,446 mm
Values shown are maximum dimensions
Number of doors
4
Turning circle
11.4 - 12.0 m
Wheelbase
2.85 m

Internal dimensions

Number of seats
5
Boot (seats up)
375 - 500 L
Boot (seats down)
1,510 L

Transmission and fuel

Transmission
Automatic
Battery capacity
22.3 kWh
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Trims and engines

3 Series

Photo is for illustrative purposes

3 Series Sport

RRP £41,220

Carwow price from

£38,038

Sport 3 Series get 18-inch alloy wheels, exterior trim touches and leather seats. That's in addition to SE's LED headlights, three-zone climate control, automatic cruise control, heated seats, automatic headlights and wipers, front and rear parking sensors, a reversing camera and BMW's 8.8-inch screen infotainment system with DAB radio, Bluetooth, USB connection and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is all included.

Sport standard equipment

  • Heated front seats
  • Front and rear headrests
  • Front reading light
  • Illuminated luggage compartment
  • Front and rear velour floor mats
  • Toolkit located in luggage compartment
  • Folding rear centre armrest with 2 cupholders
  • 3 seat bench in 2nd row
  • 40:20:40 split folding rear seat with loading system
  • Sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors and ticket pocket
  • 12V power socket in front storage compartment
  • Three spoke multifunction sport leather steering wheel
  • Armrest integrated in front and rear door trim + front centre console armrest
  • Height adjustable mechanically and infinitely variable steering column
  • 2 front cupholder in centre console with clamping elements and matt black inlay
  • 3 zone automatic air conditioning
  • Illuminated armrest storage compartment
  • Lashing eyelets in luggage compartment
  • Single front passenger seat
  • BMW ID
  • Illuminated glove compartment
  • Cruise control operation in steering wheel
  • Driving experience mode switch
  • Power assisted steering
  • BMW Teleservices
  • Attentiveness assist
  • Active guard plus
  • Oil sensor for level and grade
  • Shifting point display
  • BMW iDrive
  • Automatic Start/stop button
  • Bluetooth Wi-Fi interface
  • ConnectedDrive Services - last state call
  • Personal e-SIM
  • Standard suspension
  • Fuel tank breather system
  • Double joint spring strut front axle
  • Steptronic Sport automatic transmission with steering wheel mounted gearshift paddles launch control and xtreme drive lever control
  • Locking wheel bolts
  • Centre lock switch
  • Alarm system
  • Electronic vehicle immobiliser
  • Closing system with central locking
  • Side impact protection
  • Ventilated front and rear disc brakes
  • Warning triangle and first aid kit
  • Dynamic brake control
  • Dynamic Traction Control - DTC
  • Child locks on rear doors
  • Front airbag deactivation
  • 3x3 point rear seatbelts
  • BMW emergency call
  • Dry braking
  • Plastic fuel tank
  • Crash sensor activating of airbags,Unlocking doors,hazard warning lights,fuel cut off,interior lighting+activation of safety battery terminal clamp
  • Electromechanical parking brake including automatic hold function and automatic release of the parking brake when pulling away
  • Dynamic stability control + (DSC+) - Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with brake assist and cornering brake control + Automatic Stability Control (ASC)
  • Electronic differential lock control (EDLC)
  • Tyre pressure sensors
  • Driver and front passenger with seat occupancy detection for driver's and passenger side
  • Head airbags in 1st and 2nd row, head protection at side, curtain airbags open from headliner above 1st and 2nd row
  • Driver and passenger side airbags, body protection at side and airbags deploy from seat backrests
  • Front airbags for driver and front passenger
  • Drive-off assistant
  • Reversing lights
  • Heated washer jets
  • Automatic dimming rear view mirror
  • LED daytime running lights
  • LED rear lights
  • Front and rear bumper system with replaceable deformation elements
  • Door sill strips
  • Rain sensor with automatic headlight activation
  • Automatic headlight beam throw control with load dependent regulating reaction, dynamic compensation of braking dive and acceleration squat
  • Welcome lights in interior and door handle area
  • Electric windows - front and rear, with open/close fingertip control, anti-trap facility and comfort closing
  • Follow me home headlight function
  • Fading support
  • Side frame decorative moulding black matt
  • Front apron plastic in body colour
  • One piece front bumper cover including towing eye cover in body colour
  • Licence plate panel integrated into front bumper and tailgate
  • Body colour roof fin
  • Trailer stabilisation logic
  • Fuel filler flap - right rear in body colour
  • 3rd brake light
  • Rear side wing doors
  • Rear boot
  • BMW emblem, engine compartment lid and tailgate
  • Visible exhaust tailpipe finisher
  • Matt black window recess cover
  • Matt black B-pillar finsher
  • LED turn indicator
  • Radiator grille frame in chrome matt
  • BMW radiator grille with mesh grille and end face of the nuggets in quartz silver matt
  • M high gloss shadow line exterior trim
  • Bi-LED Low and high beam headlights
  • Heat protection glazing on front windows and windscreen
  • DAB tuner
  • Connected pack professional - 3 Series Saloon/Touring
  • Interior and exterior mirror pack - 3 Series Touring/Saloon

2 engines available with the Sport trim

320i Step Auto
  • 2 L Petrol
  • 184 bhp
  • Automatic
  • Rear wheel drive
Better than 318i if most of your miles are in town
Acceleration (0-60mph)
7.4 s
CO2 Emissions
148 g/km
First year road tax
£540
Fuel economy
44 mpg
Top speed
146 mph
Gears
8-speed
330e 22.3 kWh Step Auto
  • 2 L Hybrid
  • 292 bhp
  • Automatic
  • Rear wheel drive
  • Plug-in hybrid
Acceleration (0-60mph)
5.9 s
CO2 Emissions
19 g/km
First year road tax
£110
Top speed
143 mph
Gears
8-speed
Fuel economy
For Hybrid cars, MPG displayed is combined weighted consumption
2825 mpg
3 Series

Photo is for illustrative purposes

3 Series M Sport

RRP £42,470

Carwow price from

£39,188

M Sport models are the sportiest looking of the range. You get 18-inch alloy wheels, leather seats, a more aggressive body kit, black roof lining, a sport steering wheels and BMW's upgraded 12.3-inch infotainment system with sat-nav, DAB radio, Bluetooth, USB connection, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. That's on top of SE's LED headlights, three-zone climate control, automatic cruise control, heated seats, automatic headlights and wipers, front and rear parking sensors and reversing camera.

M Sport standard equipment

  • Heated front seats
  • Anthracite headlining
  • Front and rear headrests
  • Front reading light
  • Illuminated luggage compartment
  • Front and rear velour floor mats
  • Toolkit located in luggage compartment
  • Folding rear centre armrest with 2 cupholders
  • 3 seat bench in 2nd row
  • 40:20:40 split folding rear seat with loading system
  • Sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors and ticket pocket
  • 12V power socket in front storage compartment
  • Armrest integrated in front and rear door trim + front centre console armrest
  • Height adjustable mechanically and infinitely variable steering column
  • 2 front cupholder in centre console with clamping elements and matt black inlay
  • 3 zone automatic air conditioning
  • Illuminated armrest storage compartment
  • Lashing eyelets in luggage compartment
  • Single front passenger seat
  • BMW ID
  • Illuminated glove compartment
  • Cruise control operation in steering wheel
  • Driving experience mode switch
  • 3 spoke M Sport multifunction flat bottom leather steering wheel
  • Locking wheel bolts
  • Centre lock switch
  • Alarm system
  • Electronic vehicle immobiliser
  • Closing system with central locking
  • Side impact protection
  • Ventilated front and rear disc brakes
  • Warning triangle and first aid kit
  • Dynamic brake control
  • Dynamic Traction Control - DTC
  • Child locks on rear doors
  • Front airbag deactivation
  • 3x3 point rear seatbelts
  • BMW emergency call
  • Dry braking
  • Plastic fuel tank
  • Crash sensor activating of airbags,Unlocking doors,hazard warning lights,fuel cut off,interior lighting+activation of safety battery terminal clamp
  • Electromechanical parking brake including automatic hold function and automatic release of the parking brake when pulling away
  • Dynamic stability control + (DSC+) - Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with brake assist and cornering brake control + Automatic Stability Control (ASC)
  • Electronic differential lock control (EDLC)
  • Tyre pressure sensors
  • Driver and front passenger with seat occupancy detection for driver's and passenger side
  • Head airbags in 1st and 2nd row, head protection at side, curtain airbags open from headliner above 1st and 2nd row
  • Driver and passenger side airbags, body protection at side and airbags deploy from seat backrests
  • Front airbags for driver and front passenger
  • Drive-off assistant
  • Reversing lights
  • Heated washer jets
  • Automatic dimming rear view mirror
  • LED daytime running lights
  • LED rear lights
  • Front and rear bumper system with replaceable deformation elements
  • Door sill strips
  • Rain sensor with automatic headlight activation
  • High gloss chrome kidney frame with high gloss black kidney struts
  • Automatic headlight beam throw control with load dependent regulating reaction, dynamic compensation of braking dive and acceleration squat
  • Welcome lights in interior and door handle area
  • Electric windows - front and rear, with open/close fingertip control, anti-trap facility and comfort closing
  • Follow me home headlight function
  • Fading support
  • Side frame decorative moulding black matt
  • Front apron plastic in body colour
  • One piece front bumper cover including towing eye cover in body colour
  • Licence plate panel integrated into front bumper and tailgate
  • Body colour roof fin
  • Trailer stabilisation logic
  • Fuel filler flap - right rear in body colour
  • 3rd brake light
  • Rear side wing doors
  • Rear boot
  • BMW emblem, engine compartment lid and tailgate
  • Visible exhaust tailpipe finisher
  • Matt black window recess cover
  • Matt black B-pillar finsher
  • LED turn indicator
  • M high gloss shadow line exterior trim
  • Bi-LED Low and high beam headlights
  • Heat protection glazing on front windows and windscreen
  • Variable sport steering
  • BMW Teleservices
  • Attentiveness assist
  • Active guard plus
  • Oil sensor for level and grade
  • Shifting point display
  • BMW iDrive
  • Live cockpit plus with Navigation + 12.3" instrument display + 14.9" display, Intelligent voice assist, 2 USB, 4G LTE connect
  • Automatic Start/stop button
  • Bluetooth Wi-Fi interface
  • ConnectedDrive Services - last state call
  • Personal e-SIM
  • DAB tuner
  • Connected pack professional - 3 Series Saloon/Touring
  • Parking assistant pack - 3 Series
  • M sport exterior styling pack - 3 Series Saloon/Touring
  • Interior and exterior mirror pack - 3 Series Touring/Saloon
  • Fuel tank breather system
  • Double joint spring strut front axle
  • Steptronic Sport automatic transmission with steering wheel mounted gearshift paddles launch control and xtreme drive lever control

3 engines available with the M Sport trim

320i Step Auto
  • 2 L Petrol
  • 184 bhp
  • Automatic
  • Rear wheel drive
Better than 318i if most of your miles are in town
Acceleration (0-60mph)
7.4 s
CO2 Emissions
148 g/km
First year road tax
£540
Fuel economy
43 mpg
Top speed
146 mph
Gears
8-speed
330e 22.3 kWh Step Auto
  • 2 L Hybrid
  • 292 bhp
  • Automatic
  • Rear wheel drive
  • Plug-in hybrid
Acceleration (0-60mph)
5.9 s
CO2 Emissions
19 g/km
First year road tax
£110
Top speed
143 mph
Gears
8-speed
Fuel economy
For Hybrid cars, MPG displayed is combined weighted consumption
2825 mpg
330e 22.3 kWh Step Auto Pack
  • 2 L Hybrid
  • 292 bhp
  • Automatic
  • Rear wheel drive
  • Plug-in hybrid
Acceleration (0-60mph)
5.9 s
CO2 Emissions
19 g/km
First year road tax
£110
Top speed
143 mph
Gears
8-speed
Fuel economy
For Hybrid cars, MPG displayed is combined weighted consumption
2825 mpg
3 Series

Photo is for illustrative purposes

3 Series M340i

RRP £61,990

Carwow price from

£53,779

The BMW M340i has a 3.0-litre, six-cylinder engine with 387hp. It also gets 19-inch alloy wheels and the Adaptive M suspension, which can automatically adjust based on how you drive. Plus, there's the uprated M Sport brakes and differential.

M340i standard equipment

  • Heated front seats
  • Anthracite headlining
  • Front and rear headrests
  • Electric memory seats
  • Front reading light
  • Illuminated luggage compartment
  • Front and rear velour floor mats
  • Toolkit located in luggage compartment
  • Folding rear centre armrest with 2 cupholders
  • 3 seat bench in 2nd row
  • 40:20:40 split folding rear seat with loading system
  • Sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors and ticket pocket
  • 12V power socket in front storage compartment
  • Armrest integrated in front and rear door trim + front centre console armrest
  • Height adjustable mechanically and infinitely variable steering column
  • 2 front cupholder in centre console with clamping elements and matt black inlay
  • 3 zone automatic air conditioning
  • Illuminated armrest storage compartment
  • Lashing eyelets in luggage compartment
  • Single front passenger seat
  • BMW ID
  • Ambient light design projected onto the left and right entering and exiting area
  • Contour lighting in instrument panel and door trim panel
  • Ambient storage compartment lighting in the centre console
  • Illuminated glove compartment
  • Ambient door handle light
  • Cruise control operation in steering wheel
  • Ambient lighting front and rear with 9 selectable colours
  • Driving experience mode switch
  • Dynamic ambient lighting for welcome, goodbye, open doors, phone call
  • 3 spoke M Sport multifunction flat bottom leather steering wheel
  • Front ambient footwell lighting
  • Locking wheel bolts
  • Centre lock switch
  • Alarm system
  • Electronic vehicle immobiliser
  • Closing system with central locking
  • Side impact protection
  • Ventilated front and rear disc brakes
  • Warning triangle and first aid kit
  • Dynamic brake control
  • Dynamic Traction Control - DTC
  • Child locks on rear doors
  • Front airbag deactivation
  • 3x3 point rear seatbelts
  • BMW emergency call
  • Dry braking
  • Plastic fuel tank
  • Crash sensor activating of airbags,Unlocking doors,hazard warning lights,fuel cut off,interior lighting+activation of safety battery terminal clamp
  • Electromechanical parking brake including automatic hold function and automatic release of the parking brake when pulling away
  • Dynamic stability control + (DSC+) - Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with brake assist and cornering brake control + Automatic Stability Control (ASC)
  • Electronic differential lock control (EDLC)
  • Tyre pressure sensors
  • Driver and front passenger with seat occupancy detection for driver's and passenger side
  • Head airbags in 1st and 2nd row, head protection at side, curtain airbags open from headliner above 1st and 2nd row
  • Driver and passenger side airbags, body protection at side and airbags deploy from seat backrests
  • Front airbags for driver and front passenger
  • Drive-off assistant
  • Reversing lights
  • Heated washer jets
  • Automatic dimming rear view mirror
  • LED daytime running lights
  • LED rear lights
  • Front and rear bumper system with replaceable deformation elements
  • Door sill strips
  • Rain sensor with automatic headlight activation
  • Automatic headlight beam throw control with load dependent regulating reaction, dynamic compensation of braking dive and acceleration squat
  • Welcome lights in interior and door handle area
  • Electric windows - front and rear, with open/close fingertip control, anti-trap facility and comfort closing
  • Follow me home headlight function
  • Fading support
  • Side frame decorative moulding black matt
  • Front apron plastic in body colour
  • One piece front bumper cover including towing eye cover in body colour
  • Licence plate panel integrated into front bumper and tailgate
  • Body colour roof fin
  • Trailer stabilisation logic
  • Fuel filler flap - right rear in body colour
  • 3rd brake light
  • Rear side wing doors
  • Rear boot
  • BMW emblem, engine compartment lid and tailgate
  • Matt black window recess cover
  • Matt black B-pillar finsher
  • LED turn indicator
  • M high gloss shadow line exterior trim
  • Bi-LED Low and high beam headlights
  • Sun and heat protection glass dark tinted on rear windows and windscreen
  • Heat protection glazing on front windows and windscreen
  • Variable sport steering
  • BMW Teleservices
  • Attentiveness assist
  • Active guard plus
  • Oil sensor for level and grade
  • Shifting point display
  • BMW iDrive
  • Automatic Start/stop button
  • Bluetooth Wi-Fi interface
  • ConnectedDrive Services - last state call
  • Personal e-SIM
  • M Sport differential
  • 48V Mild hybrid technology
  • Fuel tank breather system
  • Double joint spring strut front axle
  • Steptronic Sport automatic transmission with steering wheel mounted gearshift paddles launch control and xtreme drive lever control
  • DAB tuner
  • Connected pack professional - 3 Series Saloon/Touring
  • M sport exterior styling pack - 3 Series Saloon/Touring
  • Interior and exterior mirror pack - 3 Series Touring/Saloon

One engine available with the M340i trim

xDrive MHT Step Auto
  • 3 L Petrol
  • 374 bhp
  • Automatic
  • Four wheel drive
Lots of performance. Pricey to buy and run
Acceleration (0-60mph)
4.4 s
CO2 Emissions
177 g/km
First year road tax
£2,190
Fuel economy
36 mpg
Top speed
155 mph
Gears
8-speed