{"id":2038,"date":"2019-07-27T22:44:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T02:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2019-07-28T16:41:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T20:41:55","slug":"bmw-330i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"The NEW BMW 330i"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-mh-magazine-lite-content wp-image-2042\" src=\"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P90323668-lowRes-600x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\"><\/p>\n<p>Over the&nbsp;years, the 3 series BMW has&nbsp;been&nbsp;the benchmark for&nbsp;entry&nbsp;into the luxury car market.&nbsp;BMW has&nbsp;built&nbsp;an impeccable driving machine.&nbsp;There are so many&nbsp;reasons&nbsp;the&nbsp;3&nbsp;series&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;standard&nbsp;in the compact luxury market.&nbsp;During my&nbsp;week&nbsp;in&nbsp;Metropolitan Washington DC, I got a chance to&nbsp;experience&nbsp;this first hand.&nbsp;Handling&nbsp;and&nbsp;performance&nbsp;on the&nbsp;new&nbsp;3&nbsp;series were true to its&nbsp;legend.&nbsp;For 2019 BMW&nbsp;330i&nbsp;has&nbsp;a 2.0 L twin-turbo inline 4-cylinder engine that&nbsp;makes&nbsp;255 HP and 295 lb-ft of&nbsp;torque.&nbsp;This smooth-running engine&nbsp;has&nbsp;an 8-speed&nbsp;automatic&nbsp;transmission.&nbsp;It&nbsp;gets&nbsp;an EPA rated 36 MPG on the&nbsp;highway.&nbsp;You&nbsp;have&nbsp;many driving modes available&nbsp;including;&nbsp;ECO Pro, COMFORT, SPORT, and ADAPTIVE.&nbsp;You&nbsp;also&nbsp;get&nbsp;a superior active driving suite of safety features.&nbsp;The extended traffic jam assist is one of the&nbsp;better&nbsp;ones I have&nbsp;tested.&nbsp;BMW&nbsp;allows&nbsp;you to&nbsp;configure&nbsp;your&nbsp;3&nbsp;series&nbsp;to your&nbsp;heart&#8217;s&nbsp;desire.&nbsp;The M Sport&nbsp;package, the executive&nbsp;package, track handling&nbsp;package, drivers&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;pro&nbsp;package,&nbsp;Harman&nbsp;Kardon&nbsp;surround sound system, and so much more were included in the&nbsp;model&nbsp;I&nbsp;drove.&nbsp;The base price on the&nbsp;330i&nbsp;is&nbsp;$40,250.&nbsp;With the&nbsp;options&nbsp;I&nbsp;mentioned&nbsp;and more, it&nbsp;came&nbsp;to $60,170&nbsp;delivered.&nbsp;You also get free maintenance for 3&nbsp;years&nbsp;with BMW.&nbsp;For more information visit www.bmwusa.com<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"BMW 2.0 Turbo engine from the 330i\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGPmFGEBO0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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