BMW M340i is all about power and poise
The Hindu
While at first glance this may look like a regular 3 Series with a few cosmetic tweaks, the BMW M340i is much more than that. This car is powered by a 3.0-litre in-line six petrol engine — a unit that has been absent from the mainstream 3 Series line-up for a while now, though you do get a twin-turbo unit in the last-gen and new M3s. So, what is the car like?
The power the M340i packs is certainly its biggest calling card — 387hp and 500Nm from a 3.0-litre turbocharged straight six. This is the same unit as in the larger 740Li, 840i and the X5 and X7, but like in the Z4, it has been fettled by the M Division to be altogether more aggressive. A sports exhaust also means that it sounds better too. BMW claims a 0-100kph time of 4.4 seconds; we achieved a time of 4.36 seconds in our tests. Packs a punch
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