BMW 120i

Relentless81

Relentless81

Relentless81

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I was just browsing parkers as you do and as I saw a nice 120i today in th gym car park I thought i'd look them up and I was quite surprised at the spec but also found it a little odd

It says its a four cylinder petrol that is 167BHP with 155 lb/ft but returns 42MPG combined, just seems odd for a 4 cylinder NA 2.0 engine and the tax band is only G, all this and a 0-60 time of 7.5

Is it me is that a very good all round paper spec for a 2.0 NA engine?

Has anyone driven one and are they revvy and fun to drive or is it a case of look good on paper but not great on the road
 
If you think thats a good on paper spec for a 2.0 N/A 4 cylinder, what do you think of the 330i Coupe?

39.7mpg combined. 271bhp.

I had a 320i once for nearly 2 months, from brand new. Personally I hated the engine.
 
if you think that's impressive you should see the specs for the 330i

268 BHP
38 MPG
5.8 0-60

The Efficient Dynamics range of petrol engines BMW make are superb and its real shame everyone just looks at the headline mpg figure and buys a diesel as its making it difficult to find these 2nd hand

The 120i is a good little car if not a little pricey for what it is for fun you want the 130i :cool:

:edit should have known fox would beat me to it:
 
I really really love the idea of the 330i. A lot of me wants one just because I admire the engineering side of it so much. Although this is an odd reason to pick one over a 335i I guess.

It just seems like such a 'Have your cake and eat it' car.
 
Is the 130i a six cylinder engine? Even if it isnt its impressive I cant believe it does nearly 40mpg thats quite amazing

What did you hate about the 2.0? If I remember rightly you dont like revvy 4 cylinders ala Type-R etc. If thats the case i'd more than likely love it
 
I drove me daughters today, bit gutless but its alright. Hers is 170 so Fox tells me and an auto, its a refined little car as far as it goes.
 
Ah thats easy enough, cheers

I'd have to have a go of one as i'm still impressed at the spec but I was more curious than anything else at this point, the one I saw looked really nice, the car sat perfectly over the wheels and it was totally standard but stood out in an understated way. I also love the seats in my mates BMW and they were same seats I think
 
Does the 330i actually managed to achieve 39mpg+? Or has BMW rather brilliantly found a way to do well in the emission tests? Everyone i've talked to about it, including the nice BMW salesman the other day, has said it's the latter.
 
Gaygle said:
Does the 330i actually managed to achieve 39mpg+? Or has BMW rather brilliantly found a way to do well in the emission tests? Everyone i've talked to about it, including the nice BMW salesman the other day, has said it's the latter.
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In my experience the N53 engined cars are roughly 20% more economical than the M54 engined equivilents in any given circumstances.

This is comparing an N53 engined E60 with my M54 engined E39, so a reasonable enough test.
 
I believe it can. Im averaging 32mpg in my 335i after nearly 2 months.

I reckon the 330i could hit 39ish

Mind, my 530d did average 37... :)
 
Axeboy said:
I believe it can. Im averaging 32mpg in my 335i after nearly 2 months.
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Wow, really?

Are you finding it routinely does almost 40mpg on your Motorway trips now?

I find your figures intruiging as every other 335i owner appears to drive everywhere at 155mph therefore gets 20mpg combined.
 
I know, i dont know why the other owners find it so hard. On e90 post I have found 2 or 3 others with 335i's doing similar though.

I dont make a point of driving to save fuel in any way yet it is at 31.something on the average since I reset it doing the fill up test. Im very happy obviously!

Like I said above though, my driving style got 37 in the 530d.. it just doesnt add up!
 
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